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Dear General, | Dear General, | ||
You are my debtor for a letter still but that shall not prevent me from writing again. Besides, I see Woodward's leave has been granted and know therefore that your duties are more burdensome than before. From him I have had two notes recently, one dated march 2nd acknowledging receipt of the bank books of the men ) I sent him, the other March 16th speaking of his proposed leave, &c. We hope his trip will do him much good and that he will get East far enough for us to see him. | You are my debtor for a letter still but that shall not prevent me from writing again. Besides, I see Woodward's leave has been granted and know therefore that your duties are more burdensome than before. From him I have had two notes recently, one dated march 2nd acknowledging receipt of the bank books of the men ) I sent him, the other March 16th speaking of his proposed leave, &c. We hope his trip will do him much good and that he will get East far enough for us to see him. | ||
I see that the Tenth has lost it's Commissary and that | I see that the Tenth has lost it's Commissary and that Badger is now, like myself, one of the anxious "supernumeraries", 'tho' in fact I am not particularly anxious. From the long leave granted Badger I judge him to be well used us, and very likely proposing to retire or resign. Who will succeed him as the Reg'tl Commissary? I hope to hear that you have given the appointment to Pratt. I know of no one of your First Lieutenants of the line who has been a more faithful worker, a stronger friend to you and the regiment than he, or one best fitted to perform the duties in a satisfactory and business-like manner. Do you know anything of the officer who takes Badger's place as Lt. of the 10th & has he joined? | ||
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Military Department, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. April 10 1870.
Dear General,
You are my debtor for a letter still but that shall not prevent me from writing again. Besides, I see Woodward's leave has been granted and know therefore that your duties are more burdensome than before. From him I have had two notes recently, one dated march 2nd acknowledging receipt of the bank books of the men ) I sent him, the other March 16th speaking of his proposed leave, &c. We hope his trip will do him much good and that he will get East far enough for us to see him.
I see that the Tenth has lost it's Commissary and that Badger is now, like myself, one of the anxious "supernumeraries", 'tho' in fact I am not particularly anxious. From the long leave granted Badger I judge him to be well used us, and very likely proposing to retire or resign. Who will succeed him as the Reg'tl Commissary? I hope to hear that you have given the appointment to Pratt. I know of no one of your First Lieutenants of the line who has been a more faithful worker, a stronger friend to you and the regiment than he, or one best fitted to perform the duties in a satisfactory and business-like manner. Do you know anything of the officer who takes Badger's place as Lt. of the 10th & has he joined?