October 2d. What a dismal day it has been. It commenced raining last night and has poured down in torrents ever since. No drills in this camp, nor reviews so far. It seemed very strange to me when I first joined this staff to have so little to do with the troops; the higher one goes the less he has to do with the men.
“…the higher one goes the less he has to do with the men.”–Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill.
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