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The forms of amusement of the enlisted men are numerous and varied in themselves; I have not been among enough of them to tell a truthful account of what their likes and dislikes in their divertisement are. I have attended several moving picture shows at which the majority of those present were the "ack emmas" and riggers, corresponding to our own "doughboys", and it was highly amusing to note the effect and attitude taken when pictures of different sorts were shown.

On one occasion the usual society drama held vogue for the evening and ninety-nine percent of those viewing the masterpiece of moving photography (for it [[underline]] was [[/underline]] good photography) were bored to death. The crowd laughed good naturedly when the hero got into the expected pickle and they smiled with tolerance when the