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army & being sent goodness knows where. And also, the
training will be entirely carried out by Jewish N.C.Os &
there will be no question of different languages.
I shall then have a recruit training platoon of 35-40
men, & it will be most interesting to see how they come
on under Jewish N.C.Os. My information tells me
that the other Corps have hardly done anything about it
as yet, & that their results to date, are nil , so we are
feeling rather cocky & feeling of a slight personal triumph.
C.Q.M.S. Hemmings has now gone to the O.C.T.U. - & Sgt
Kiley back to his Bn. In each case they have achieved
their respective ambitions through my efforts, & they
therefore went away, full of thanks to me. I
hope Hemmings gets on alright - he is a very able
chap & worth a great deal of personality, but he
cannot take a few drinks & he is a bit of a devil
for women. I shall be furious if they turn him
down, considering the number of milk & water officers
I have seen turned out of that establishment.
Yes, if Campbell is at an O.C.T.U. he is going
to be commissioned, provided he passes out. I do
not think that there is much doubt in his case.
And Anne having a baby - [& underlined] as a lawfully wedded
wife. It seems a far cry since Durham, when
she hopped into bed with Vernon, on sight.
Didn't [we underlined] have a lovely time, darling? I
remember so well, you coming across the road
from your rooms - Michael sleeping under