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4. funds A/C - this comes from officer's & men's subs & mainly from Naafi rebate - on football kit, boxing gloves, deck tennis, ping pong, & stop watch for sports.

Saturday 20th Sep. I had an interrupted evening yesterday, & this was as far as I got. Also, the men were having a concert in the canteen which is about 25 yds away from my room. I did not go because I wanted to write to you - this did not work out - & also because the concert consisted of two artists only. One a volunteer all by himself & without a piano accompaniment. And two, a fat & ugly old ----- of 50, an actress, who did excerpts & monologues. The previous Friday there had also been a similar sort of dud concert. All this is provided by the Jewish Welfare people, & I am going to complain strongly to them, & tell them that my men are just as human as anybody else, & supposed to be soldiers into the bargain, & would like to see some pretty girls with nice legs - & somebody cracking rude jokes - & somebody else knocking hell out of a piano accordion. Don't you agree, darling, for soldiers some good music is lovely from time to time, & nobody enjoys it more than I do - & for myself I should be quite happy with nothing else. But these people need cheering up & to be given something to talk about. And jazz & swing music certainly seem to me to be more natural & healthy for them.

Training in my Coy is now well under way & in full swing. And the men are having to do