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us four ocupy one tent  Dec 15th

To day is the sabbath I hear bad

news this pleasant morning one

of our comrads has passed over

the river of death during the night

he was at the citty hospital and

was discharged from there to go

to his camp he came in last night

on foot and went to our hospital and died

during the night I have jus been

to see the corpse I was the [relax?] of

the measles that ailed him  Brother

Sleaver preached to us t day his

text was the first verse of the

lords prays Our Father.  His sermon

affected the worst of the soldiers

very much last night after reading

a chapter or two in my bible we had a

sort of bible class in our tent.  after

that was over I took a stroll around

camp the moon and stars seemed

just as they used to at home but

 

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I want it kept safe = [sharpe] as the adjutant says