"This is an enormous Cadet College and our batch is the second course since it started three months ago. In our batch there are 350-400 and in the previous batch also 350 making in all about 800. They are preparing for another 300-400, so soon this will be quite an important centre. Lots of them have come from Calcutta and various parts of' India, and about 50 have come all the way from home. Our course lasts four months, then we are sent to various regiments and very possibly go to Egypt.
"Everything is very well organized and when we arrived at Bombay and Bangalore we were met by Army officers and everything was arranged for us. If there are any more men trying to get away encourage them to come; we are really required here. We have special army instructors and very long hours; most of us are dead beat by the end of the day. We all have to learn Hindu, this is stressed as being very important.
"Our first parade is at 7 am. We have to get up at about 6 am. we work on parade until 8.30, then break-dost and start again at 10 and work dintil 130, then tiffin, start again at 230 and frush at 430, then we are free to do what we like, but we are 90 dead that we just flop into bed. cutty but I am staying here. I may go and see Madras which is quite close but this place is grand and there is no need for any change. There are four cinemas here and they show very up-to-date pictures.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.