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we have the army buisquts now they are crackers about half as large as this page and as hard as shingles ben Easling lays his down and break them with his heel but they are mighty good & healthy just suit me I would rather have them than bread. I expect you would like to know whether we have been home sick yet, as long as one keeps his health there is no danger and we all have as good if not better health than when at home. it is 5 long miles from Rolla here and we marched here yesterday with our "riggin" allow I tell you it is some of a load. I did not get to send my clothes home the would not have been worth it I left them with Frank Lackson at Benton Barrack all but my hat and I have that in my napsack we saw Jim Burns Hank Fletcher & Bob Watts in St louis the last two brought some prisoners up and have gon back to Springfield I thought we would have been nearer there than we are by this time but a soldier dont know where nor when he is going to move we may leave here in a day and may stay a week or two. Each company is alowed one six mule team to carry there cookery cobobery and tents we count on getting lots to eat on our marches for we will shoot and eat what ever we want when we can find it we took breakfast in Rolla one morning and Hotel fare is better than Uncle Sams we tried hard to eat our 25 cts worth and I think we done it for we like to have got sick