“The letter seethes with the resentment of the man at the front for the easy-living ways of the VIP’s back at the capital—the old misunderstandings between the ‘office’ and the ‘field.’ He starts out by reminding the governor of his duty to supply the armies in the field, and reminds him that both he and Helaman have suffered from short supplies from the beginning. … He admits his ignorance of the situation and asks for information, and yet he cannot resist passing judgment with a peevish and quite unjustified charge of negligence” (Nibley, Since Cumorah, 323).