Искали помещения. Много ездили в автомобиле, и я мерз, как никогда. Я получил 1300 рублей на покупку необходимого: посуды и т. д. Офицеров собирается целый эскадрон.

We searched for lodgings. We drove around a lot in an automobile, and I was freezing cold like never before. I received 1,300 rubles to buy some necessities: dishes and such. A whole squadron of officers is meeting.