[King’s African Rifles
stationery] Nairobi, 23 Jan. 1919.
Dear Mr Stauffacher.
On handing over the command of Troops
forming the Masai Patrol, I wish to give you hearty thanks for
all your many kindnesses to my men while camped near your
Mission. I am sure it is largely due to what yourself and the
ladies of the Mission did to cheer up the British Ranks, that,
we passed through the Influenza Epidemic without deaths among
the British Ranks.
Yours Sincerely
W. Dickinson, Major
[unclear] 6th Bn. King’s African
Rifles
Dear
Mama:
I
tho’t perhaps you’d like to see this note of appreciation from
the Major whose troops were here. He was over all; then below
him
was Capt. Mapp, a very nice fellow. and then about 8
Lieutenants. Some of these we had up to tea several times. The
Major was never
here to tea but I did considerable baking for them. It wasn’t
just
a joke as it’s hard to regulate the heat in the oven &
when it
cools once then it must be reheated before another lot can be
baked,
and I hadn’t much help those days either. But I’m glad we did
all we did do & wish I could have done more. The reason
the
Major never got here to tea was because he was only here while
“flu”
was raging & he was afraid of exposing us. We gave ‘em
quite a
few things from the garden too.
We
also gave them books & L. H. Journals to read and some
were never
returned which made me sort o’ spunky. Tolstoi “Resurrection”
Cora gave as gift. “Uncle Toms Cabin” and one or two others.
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