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Whether
or
not
the
aim
of
the
applicant
throughout
his
letter
was
,
as
he
claimed
,
that
of
“
improving
the
living
conditions
of
soldiers
and
creating
the
prerequisites
for
a
more
humane
army
”
,
there
can
surely
be
no
doubt
that
some
of
the
language
which
he
used
(
see
above
)
could
reasonably
be
regarded
by
the
military
authorities
as
calling
into
question
the
legitimacy
of
the
army
as
an
institution
and
hence
the
extent
of
his
willingness
to
obey
orders
emanating
within
it
–
in
short
,
as
being
the
language
of
insubordination
rather
than
that
of
permissible
criticism
.
More
than
that
,
it
could
reasonably
be
regarded
as
being
,
if
left
unpunished
,
a
possible
encouragement
to
other
soldiers
to
waver
in
their
duty
of
obedience
–
a
consideration
which
gained
in
importance
because
of
the
disclosure
of
a
copy
of
the
letter
to
a
fellow
officer
and
the
risk
that
knowledge
of
its
contents
would
go
further
.
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