Item 01: Ralph Ingram Moore letters, 10 February 1907-15 March 1918 - Page 181
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[Page 181]
Mena Camp.
Cairo.
19.3.15
My dear Mother,
Your letter of Feb.14th and quite a big bundle of papers just to hand. The whole of No. 6 Section asked me to convey their thanks to you for all the papers. When read by all in our tent they are passed on to the other tents, so goodness knows how many read them and where they get to finally, perhaps to the other end of the Camp.
I notice in many of the Australian papers severe criticisms on the conduct of Australians in Egypt. It is a great pity the public do not take a broadminded view of the situation. It cannot be denied that there are a few in our midst who are not amenable to discipline; but what a small percentage, probably less than one percent. As many of these have already been returned as unsuitable material the number is almost negligible.
After being between seven and eight months cooped up on board it was only natural that some on landing would break the bounds of common sense; especially coming to such a place as Cairo where temptations are so much greater than in any of the Australian big cities.
The whole thing in a nutshell is expressed in a