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<p>[Page 16]</p><p>He has even remonstrated with the Tsingtao soldiers, who don't even know him. In my opinion, he has no reason to demand salutes since everybody, him included, runs around in civilian clothes. G. is therefore disliked throughout the camp, which is the case with most reserve officers. These gentlemen are very stuck-up about their officer's brevet and yet they're not all that different from the rest of us. Their arrogance increased even more when the Reich confirmed their officer's status to the Australian government and they began getting a £4 daily pay. Most of them don't seem to know where that pay comes from; some claim it's from the Reich, others say it's from their regiments. Since a lot of them hail from wealthy and even super-rich families, the pay makes you wonder, more so considering that nobody at home gives a damn about us mere mortals, and not even the Tsingtao and Emden people are getting a pay. One could understand if the £4 subsidy were limited to those really in need, but given</p>