Sergeant has given Jackson about a dozen books to study so that he can be made a corporal. "He is a dandy fellow also the commissioned officers are all good." Big parade of soldiers. Tom wrote that Driscoll would be sent to Training School, but Driscoll has "the same chance of being a non com. as I, but he could not make good and has been transferred to the suicide squad or other words machine gun company... That is considered the worst outfit here, so consider myself very lucky to get placed here. We do not go within twenty five miles of the Front also we do not have any marching to do after we leave this camp..."
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