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[page 2] at 12:15 after which, a short rest is allowed before the afternoon drill commences. Following the afternoon drill there is a short intermission before the ceremony of retreat which is held at... Show More 6.00 pm everyday rain or shine. During the intermission we must all bathe, shine, change uniform, shine shoes and prepare for general inspection. After retreat we are through for the day, supper is served at 6.15. Taps which is just call for every men back to barracks is sounded at 10.00 pm., second call at 10:15 all lights are turned out and last call at 10.30 after that no man does talk or smoke, as the penalty is serious, and so a perfect day ends in the world’s best army. Doctor is pretty hard for a soldier to settle down and compose a suitable letter for publication, on our minds are constantly being filled up with war ideas “Kill – Kill – and Kill some more, but will never the less endeavor to do my very best. Upon entering the service by that I mean just as soon, as a men gets into the U.S. uniform he is given a serial number and from that time on every man is alike the Ph.G. degree is not better than any other, nor is a druggist any better than a baker or a cook, we are all messed up into one great army every body treated alike in every respect.
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