.MTAwMg.NjU1MjI

There seems to be a great passion for trying men by Courts martial and for giving Guard House sentences here There are from 36 to 210 in the guard house all the time Whiskey among the officers produces much trouble among them and disaffection on the part of the of the men May. Roy drinks hard, and Rife Walsh May & Day get drunk whenever they can. Baker also. Robinson, Lee, Lyon & Garland drink hard also. There has also been much gambling lately which ended in a Knockdown between Gray & Lyon the night before I arrived, the latter having lost $200. or $300.