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When you get "fired" as a civilian, or "quit," you are free to go your way, but not so in the Army. Instead, you get transferred to some disagreeable job, such as mess officer, or permanent kitchen police (if enlisted man). It's a courageous man who "quits" his job in the Army, or incurs the wrath of the brass and gets "fired." The consequences are unpleasant...
...cattle, feeding, watering, bedding and milking the three cows. The farm day is not done until Gus ties back the vane of the windmill, pulls off his overshoes and sets them neatly in a little casement near the back steps, washes (after pumping water in a basin at the kitchen sink), and sits down at the kitchen table to one of his wife's suppers-a county byword for good cooking...
...trip away from home, Mary Anne had come as well prepared as any much-traveled Army wife. In her baggage were five suits, 20 dresses, nine pairs of shoes, five pairs of nylons. Besides clothing enough for a year or more, most had also stocked up on cosmetics and kitchen utensils; some had brought automobiles, furnishings to fit out a house completely...
...everything about the trip had been wonderful. WACs and Army nurses prepared baby formulas in a special diet kitchen. There were play pens, toys for older children, and a four-room section set aside for teen-age boys. The first meal was a whopping lunch which bore no relation to Army food...
...committee situation. Other things such as open meetings with the members of the house and the publication of house committee activities would help develop interest in the committees. But the fundamental thing is the right of free and frequent voting. Given this, house committees can become more than the kitchen cabinets of some student strong...