Only once did Arnold let his dander up, when on 20 March 1917 he candidly wrote Bee: “You can not make me mad if you never see Mrs. L or Mrs. G_again. I tried to get the general to let me see my efficiency report but he wouldn’t. He told me that it was so rotten that it made me stink. Hence Col. G must like me very much. I hope he gets tried by a G.C.M. [general court-martial] before he gets out.”24