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- [Centre:] V
[Upper right annotation:] 9
to the Colonel (who otherwise naturally does'nt
know or recognize the name or face of the bulk
of his men <sup>individually</sup>, that is, the privates. And he seems
to have a <del>friendly</del> good opinion of us as scouts &
seems to like us rather in spite of our occasional
"breaks".<sup>(The colonel is very well liked & admired by his men.)</sup> The same apply to some of the other
officers to whom we have become well known
through our peculiar ways. By the way one
of our chaps of our platoon over stayed his
pass by only a few hours last monday &
he got 10 days C.B.! His excuse (& it was quite
true) was that his mother was ill. He is a nice
honest chap but he was absolutely unknown
to the colonel so his story was put down as
"the old yarn". The Col. said 'I've heard that too often
- 10 days C.B." & before he had time to say a
word in his defense the sargeant-major who
ushers the defaulters in, in the strictest formal
style cried - about turn left wheel, quick march!
So this unfortunate chap who really had ample
excuse gets 10 days because of his 1/2 day over
due & we get only 8 days for 8 whole days!
At the same time I must explain that they
are getting stricter all the time.
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