The Inspection Was In The Morning, And We
All Went To See It, And Were Driven In The Post With The Booming Of
Cannon - The Salute Always Given A Brigadier General When He Enters A
Post Officially.
It was pretty to see the general's wife partly cover
her ears, and pretend that she did not like the noise, when all the
time her eyes were sparkling, and we knew that every roar of the big
guns added to her pride.
If all those guns had been for Faye I could
never have stayed in the ambulance.
It is charming up there - in the post - and the view is magnificent. We
sat out on a vine-covered porch during the inspection, and watched the
troops and the review. It made me so happy, and yet so homesick, too,
to see Faye once more in his uniform. The inspection was all too
short, and after it was over, many officers and their wives came to
call upon us, when wine and delicious cake was served. We were at the
quarters of the colonel and post commander. That was the second post
we had taken Mrs. Ord to, and she is suddenly enthusiastic over army
people, forgetting that Omaha has a post of its own. But with us she
has been in the tail of the comet - which made things more interesting.
Army people are nice, though, particularly in their own little
garrison homes.
There is only one mormon store here, and that is very large and
cooperative.
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