Robert Lincoln and the military

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thank you, Roger! So it seems his wish did not only root in the increasing pressure he felt from his classmates.

Kees, better don't thank me because I didn't check (which I should have done, sorry, as didn't recall this from somewhere else) what I seemed to recall from briefly skimming this (see "On March 29..."):
http://books.google.de/books?id=3XLTAAAA...=html_text
...when researching your other question. Now upon re-reading it seems this is unknown and my memory misinterpreted the wording.