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■ For lovr and with sorrow Uetp** iiu.1 ^ivclh His bt-luvcU rlt;jst.)f ill-:MYKTLL MlTCH ELL.re arc face, shallOne From Davenport.er.ST.mted, beitilOjitedanded le re-ill be reater CityFt. McPherson, Ga. June 23.—As I tiago, i promised to write t° you when 1 got * end ' kere a,*d having the spare time, I will V far | bill. I got here Tuesday andwas ordered to move to Tampa with the lGih infantry. We got packed and ready to move when we had orders to remain here several days.Well, I like the place very well. We | drill three hours a day,—two in the! News- morning and one in the afternoon. Roll is called at 5.30 a. m. and at 4 p. m. We eat at G, 12 and G. Our drill hours are from 10 to 11 and from 2 S3 p. m. For breakfast we have coffee, baceu and bread; for dinner, hardtack, roast, slum and coffee; for supper, slum, bread and coffee and more salt and pepper than anything else, but wo get enough to eat. We Lave all kiDds of people here at the Fort. We sent about 300 “coons and 700 whites to Tampa yesterday. They shipped about 100 from Tampa here for the hospital. They have the fever, but it don't scare me. I am anxious to move; so are tbe rest of the Ferry ; county boys. AinoDg us is N. Mason, A. Hemphill, John Batt, John Richey, V. Tiery and myself. We are all well but Hemphill. He’s on the sick list,but will be all O. K. in a day or so.He’s able to be out but too sick to drill.I went to the guard-house yesterday to see the Spaniards. Got about 100 here. They all look alike to me,— just the same as a “coon. We have report all kinds of sport here. You can seec con* i a crowd any place you look. I thinky the jntion ts 1G aven't snator nkfort311will W. Mr. .ith as is a id not t Cres-o wereketisthey shoot “craps but I don’t knowatform i here. Last night I saw a crowd outto our Demo-:ket is . The 3 per-ni, are m the icently rge of Jour-iket is t menin tbe Held and I thought^it was a “crap” game,—then 1 heard them sing. 1 went over and it was the salvation army. They come out every night. Paper ts very scarce here and I was lucky enough to get this sheet to write to you. Give my best to all the boys. I guess we will all meet again for I don’t think we will see a gun fired. I am very anxious to take one shot at them. Must close,— will tell you all I know next time. Send me a Telephone.Yours Truly, Geo. G. Danknport.I Bier Barbecue. Balloon A scan-
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Cannelton Telephone
Cannelton, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 30, 1898
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