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Med Bluff I.T. Mch 11 / 69

My Dear Alice,

     I should properly head my letter Camp Witchita as upon arrival the 4th I received orders Establishing [crossed out my] Headquarters of the District here - & establishing a permanent Camp here to be designated as Camp Witchita detatching 4 Cos of the 10th Cavalry & 2 cos - 6th Infty from the Post of Fort Arbuckle to [?.....tion?] this point - & assigned Command of the [?] - but I had not at last mail promulgated the orders for want of [?]  Don't you then think Camp Witchita is a pretty name?  I rode about twenty miles to-day looking