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Tell Helen that I can’t say when I shall getFort Klamath, Ogn. Feb 1 , 1879.
home but am afraid that I shall have to wait until
[loose letter]
I get a . . . promotion. The chances are that I will
to some other regiment and can take a furlough
Dear Mother:
th enroute to my new station, or soon after. I can
Yours of the 18 was rec’d this evening. En-
thus save considerable in travelling expenses.
closed please find twenty dollars ($20.00) for
I am very hard up for news I guess. I will
yourself and the girls. Please acknowledge the
have to stop and let the $20.00 bill go for the
receipt. It seems to me that a cover (that won’t
rest.
show dirt) is just what is wanted on that air pil-
Yours Affectionately,
low, in the field. A calico pillow case will do just
W.C. Brown
as well as a more expensive one. I hope to be
Tell Helen that I will answer her letter soon.
better fixed for a campaign, if we have one next
summer, than I was last summer. Even though
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Fort Klamath, Oregon Feb 4 79
we don’t have a campaign I am going to try and
get the Colonel to let me take a detachment out
[postmarked Linkville, Oregon Feb. 5]
and scout as I had much rather be out in camp or
on the march in summer than doing garrison duty.
Dear Father:
I am afraid that I am not competent to help Grace
Enclosed find twenty dollars ($20.00) to pay
out with her Essay much as I would like to help
th
for my Life Ins, due I think May 8 . Please ask
her, for I was never much of a hand at that kind
Mr. McMann when you pay him, how soon I
of work.
will be entitled to a dividend. This dividend I
I am glad that our General Court is over for I
wish to go toward paying the premium.
now have a chance to breathe easily. We have
The latest rumor is that eight Cos of troops in
been having very cold weather of late, the ther-
this Dept are to take the field in April to over-
mometer getting as low as 8 degrees below zero
come some of the Indians who are yet sullen.
which, although not to be compared with Minn.
st
Probably it will be 8 Cos of the 1 Cav. I do not
weather, is, me think quite frosty. There is con-
know whether “L” Co will go or not. The chances
siderable snow on the ground. Duck hunting is
look as though we would not.
very good and the men spear large delicious
I have been very busy all day making out a
salmon trout [sic] daily weighing from 5 to 25
copy of the Post Return, administering oaths on
lbs. There seems to be no limit to the choicest
affidavits, trying to straighten out my Q.M. pa-
fish in these streams. We are still waiting for the
pers, etc. I received a letter tonight from the Q.M.
Army Bill. The prospects seem to be for a re-
Gen calling me to account for one woolen blan-
duction of Cav from 10 to 8 Regts, but as a great
ket ($4.25) which I had issued to a prisoner in
many will be retired and others take advantage
the Guard House at Walla Walla. I shall have to
of the clause giving those who desire to resign
write to his Co Commander at Ft Snelling Minn,
three year’s pay. I think on the whole things will
sending a Clothing Receipt Roll to get the man’s
be better for us that remain than it has been in
receipt. If I can’t get his receipt or account for it
the past, for promotion will, I think, be more
properly it will be stopped against my pay. I am
rapid.
just getting my Q.M. Returns ready to make up
I received a letter from Horace Tomlinson a
that ought to have been tendered last July.
few days ago. He says that “Saint Peter is rather
Yours aftc [affectionately]
dull, and although he has considerable affection
W.C. Brown
for the place, he will not be deterred from leav-
ing at a fitting opportunity.” He wants to go into
the stock raising business. J.R. Gardner has sold
out his interest in the grocery business . . . Miss
Nettie G. and Mr. Andrew Williamson are quite
a “spoony” couple.
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