7 April 1913

Mr. Mango reports:

On 7 April 1913, Ahmet Izzet Paşa informed the Composite Force in Gallipoli that Muslim clergy were to be sent to raise the morale of the troops [following the fall of Edirne]. Mustafa Kemal sent a curt reply the following day, saying his brother officers and regimental chaplain were giving the troops all the advice that was necessary and that the despatch of extra preachers would serve only to propagate the view that the soldiers were demoralized, and that the authorities were reduced to prayerful supplications.

Impressive.