At midnight, in the basement of the Masonic New York Clubhouse, John's initiation ceremony was taking place. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this point, John is blindfolded, shirtless, and with a rope called a "leash" around his neck, lying in the middle of a mysterious altar. At his side were three candles that symbolized the three lights, and the members who came to watch the ceremony sang prayers around him.

"The great is the master of the truth, and the great is the just soul." In unison with the prayers of the members, Harold, as a mentor, removed the blindfold from John's face, symbolizing his rebirth from "death" and becoming a full Freemason. It is said that Mozart composed the mysterious "The Magic Flute" after experiencing such an enlightenment ceremony.

After the initiation ceremony, John and the other members returned to the upstairs conference room, where a regular Masonic meeting was taking place. Aside from the crypt rituals being mystical and religious, the upstairs meeting is more like a cultural salon. Members sat around a circle of couches and discussed everything from Broadway revues to the political situation in Europe. Harold told John that unless there is a major issue that needs to be voted on by all members, there is no fixed agenda item in the general regular meeting, just to provide a platform for members to exchange resources.

John tried to present his "security company" plan at the meeting, and soon two members expressed interest in the matter. Edgar Hoover was interested in FedEx's nationwide logistics network, and offered to settle the Department of Justice for John as long as he agreed to open a secret channel for the FBI to transport materials and personnel within the company, and to cooperate with the FBI's work if necessary. For such a "fair" price, John certainly has no reason to object. In fact, even if he didn't agree, it would not be difficult for Hoover to infiltrate FedEx behind her back.

Another member offered to introduce him to a group of well-trained staff. The general, who came from the 3rd Brigade of the Fort Benning military base, told John quite frankly that life in the military is not easy now due to the economic crisis. A large number of junior lieutenants are paid less than $50 a week, and it is difficult to maintain the family's regular expenses. As long as John was willing to offer a proper salary, recruiting two or three hundred people was not a problem at all. In particular, the 15th Infantry Regiment, which has recently been stationed in TJ, will be withdrawn to the country, and according to the decision of the War Department, the 2nd and 4th Battalions of the 15th Regiment will be disbanded, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions will be merged into the 3rd Brigade and 3rd Division at Fort Benning Base. The general is now having a headache over how to accommodate a large number of junior officers and non-commissioned officers. Faced with this kind of sleepy pillow, John was overjoyed and said that he would go to Fort Benning as soon as possible to recruit.

Located on the outskirts of Columbus, Georgia, the Fort Benning base was one of the five largest military bases of the U.S. military even in later generations. Just as Fort Knox is the base camp for the U.S. Army's armored forces, Fort Breg is the base camp for the Airborne Forces and Special Forces, and Fort Raquel is the base camp for the Army Air Corps, Fort Benning is the base camp for the U.S. infantry. Today, the Fort Benning military base is home to about 8,000 men, most of whom are part of the backbone of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade and 3rd Division (most of the U.S. Army units were understaffed at the time) and the Fort Benning Infantry School.

The first stop on John and Railly's trip to Fort Benning was the U.S. Army Infantry School, also known as the Fort Benning Infantry School. Founded in 1918, this infantry school is the cradle of American infantry officers, and famous generals such as Marshall, Bradley, and Ridgway have studied and taught here.

Unlike West Point, which recruits cadets from the community, the people who come to Fort Benning Infantry School to study are all active-duty junior lieutenants and officers of the Army. Because West Point is an academic education, most of the courses taught are the same as those at ordinary engineering universities. After graduating from West Point, students are required to attend the Fort Benning Infantry School, a branch of the military school to receive specialized military education, which is a type of on-the-job education. In later generations, after being promoted to major, US career officers were required to go to the Army Command and Staff College to study joint operations and receive education as a middle-level officer, and before they were about to be promoted to generals, they had to go to the National Defense University to receive senior officer education.

At the Fort Benning Infantry School, John and Reilly met Fred's father, Brigadier General Robert Ken, the head of the Military Academy. General Ken was an old-school Southern officer, and he was not very happy about having his dear dear soldiers, military academy teachers and students, work for civilian companies. Fortunately, Fred had a relationship, and he finally agreed to select a group of junior officers from the Military Academy Experimental and Demonstration Force (later the 197th Independent Infantry Brigade) to John.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and John never expected to build his security company into an elite force. He just wanted to recruit some people with military experience to build the skeleton of the company's security team. That's a lot more reliable than the group of ex-convicts that Bennett recruited for Ford. Moreover, the Army's 15th Infantry Regiment is still a few months away, and Reilly is more inclined to recruit more of his former comrades. So, now as long as you can have a dozen or so people, you can put up the shelves of the security company.

It took John only half a day to recruit 20 company and platoon officers, which can be regarded as exceeding the expected task. The Army elite were satisfied with John's average salary of not less than $100 a week, and they would be able to complete the retirement process by the end of the month at the latest. After a modest dinner in the academy cafeteria with the officers, John was accompanied by them on a tour of the academy's museum.

Truth be told, there's really not much to see at the Fort Benning Infantry School Museum at this point. In later generations, thanks to the donations of a bunch of alumni who had distinguished themselves in battle, the Military Academy Museum had a very rich collection, and even the scepter of the field marshal of the German and Italian fascist armies during World War II was more than one. But now, the museum is full of antique weapons, and even the famous ChinaGate will not appear until the second half of this year. This white marble archway was given by the TJ Chamber of Commerce during the Great War to thank the 15th Infantry Regiment for sending troops to stop the rebellious army and maintain the social order of TJ. When the 15th Infantry Regiment withdrew to the country, it also brought back this memorial arch and placed it in the Benningbao Infantry School, which became a famous landscape of the military academy.

Seeing John's lack of interest in museums, perhaps to show off in front of his new boss, a company commander took him to the school's shooting range to get over his gun addiction. In his previous life, John had an extraordinary love for guns and had a collection of classic firearms. Now that he has the opportunity to come into contact with the standard weapons of the US military in the 30s, which are rare for later generations, John is immediately interested. After hitting the shooting range until his shoulders were numb, John reluctantly put down the M1 Garand rifle in his hand and began to express his opinions on the merits of various guns.

Although he felt that John had a bit of an axe, the infantry company commander from Virginia still took the trouble to discuss it with John. He suggested that John equip the company's security department with Thompson submachine guns, which were expensive (about $200 each) but were easy to operate, ferocious, and suppressive, making them ideal for skirmishes. Moreover, this gun has not yet been adopted by the military on a large scale, it is a civilian firearm, which can be bought in hardware stores. Both the FBI and the U.S. Postal Service Security have been armed with this gun in batches.

Isn't the Thompson submachine gun the famous "Chicago typewriter"? This submachine gun, which can be easily hidden in a trench coat, is a favorite of American gangsters. In many later gangster blockbusters, the gangsters took out the Thompson submachine gun from their coats and fired wildly, which is a classic shot of the film. As for the $200 price, it didn't matter to John. He had seen this gun in the hands of a collector in his previous life, and the asking price was $30,000.

After their visit to the Fort Benning Infantry School, the next day, John and the others went to the 3rd Brigade of the U.S. Army stationed at the Fort Benning military base. Compared to the Fort Benning Infantry School, the 3rd Brigade is much more generous. Due to the isolation doctrine that has always prevailed in the United States, the development of the army has been very slow. Many junior officers have no hope of promotion, and they only have the rank of captain in their forties. John's company's generous pay was too appealing to the officers, and if it weren't for him and Reilly's merit, they would have easily pulled in enough officers and non-commissioned officers to form five or six combat companies.

On January 20, FedEx's security department was officially established. The head of the department is Reilly, headquartered in Detroit, with three offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. The security sector initially consisted of 280 members, 60 of whom were from the military, serving as unit commanders and instructors. John equipped them with sophisticated weaponry and invested in a training ground just outside Detroit. Although outsiders think that John's move is too expensive, he himself is very proud. He gave the new unit the code name "WhiteMountain Brigade." Those who don't know still think that he is talking about the Battle of Baishan during the Thirty Years' War, but only he knows that this is his bad taste again. White Mountain and Black Water, I don't know who is more powerful?