Major General James Cowan issued the note after he noticed officers were eating sandwiches with their hands and failing to stand when commanders entered the room.
His three-page letter criticised standards at Bulford Camp in Wiltshire where he said he had seen many “frankly barbaric” techniques and habits displayed by soldiers and officers. The note, addressed to ‘Chaps’, said: “Quite a few officers in the divisional mess seem to be under the impression that they can eat their food with their hands.
"The practice of serving rolls and sandwiches must stop.” Maj Gen Cowan, who is in charge of 20,000 soldiers and 2,500 officers in 3 UK Division, most based at Bulford, also criticised poor grammar and writing, advising against the "wanton use of capitals, abbreviations and acronyms" because they can leave the reader exhausted.
4 comments:
Well, that's the end of me and popcorn then.
Do the Upper Crust really eat sandwiches with a knife and fork?
No they don't, Barbwire,
Although they do remove the crust from the bread.
Sounds like this chappy isn't in full charge of himself, let alone a bunch of men with guns.
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