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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, April-June 1918

1918-04-07 Robert M. Browning To Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 2

go East from here. "Biddie" Mead and
I plan to buy a service play with seven
stars and present it to the Regiment
at our next hop. We ought to do something
to show our pride in the men who have gone
to war, don't you think? Maybe we can organize
a knitting club among the officers, too. I
think many of the officers would join as they
all want to do what they can.
There is no use worrying about it, though, as
the A.G.O. (Adjutal General Office) pays no
attention to requests for transfer overseas.
All we can do is sit around and look at the 
map and then go out and drill - out of our men. 
I rather take the [pep?] out of study, though, to think that we are likely to be  I. W. W. subduers, while other outfits are burning up cartridges and grenades as fast as they can get them pointed at the hordes of Huns.
What's new at Iowa?
We have reveille same as before the daylight saving plan started. That gets us up in the moonlight for first formation.
Recall from drill is moved up an hour and a half (clock time) so that we put in a pretty good day now. Retreat is at 7:30 p.m. and guard mount follows parade, so that Wednesdays (regimental parade days) we aren't through till after eight o'clock. It's a gay life.
I'm still running the mess. Wish you could drop in for dinner some evening and stay to parade.
Sincerely yours
Bob

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go East from here. "Biddie" Mead and I plan to buy a service play with seven stars and present it to the Regiment at our next hop. We ought to do something to show our pride in the men who have gone to war, don't you think? Maybe we can organize a knitting club among the officers, too. I think many of the officers would join as they all want to do what they can. There is no use worrying about it, though, as the A.G.O. (Adjutal General Office) pays no attention to requests for transfer overseas. All we can do is sit around and look at the map and then go out and drill - out of our men. I rather take the [pep?] out of study, though, to think that we are likely to be I. W. W. subduers, while other outfits are burning up cartridges and grenades as fast as they can get them pointed at the hordes of Huns. What's new at Iowa? We have reveille same as before the daylight saving plan started. That gets us up in the moonlight for first formation. Recall from drill is moved up an hour and a half (clock time) so that we put in a pretty good day now. Retreat is at 7:30 p.m. and guard mount follows parade, so that Wednesdays (regimental parade days) we aren't through till after eight o'clock. It's a gay life. I'm still running the mess. Wish you could drop in for dinner some evening and stay to parade. Sincerely yours Bob