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176 [[underlined in red]] body to death with his nagging ways. wants me to sit down and [[/underlined in red]] listen and go over the same same [[underlined in red]] ground which I refuse to do [[/underlined in red]] May 23. Early this morning went to [[underlined in red]] Dr. Fuller the dentist [[/underlined in red]] to have my right upper molar refilled with [[strikethrough]] Isu [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Amalgam. [[/underlined in red]] The gold filling dropped out yesterday. All day at home dictating etc. Feel very nervous and restless. This evening newspapers announce a [[underlined in red]] new order of General Crowder that all men of draft age must be occupied in useful work. [[/underlined in red]] Order seems to include [[underlined in red]] chauffeurs. [[/underlined in red]] This [[underlined in red]] may deprive me of services of Albert [[/underlined in red]] unless they are willing to understand that he is [[underlined in red]] in my service not as a luxury [[/underlined in red]] but as a necessity to help my work. May 24. Early session with [[underlined in red]] Dr. Fuller [[/underlined in red]] the dentist. Afternoon went to order [[end page]] [[start page]] 177 [[underlined in red]] barrel brandy of Lachman & Jacobi [[/underlined in red]] x [[annotation in top margin]] x in view of gradual prohibition [[/annotation]] then to meet Kressmann of [[underlined in red]] Corn Products [[/underlined in red]] Co who came to show me unconverted wood from alcohol - from wood process. [[underlined in red]] Thinks it might be good for bakelite instead of wood [[/underlined in red]] flour. I do not think so. It is too weak Went to [[underlined in red]] Washington [[/underlined in red]] with 1 P.M train Baltimore May 25. Meeting Washington of [[underlined in red]] Naval Consulting Board. Liberty motor production this week [[/underlined in red]] in Detroit alone has attained [[underlined in red]] 50 per day. Carnegie Foundation has spent $120000 [[/underlined in red]] last year for [[underlined in red]] optical glass [[/underlined in red]] problem and 35 men employed on it. Admirals [[underlined in red]] Winterhalter, W. S. Smith, Griffin - Palmer, Taylor, and Badger [[/underlined in red]] there also General [[underlined in red]] Barnett [[/underlined in red]] and Colonel [[underlined in red]] Simmons of the Marines [[/underlined in red]] [[vertical annotation in left margin]] $5.65 regular fare to Washington without tax. $2.00 sleeper. [[/vertical annotation]]
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Charles J. Badger was a Rear Admiral in the Navy in 1918.