COU-54

Captain T. Coulson
2^nd Light Brigade
Light Division
Army of the Rhine

Dear Captain Coulson,

Many thanks for your letter and good wishes which I most heartily reciprocate. So far as my appointment is concerned, it was only confirmed on the first of the present month, so that I have not had time to settle down yet, and cannot get things going properly until more of the staff come back from the Army. Only three have resumed duty so far - Eagleson, Roy, and Warren, and two of them, I think, are still somewhat unsettled. Captain Simpson¹⁵⁷ is still in the North of Scotland, but hopes to be demobilised during the next five or six weeks, and McCausland will be returning at the end of this month, which will leave only two of our staff to account for.

I have conveyed your good wishes and messages to the various members of the staff for which they all thank you, and wish to be kindly remembered to you.

I am sure it is very flattering to you to be selected for this important instructional work, and hope most sincerely that you will be able to make a permanency out of it after your experience in France and Germany. I think there should be no doubt about it, especially if, as you imply, there is likely to be more trouble.

I am glad to say that my wife and family are all well at present. Geoffrey¹⁵⁸ is to sit for his Matric in a week or two, but I am not sure of the result, as he has rather a weakness for football and swimming rather than for Latin and Maths. However, we hope for the best. I may say that he is as tall as I am myself now and you would hardly recognise him. Eric¹⁵⁹ is still rather little, but is as enthusiastic as ever in whatever he takes up. They all wish to be kindly remembered to you, and we hope that it will not be long before we have the pleasure of seeing you.

Believe me to be,

Yours most sincerely,