1 Mater
Mab
Edmund
Rex
Please return to Lil 22.Nov My dear folks, Just a line to say that I have
got no letter from home today, but a line
from Rex which I must answer. Consequently
You won't get much from me & it is
nearly post time. I was out teaching the bombers today &
found it necessary to take personal control myself.
The GOC appeared when I was in the middle of it.
Perhaps it was as well that I was there or there
would certainly have been some strafing As it is
he is holding an inspection with "live bombs" tomorrow,
when the difficulty is not to carry out the drill
but to let the GOC see it in safety. What do you think of Redmond's tour. Perhaps
it is well for the papers to make the most of it, as
the recruiting in S Ireland is proving such a fiasco, & as 2 there is real danger of trouble there — if it is not dealt
with firmly at once. I wish someone would write to the
papers & suggest that there should be a new punishment
for unpatriotic agitators, to take the form of so many
months deportation to the trenches. It would stop it
at once as they are all blustering funks, & wouldn't
we have some fun in showing them round ! I have a dug-out tomorrow so may not be
able to write much more than I have today. The Greek outlook is interesting but one fears
that our government will again show that silly sentiment-
al weakness in dealing with the situation which they
always display to smaller nations. I thought
the new loan was due out now. I am not yet quite
sure whether to subscribe this time or to save up
for next time. If the Government get its money
too easily it will continue it's reckless expenditure. Best love to all my dear folks including
Jessie. I did not see her nephew as I did not
go to those parts again after all Wilfrid WBSpender