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progrefs as usual and camp duties are performed in their customary routine. Rather an exciting and to me a novel affair occured in our camp last Friday One of our officers mifsed both of his revolvers and inspection pointed to a negro boy (about 18 yrs old) fresh from Dixie [inserted above:] and employed as cook by our orderly Srgt [continuing on:] as the thief. Upon examination the revolvers were both found where he had secreted them although at first he denied knowing anything about them. By orders from higher authority Lieut Robinson had him tied by the hands to the limb of a tree and another negro boy whom he had endeavored to implicate in the theft, gave him 100 lashes with a black snake whip