William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 79
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[Page 79]
Some of my N.C.Os have not much jaw-bone. Cecil would be just the man.
A Non Com here requires to be a practical man with character, common sense and determination.
The N.C.O no longer an Instructor of his Section must have developed that tact which is to enable him to get the maximum of work from his men with a minimum of grousing from them. He must, of course, remember that grousing is to some extent a soldiers only priveledg but the fact that a man will growl when detailed for say a fatigue duty should not cause a strong Non Com to waver – rather should it make him the more quitely determined that this particular man carry's out that duty – and well. Such a Non Com is a treasure.
Un-happily tho the some will immediately look round, to see who else they may detail: invariably a double duty falls on