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Cantonment Reno Decr 2d 1896 Reveille as 5.30 Broke camp at 7.20. Ice hardly have enough so I built a bridge of logs & poles over is for the men to pass over-. Very cold morning - & the wounded? got off late. I unclear by my camp fire- until 8.30. Came direct while the road was very round about. Killed two Sage Grouse with rifle- Wounded another- Ought have got more. Long & hard march - arrived 4 pm- Cmd half an hour later- Camped over the old ground. No mail.