"MY DEAR MAN,--I am sorry to hear your bad news. The times are
sufficiently depressing without such a blow as this having to fall
on you. I am certain that you don't deserve such treatment, and
you have all my sympathy. As for the disgrace--there is none. You
are simply a victim of the War. If there is anything I can do to
cheer you up, let me know.
"I am, yours, etc.,--."