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to draw their sabres in defence of " die Freiheit " 

 in America. 



With Gluckmansklegge I had always been on 

 friendly terms. Among the many lessons of his 

 life he had learned none more thoroughly than 

 the best way to treat his commanding officer ; 

 and there was in his manner an air of friendly 

 deference and of cordial submission to rank, 

 accompanied by a degree of personal dignity, 

 that elevated the colonel rather than lowered 

 the captain, — a manner that probably makes 

 its way with a newly fledged officer more surely 

 than any other form of appeal to his vanity. 

 One sometimes saw a brand-new second-lieuten- 

 ant made happier than a king by this same 

 touch of skill from an old soldier in his com- 

 pany, whom he knew to be far his superior in 

 all matters of service. To be quite frank, if I 

 have an element of snobbishness in my own or- 

 ganization, it has been more nurtured into life 

 by the military deference of better soldiers than 

 myself under my command than by all other 

 influences combined ; thus modified do the best 



