Word: fer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...free-lanced against the Poles in 1919-20 under General Höfer, then rejoined Germany's post-Versailles army of 100,000. In 1922 he was called to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin, got his majority in 1925, his first regimental command in 1928. Three years later he was Chief of Staff of the First Division, in 1932, a full colonel. Then he went to Prague for three years as military attache for Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia, Rumania. Germany did not have left many competent officers of his generation and he was soon commissioned a major general, Chief...
Than my Testyment fer that...
...Carbine Affair, in connection with the late J. Pierpont Morgan's banking business in 1861, and having also read Corey's and Satterlee's books, I wish you would clarify one point for me. In Corey's book he quotes a Government report censuring Morgan fer his part in the affair. The passage thus quoted, I am told, never mentioned Morgan but was directed against another banker, and Corey in his book used Morgan's name instead of the other's. This involves Morgan in the censure meant for somebody else. I am told...