Officers detached must pay duty cost if they sell car to anyone not a member of Occupation. Ford well-adapted for shore trips but handicapped on steep grades of interior and must be backed up hills unless tank is kept filled. Gas and oil supplied by Brigade at contract prices, half that charged outside. A car is practically a necessity due to distances and hot sun. Local carriages are cheap of hire but slow and not always available.
Officers detached usually sell cars at considerable reduction and good market.
No general batchelor mess in PauP as capacity of houses limits them to four of five persons. Brigade issues daily radio sheet of Arlington service. Haitien newspapers, printed in French, carry leading European cable news. Occasional mail between these periods by Dutch and Clyde Lines, none via transport. Navy radio at no cost for transmission personal messages to Arlington, and usual land telegraph rates from there to destination.