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twice as much in this war as the exalted ones who occupy the upper decks.

And while we are no better nor worse than the doughboys our dignity and position has lost nine tenths of whatever force it earned in the A.E.F.

Every other officer ^[[of the 1830]] reiterates that this is his last war [[double underline]] now [[/double underline]]! Pshaw. A million dollars in money saved by the Army Transport Service and a billion lost in patriotism. What a shortsighted policy it is.

Someone or other said that before embarkation ^[[in France]] each officer was to be  offered his choice, in case he was to be assigned steerage, of waiting for 1st Class transportation. No official ever gave me [[illegible]]