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  ��troop train headed east。
  
  You'd better not read that last to the rest of the family。 An ;Honorary Smith; had best find some other way。
  
  525My warmest respects to you and to Mrs。 Smith��
  
  ��My loveto all the youngsters��
  
  ��Ted Bronson ;Smith;
  
  ��And most happy to be ��adopted;��
  
  * * *
  
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  ;Sir�察�Sergeant Bronson reports to Captain Smith as or dered� ─。�Pop�察�I wouldn't have recognized you。 But durned ii you don't look just as you ought to。 Only younger。��
  
  ;At ease�察�Sergeant。 Close that door。 Then sit down。;
  
  ;Yes�察�sir。; Lazarus did so�察�still mystified。 He had not onI�� never expected Captain Smith to get in touch with him�察�but he had refrained from asking for a pass long enough to let him go to Kansas City for two reasons�此�One�察�his father might be there that weekend´or�察�two�察�his father might not be thert that weekend。 Lazarus was not sure which was worse�察�h had avoided both。
  
  Now a dog´robber type on a motorcycle with a sidecar had suddenly picked him up with orders to ;Report to Captain Smith;´and it was not until he had done so that he knew that this ;Captain Smith; was Captain Brian Smith。
  
  ;Sergeant�察�my father´in´law has told me quite a bit about you。 And so has my wife。;
  
  There seemed to be no answer to that�察�so Lazarus looked sheepish and said nothing。
  
  Captain Smith went on�察 �Oh�察�e�察�Sergeant�察�don't look embarrassed�察�this is man to man。 My family has 'adopted' you�察�so to speak�察�and it meets with my heartiest approval。 In fact it fits in with something the War Department is starting�察�through the Red Cross and the Y。M。C。A。 and the churches�察�a program to locate every man in uniform who does not get mail regularly and see to it that he does。 Get a family to 'adopt him for the duration' in other words。 Write to him�察�remember his birthday�察�send him little presents。 What do you think of that�拭�
  
  ;Sir�察�it sounds good。 What the Captain's family has done for me has certainly been good for my moral~。;
  
  ;I'm pleased to hear it。 How would you organize such a program�拭�Speak up�察�don't be afraid to express your own ideas。;
  
  �殖殖�Give me a desk and I'll make a career of it�察�Pop�。� ;Sir�察�the problem breaks down into two´No�察�three parts。 Two of preparation�察�one of execution。 First�察�locate the men。 Second��
  
  526at the same time�察�lo~´ate families willing to help。 Third�察�bring them together。 The first has to he done by the fist sergeants。; ��The top kicks 。are going to love this´in a pig's eye。�� ;They pany clerks to check mail against the roster before handing it out。 Uh�察�this must he speeded up�察�holding up mail call for any reason is not a good idea。 But checking can't be left to platoon sergeants�察�they aren't set up for it and would slop it。 It has to be at the point where the mail orderly delivers mail to each pany clerk。;
  
  Lazarus thought。 ;But to make this work�察�if the Captain will
  
  ��pardon me�察�the manding General must tell his adjutant to require from elich pany�察�troop�察�and battery mander a report of how many pieces of mail each man under his corn´
  
  ��mand has received that week。; ��And a damnable invasion of privacy�察�and the sort of multiplication of clerical work that bogs down armies� �The bomesick ones have homes and ��10 get mail。 The loners don't want letters�察�they want women and whiskey。 The prairie dog pee they sell for whiskey in this ;dry; state has made a teetotaler of me。�� ;But that should not be separate paper work�察�Captain�察�it need only be a column of tally marks on the regular weekly report。 Both pany manders and top sergeants are going to bellyache if it's too time´consuming´and the manding General would receive reports that would be mostly products of pany clerks' imaginations。 The Captain knows that�察�I feel sure。;
  
  ��Lazarus' father gave the grin that made him look like Teddy Roosevelt。 ;Sergeant�察�you have iust caused me to revise a letter I'm preparing for the General。 As long as I am assigned to 'Plans & Training' no new program will add to the mountain of paper work if I can help it。 I have been trying to sweat this one down to size�察�and you've shown me a way to do it。 Tell me�察�why did you turn down officers' training when it was offered to you�拭�Or don't tell me if you don't want to�察�it's your business。;
  
  �殖�Pop�察�I'm going to have to lie to you´for I can't point out that a platoon leader has a life expectancy of around twenty minutes if he takes his platoon ;over the top; and does it by the Book。 What a war�。� ;Sir�察�look at it this way。 Suppose I put in for it。 A month to get it approved。 Then three months at Benning�察�or Leavenworth�察�or wherever they're sending them。 Then back here�察�or Bliss�察�or somewhere and I'll be assigned to recruits。 Six months with them and we g~ ��verseas。 More training behind the lines 'Over There' from what I hear。 Adds
  
  up to about a year�察�and the waris over�察�and I haven't been
  
  ��in it。;
  
  ;Mmm 。 。 you could be right。 You want to go to France�拭�
  
  ;Yes�察�sir� ─。�Christ�察�no�。�
  
  ;Just last Sunday�察�in K。C。�察�my father´in´law told me that
  
  ��would be your answer。 But you may not know�察�Sergeant�察�that the billet you are in will be just as frustrating 。 。 without the pensation of bars on your shoulders。 Hcre in 'Plans & Training' we keep track of every enlisted instructor´and the ones who don't work out we ship out 。 。 but the ones who do work out we hang onto like grim death。
  
  ;Except forone thing´; His father smiled again。 ;We have been asked´the polite word for 'ordered'´to supply some of our best instructors for that behind´the´lines training in France you mentioned。 I knoade it a point to note the weekly reports on you ever since my father´in´law told me about you。 Surprising proficiency for a man with no bat time 。 。 plus a slight tendency to be nonregulation about minor points�察�which´privately´I do not find a drawback�察�the utterly regulation soldier is a barracks soldier。 Est´ce que vous parlez la langue franise�拭�
  
  ;Oui�察�mon capitaine。;
  
  ;Eh�察�bien� �Peut´re vous avez enr��autrefois en la Legion Etrange�察�n'est´ce pas�拭�
  
  ;Pardon�察�mon capitaine�拭�Je ne prends pas。;
  
  ;Nor will I understand you if we talk three more words of it。 But I'm studying hard�察�as I expect French to be my own ticket out of this dusty place。 Bronson�察�forget that I asked that question。 But I must ask one more and I want an absolutely straight answer。 Is there any possibility whatever that any French authority might be looking for you�拭�I don't give a tinker's dam what you may have done in the past�察�and neither does the War Department。 But we must protect our own。;
  
  Lazarus barely hesitated。 ��Pop is telling me plain as print that if I am a deserter from the Foreign Legion´or have escaped from Devil's Island or any such´he's going to keep me out of French jurisdiction。�� ;Absolutely none�察�sir� �
  
  ;I'm relieved to hear it。 There have been latrine rumors that Pop Johnson could neither confirm nor deny。 Speaking of him´Stand up a moment。 Now left face�察�please。 And about face。 Bronson�察�I'm convinced。 I don't remember my wife's Uncle Ned�察�but I would give long odds that you are related to
  
  ��527
  
  528my father´in´law�察�and his theory certainly fits。 Which makes us 'kinfolk' of some sort。 After the war is over�察�perhaps we can dig into it。 But I understand that my children call you 'Uncle Ted' 。 。 which seems close enough and suits me if it suits you。;
  
  ;Sir�察�it does�察�indeed� �It's good to have a family�察�under any assumption。;
  
  �拭�I think so。 Just one more thing 。 。 and this you must forget once you go out that door。 I think that a rocker for those
  
  �chevrons will show up one of these days 。 。 and not long after you'll be wven a short leave that you haven't requested。 When tklat happens�察�don't start any continued stories。 prenezvous�拭�
  
  ;Mais oui�察�mon capitaine�察�certainement。;
  
  ;I wish I could tell you that we will be in the same outfit�察�Pop Johnson would like that。 But I can't。 In the meantime please remember that I haven't told you anything。; ��
  
  ;Captain�察�I've already forgotten it。; ��Pop thinks he's doing me a favor�。� ;Thank you�察�sir� �
  
  ;Not at all。 Dismissed。;
  
  DA CAPO
  
  VII
  
  Staff Sergeant Theodore Bronson found Kansas City changed´uniforms everywhere�察�posters everywhere。 Uncle Sam stared out at him�此 �I want you for the United States Army。; A Red Cross nurse was shown holding a wounded man in a stretcher as if he were a baby�察�with the one word��
  
  ;GIVE�察─�A sign on a restaurant said�此 �We Observe All Meatless�察�Wheatless�察�and Sweetless Days。; Service flags were in many windows´he counted five stars on one�察�saw several with gold stars。
  
  More traffic than he recalled and streetcars were crowded�察�many passengers in uniform´it seemed as if all of Camp Funston and every camp or fort within reaching distance had all been dumped into the city at once。 Untrue�察�he knew�察�but the train he had dozed in most of last night had been so jammed that it seemed true。
  
  That ;Khaki Special; had been almost as dirty as a cattle train and even slower�察�it had sidetracked again and again in favor of freights�察�and once for a troop train。 Lazarus arrived in Kansas City late in the morning�察�tired and filthy´having left camp clean and rested。 But he had his battered old grip with him and planned to correct both conditions before seeing his ;adopted; family。
  
  Waving a five´dollar bill in front of the railroad station got him a taxi�察�but the hackie insisted on picking up three more passengers going south after asking what direction Lazarus was going。 The taxicab was a Ford landaulet like his own�察�but in much worse condition。 The glass partition between front and back seats ��the feature that made it a ;limousine;�� had been removed�察�and the collapsible half´top of the rear partrnent appeared to have collapsed for the last time。 But
  
  530with five in it�察�plus baggage on knees�察�ventilation was wele。 The driver said�察 �Sergeant�察�you were first。 Where to�拭�
  
  Lazarus Said that he wante

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