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again . This mortified his pride very badly- + his pay even
worse, as he is now trade tested (he passed his exam so
well, that it was apparently thought that he had seen the
questions beforehand) + the difference in pay between a
trade tested L/Cpl + private, is quite a lot. But he
continued to be a little shit, mainly by trying to
scare off Sgt Roth when the latter was away on weekend
leave. This took the form of looking for small things
which Roth had forgotten to do during the week, doing
them himself + putting them quietly into my "In"
basket. Anyway last week end I decided to take a
chance + see if confidence would be repaid. So I
sent for little Spitz down to my room + spoke to
him as a father + made him a L/Cpl again. He
was overjoyed + I am hoping that he will now
grow up + cease to be a nasty little boy. He is
amazingly efficient + has a memory for letters + things
like an elephant.
But the most interesting thing about the Coy is that we
are now allowed to do our own recruiting. Previously this
was all done to the P.R. T. D. + we then received the
men from there ready trained. I am short of about 35
- 40 men , on account of discharges, + British personnel
being posted away not being replaced - + also a 10%
reserve which we are now allowed to have. I immediately
took the thing very seriously + had a talk to the Coy +
saw all the people I could think of to see - I
really believe that I shall have the men in a
few days time. The advantages of this direct recruiting
are that men can persuade their relatives + friends
to join this Coy instead of just joining the

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