soldiers have drawn clothing and received pay and are only short for rations. We have been drawing only 1/4 rations for the last 10 days. I wrote to father about 5 days ago in my letter I mentioned 1 section of our battery nos. 3 and 5 guns being at McMinnville. Johnny Hall and Jimmy Wallace belong to no 5 gun are of course along with it.
We have not heard from them since they left us.
The other 5 guns are here and expect to move in the morning. We had the good luck to get 40 new horses day before yesterday In that we are in splendid condition to move forward. The men of the battery enjoy excellent