Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 117

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[Page 117]

everyone wants to be fit & hearty so as to resist fever he's put on half rations – Ye administrative blighters!!!
I've got hold of a nice little case holding 5 Mauser bullets – sharp pointed – loot of course & I trust to get hold of a Mauser rifle – DV=shortly
Hurrah-Hurrah –We've kicked the cook out & made him a 2nd class stoker – We had him up on the quarter deck repeatedly & complained – to-dayhe got disrated & put in the Stoke hole – I've suggested putting him in the fiery furnace like the Hebrew youths & see if his Cooking God could save him – We've suffered under that infernal scoundrel from Dec 7 to Jan 18 – The language he's caused!! I've heard every man in the ward room & the stewards in the pantry all cursing him at once & language in the navy is not the mild stuff you hear ashore – Mr Bumpus is very quiet but when he's finished you may reckon not only the culprit but his family is ended –

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