<h3>COARSE FEED FIRST!</h3>
<p>Secretary Whitney wrote: "In July, 1861, I was in Washington, where
I merely said to President Lincoln: 'Everything is drifting into the
war, and I guess you will have to put <i>me</i> in the army.' (He
was in the Indian service at the time.)</p>
<p>"The President looked up from his work, and said good-humoredly:</p>
<p>"'I'm making generals <i>now</i>! In a few days I will be making
quartermasters, and then I'll fix you.'"
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