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Corporal Whitcomb

           Thechaplainrotatedhisbreakfasts,lunchesanddinnersinseparatesetsamongtheeightsquadronmesshallsandateeveryfifthmealintheenlistedmen’smessatGroupHeadquartersandeverytenthmealattheofficers"messthere.BackhomeinWisconsinthechaplainhadbeenveryfondofgardening,andhisheartwelledwithagloriousimpressionoffertilityandfruitioneachtimehecontemplatedthelow,pricklyboughsofthestuntedtreesandthewaist-highweedsandthicketsbywhichhewasalmostwalledin.InthespringhehadlongedtoplantbegoniasandzinniasinanarrowbedaroundhistentbuthadbeendeterredbyhisfearofCorporalWhitcomb’srancor.Thechaplainrelishedtheprivacyandisolationofhisverdantsurroundingsandthereverieandmeditationthatlivingtherefostered.Fewerpeoplecametohimwiththeirtroublesthanformerly,andheallowedhimselfameasureofgratitudeforthattoo.Thechaplaindidnotmixfreelyandwasnotcomfortableinconversation.Hemissedhiswifeandhisthreesmallchildren,andshemissedhim.

           WhatdispleasedCorporalWhitcombmostaboutthechaplain,apartfromthefactthatthechaplainbelievedinGod,washislackofinitiativeandaggressiveness.CorporalWhitcombregardedthelowattendanceatreligiousservicesasasadreflectionofhisownstatus.

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