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when I get home [crossed out] home and get to working in the mill I expect you will wish I was back to Camp Defiance again for I expect I will be very lazy. John as times are dull money scarce and no excitement whatever I will have to come to a close. tell the girls I have written you about all the news and will write to them some other time. John we have regular cooks now we have taken 4 men out of our Co. for cooks. Perrine and John Spangler are 2 of them the other 2 are strangers to you John if times dont get a little more brisk pretty soon I will have nothing to write after awhile. we have to get up mornings now at 4 oclock and drill from half past 4 till six then eat breakfast then we drill from 4 in the afternoon till 6 John when we all get home I expect we will all wish we were back here again give my respects to all enquireing write soon I will write again when there is anything to write Theodore