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field at 1st [[A'n?]] Depot (in addition to other duties). Charlie [[Baker?]] does the work. Ground dried under today's warm spell so that Lt. Hackett, personnel officer (under Captain [[Zimm?]]) could get out the Aoro biplane and start learning to fly. So he and I went up to Toul and around the old happy hunting grounds and back. Rather bumpy and not much learned during this trip but [[strikethrough]] bef[[/strikethrough]] better ones coming -- if old Aero -- which is a mighty good training boat -- stays together. Engine not very good.
Tuesday. 6th
Everything comes in bunches. Was sickish with sore throat and poor digestion; and had to worry about payroll which Sgt.