Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-28
No. 1I.-Cndct Training Brigade,
II. A T..

My Dear Old Pinkie:
the K. 4. r. before left Tranters, and
promised to let you fellows know
| how got on, SO hear goes.
Z During the holidays ! naQ an official
letter saying ,hey wanted to see me.
"ad " e.rc a lot o. lhrilliEi de-
lsis about my past lie. ana the part
iaat seemed 10 !nteresl them most was
tnat mad oecn Iooter captain two
years. and had also been known 10
. maze a rev runs anu hold catch. the
rest was easy. he doctor man passed
lne sound IN nina amd iimD. and here
am.
This is a perfectly splendid camp near
famous resort on e. ,:c sou,n coast
,ollicial secrecy must be maintained my
ladD We've very COMFY and having :,
top-hole time. The instructors are a
keen lot, and know tncIr job from y
70 t. AZ present were getting lots
and lots OF arm and phys ica! jerks.
used to hate this AT rranters. be-
cause no one look ii seriously: some
how everything seems much more real
here. ! believe | could fell an on. or
feven shift old Grub off tuck-b box.
You must not think from this, my
SON that our minds are being neglect
led, Q! dear, no. We have Glasses In
sigma ling, map-reading, military law
and orGanizstionEthe constitution and
4depots. parks and SO on-matters of
which your puny brain has as yet no
those painful half hours with the Head
although the r. a. F.. doesn't seem to
waste so much time. and every
propriate punishment; rather like a
tariff. I'm perfect nut at signalling,
and can speak Morse like native.
(AvATONS' MAPS ARE
REALLY INTELLIGENT
But Maps, has idus. maps. / never
had any luea ucioiu nov very IN
lerestinE maps were: no. those dusty
Old SPIDERS LARS that used To nang III
4 r(,s.lII
ours are reaiiy inteiiISent things snow
| inS roads, railways. rivers, woods and
even inns Then there are wrissiy
so round the hilis and up The valleys
and show the lie uf the lana clearly
lenouGh Tor even my intellect TO grasp.
| TO read Instead OF BOOKS: they're Tar
more interesting, and you can make
your own plot.
but what" asks the fair pinkie, i'm :
patiently, has all this TO do with
nying:' Patience, gentle reader!
am, with any luck. to be In due course
onecr hrst and this is quite enough
10 keep me busy for the moment.
I've already been here nearly a
than a week. 10 me the amazing part part
Of it all is that I'm being paid for il
| for one Of the best holidI.s I've ever
per day. and bob for messing. can't
decide yet whether to corner war bonds
! or present Tranter's with new nav.
1 Give my love to Grub, Ginger the
Cherub and the other kids. When YOU
! write, you viii please address me as
Cadet and don't you forget ii.
Your loving and erstwhIle boon
BARD. CADET X. 4. T..
No. Iu.--SchooI OF AerOnnutic. IL. A. r.
| Moncher and Pinkic:
! ought to have answered your in
teresting screed before, but I've been
buster than l ever thought ] could
he.
chaps not not being old enough to be
in this too. Tell Ginger. though. that
| If he did grow a beard, wore specs. and
was wheeled about IN bath -cnair
! he'd never persuade tho r. 4. T.. h,
was day older than fifteen years ant
six months! But "soycz contents ct
patients mes enfants," as old Alphons,
Since last I wrote mucn has ham
rened. and have moved on TO tho
above address, beautifully situated
near a charming riverside town." where
are produced equally good officer pilots
and biscuits You would stand ashast
my son. and marvel open m outhed al
| tic vast stores Of technical knowledge
am acquiring.
I could tell you anything You wan,
3lto know about engines or the construc-
4 ton OF airplanes. could discourse
iearnedly OF LENDING taEs. w!res. angie
z ssfcty.' and other Vital subjects. OF
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