possable of the officers and go out to find a suitable spot. I then
got my car and crowded into it the First and Second Lieutenants, the
Sergeant and the Quartermaster, which was Jane. She had asked to be
Veterinarian, being fond of dogs, but as we had no animals, I had made
her Quartermaster, giving her charge of the Quarters, or Tent, etcetera.
The others followed in the Adams's limousine, taking also cooking
utensils and food, although Mademoiselle was very disagreeable about the
frying pan and refused to hold it.

We went first to the tent store. The man in the shop then instructed me
as to how to put up the Tent, and was very kind, offering to send some
one to do it. But I refused.

"One must learn to do things oneself if one is to be usefull," I said.
"It is our intention to call on no member of the Male Sex, but to show
that we can get along without them."

"Quite right," he said. "I'm sure you can get along without us, miss,
much better than we could get along without you."

Mademoiselle considered this a flirtatious speach and walked out of the
shop. But I consider that it was a General Remark and not personal, and
anyhow he was thirty at least, and had a married apearance.

As there was not room for the Tent and camp chairs in my car, the
delivery waggon followed us, making quite a procession.

We tried several farm houses, but one and all had no Patriotism whatever
and refused to let us use their terratory. It was heartrending, for
where we not there to help to protect that very terratory from the
enemy? But no, they cared not at all, and said they did not want papers
all over the place, and so on. One woman observed that she did not
object to us, but that we would probably have a lot of boys hanging
around and setting fire to things with cigarettes, and anyhow if we were
going to shoot it would keep the hens from laying.

Ye gods! Is this our National Spirit?

I simply stood up in the car and said:

"Madame, we intend to have no Members of the Other Sex. And if you put
eggs above the Stars and Stripes you are nothing but a Traitor and we
will keep an eye on you."

We then went on, and at last found a place where no one was living, and
decided to claim it in the name of the government. We then put up the
tent, although not as tight as it should have been, owing to the Adams's
chauffeur not letting us have his wrench to drive the pins in with, and
were ready for the day's work.

We have now had lu