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You must be careful my dear Alice, about taking cold That to which before I made allusion is Stearne reality & no delusion - I cannot understand why Col Rockwell did not send out the train at once made up from the train which arrived just after I left Gibson - from Leavenworth - instead of waiting for the trains from Arbuckle which are about played out and unserviceable - If the train is not the best that can be made up out of all the transportation in the District - I will order him to Send out another. I suppose you have heard before this that I have ordered our Col Rockwell, and Major [?W?] also - but the above is only for your information. Col R will I presume return