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82 from [[red underline]] Milan [[/red underline] saying that he is well. Sept 4. Directors meeting has been postponed for a week. A busy day dictating belated correspondence. Evening drove to University Club where I met [[red underline]] Pupin, Hutchinson, Ewing and Dr. de Vecchi. [[/red underline] [[strikethrough]] Sept. [[/strikethrough]] At Kingsbridge and many intersecting streets soldiers and sailors stop passers by and men in automobiles [[strikethrough]] to examine [[/strikethrough]] who are within draft age [[red underline]] to ascertain whether they are "slackers" or whether they are properly registered. [[/red underline] Those who have forgotten to carry their registry cards [[red underline]] are taken to court to be examined [[/red underline] further. This naturally has brought about [[red underline]] many complications for careless visitors to New York. Still good news [[/red underline] [[end page]] [[start page]] 83 [[red underlined]] from the Advance of the Allies on Western Front. [[/red underlined]] Death of Lenine contradicted. Sept 5. Another busy day dictating belated correspondence. Sept 6 At home all day. Sept 7. Left early to take train for [[red underlined]] Bridgeport with Naval Consulting Board. [[/red underlined]] First visited [[red underlined]] Remington Arms Co [[/red underlined]] an endless succession of well built [[strikethrough]] Buck [[/strikethrough]] brick buildings. Saw the making and testing of new heavy [[red underlined]] Browning machine guns, [[/red underlined]] nothing so heavy about it as gun can easily be carried by one man. Shoots [[red underlined]] 500 to 600 rounds a minute. [[/red underlined]] I notice that [[red underlined]] many departments are idle. [[/red underlined]] Am told also about [[red underlined]] strike of toolmakers in Bridgeport. [[/red underlined]] Making only [[red underlined]] 110 a day, [[/red underlined]] expect to make [[red underlined]] 2000-3000 [[/red underlined]] a day. Then to [[red underlined]] Lake [[strikethrough]] Torpedo [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Submarine]] [[/red company. Several submarines under