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RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 
FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA
[[image- drawing of a small stack of cannon balls, a cannon, a small stack of cannon balls]]
COMPANY No. [[blank line]] TRAINING 

ADDRESS MAIL:
MILITARY BRANCH
CHATTANOGGA, TENN. 
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pouch on the left side, open, and the bayonet scabbard on the right side, the bayonet drawn and crossing the scabbard at a certain fixed and unalterable angle. All the rest of your possessions are likewise arranged in a fixed manner. Don't you call[[strikethrough]]ed[[/strikethrough]] that damn foolishness? But so it must be, and the object is thoroughness and discipline - that unquestioning obedience to superiors which is the foundation of military efficiency.

On inspection I got off more easily than most, and the arrangement of my bunk was made a model for the rest of my barracks. Getting along nicely, and physically I have stood up well so far, never having failed anything put up to me so far. But