I really do need a pair of gum boots

TCD MS 11274/7 folio 2 verso

TCD MS 11274/7 folio 2 verso

[11 November 1915]

leather waistcoat yet. I really do need a pair of gum-boots. Shiny things that go up near to knee size 10 or slightly less. Also a few pairs thick socks Mud so bad that sometimes have to stop & scrape mud gards. Faulty construction of Douglas in this respect. Just think! Not a single adaptation to peace time model fitted to