"Our khaki ühifotms were provi ed, and we were also. issued) with two. shirts, tie, cap, gloves; stockings, two pairs of very good brown shoes, all our underclothing, marvellous waterproof gàbardine coat with detachable fleecy lining. and also a very heavy tweed greatcoat. We were allowed to get into mufti only if we had % hours leave, but I rarely got out of uniform during the cold weather, as the material was so much to be in by 1045 p.m. buf could get one late pass a week. We were often invited to dances at different camps, and would charter à motor coach and go in a group with one of the officers who was responsible for us. There was no veto on mixing with the méh. We could go to the pictures with them if we wanted to.
Some people might think some of the discipline and meticulous drill—{the payday parade, for. instance—perhaps wa necessarily strict; but I do not: agree.
"The other services, the W.A.AFs and the W.R-ENs, do the same work for the Air Force and the Navy as the A.T.S. do for the Army, and there is a healthy rivalry between them.
"And now Im off to join the WANS."
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