Brent reassures his family that although the war will become more violent as Spring approaches, it won't affect his position. He received a nice note from Fred Jackson about his visit to Karl and encouragement to join the permanent service. His son, Karl, is a clean, bright young man and Brent has thought about having Karl assigned to him. Last Sunday he had a chance to be near General Pershing and it was quite an event. He learned that he will not be receiving a badge for his participation in the Mexican campaign because none of his men were shot, and a similar thing happened to him with Cuba. He was in his General's office when a major general came in and praised his past accomplishments, which made Brent feel pretty good because he always thought that major disapproved of his methods. He recounts a story from his time in Texas where he called in a favor to feed the men dinner at a local country club after accidentally letting the mess wagon get away with the regimental train.
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