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raising the standard of the officers of your regiment and for your own sake as well as that of your command, I hope you wont hesitate to act to the point. At least oust [underline] one or two of the worst of them. Remember that all these vacancies will be filled from the supernumeraries, and the latter will be well culled out [2 words underlined] before assignments are made, so your chance is good of getting valuable men. It can all be done quietly [underline] without anyone knowing who [underline] makes the move, and is an opportunity not to be lost, as it will never again occur.

  In thinking of the past I sometimes wonder how I ever was able to live on an equality with several officers of the Tenth whom I can name.   Getting where I could choose my associates reconciled me more than anything else to leaving the Tenth.