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Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 1-17, 1918

1918-03-01 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2

yet heaven itself compared to quarters in a damp ice-cold barracks.
Arrived a letter today containing an order recalling me to G.H.Q. for duty. The (you see, brains he has none) order was dated February 16. It had taken exactly two weeks to go the distance that mail should cover within a day. If it had come as it should I could have been back there all the last two weeks that I've been freezing and torturing myself in this depressing place. It is too exasperating to contemplate!
I have no idea what they have in store for me up there. Evidently, though, it is something for which the special training I have undergone here is unnecessary, and the three weeks will have been misspent so far as Uncle Sam's service is concerned. I don't much mind having had the course myself. Indeed I'm rather glad to have had it. It has been most interesting, and has given me a certain kind of special knowledge which probably less than a dozen men in our army possess.
Despite the fatigue from the exam and the exasperation caused by the incident of the letter, I'm feeling right happy tonight. That is the natural result of the finishing of the grind, and forerunner of the pleasure of returning. Another thing that cheers me is the hope that I will find a lot of mail at G.H.Q., held up because of the order recalling me. I'm looking forward to the reading of bushels of letters from you as my Sunday fun.

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yet heaven itself compared to quarters in a damp ice-cold barracks. Arrived a letter today containing an order recalling me to G.H.Q. for duty. The (you see, brains he has none) order was dated February 16. It had taken exactly two weeks to go the distance that mail should cover within a day. If it had come as it should I could have been back there all the last two weeks that I've been freezing and torturing myself in this depressing place. It is too exasperating to contemplate! I have no idea what they have in store for me up there. Evidently, though, it is something for which the special training I have undergone here is unnecessary, and the three weeks will have been misspent so far as Uncle Sam's service is concerned. I don't much mind having had the course myself. Indeed I'm rather glad to have had it. It has been most interesting, and has given me a certain kind of special knowledge which probably less than a dozen men in our army possess. Despite the fatigue from the exam and the exasperation caused by the incident of the letter, I'm feeling right happy tonight. That is the natural result of the finishing of the grind, and forerunner of the pleasure of returning. Another thing that cheers me is the hope that I will find a lot of mail at G.H.Q., held up because of the order recalling me. I'm looking forward to the reading of bushels of letters from you as my Sunday fun.