"Well, how are you getting on with your work? I am feeling
fine and enjoyed my trip down here just great. We certainly
saw some country on the way down. Believe me, it surely gets
hot here, though. You do not mind it like you do at home.
"I got that brick of cheese the day I left Rockford
and it sure came in handy, for they did not overload us with
grub on
the train. I suppose you are cultivating corn every day now.
How does it look?
"We do not have to work nearly as hard here as we did
at Camp Grant. If you ever want to buy a place, you do not
want to come down here, for all you can raise here won't
keep a guy very busy and believe me you don't want to do much.
"It took us three days and three nights to come here.
They say it is about 2,000 miles from here up home, and so you
see it was some ride.
"Say, but we have it fine here. We have music for eats
three times a day and about the best I ever heard.
"Well, it seems like old times now for I am bunking
in a tent, but I don't need to be afraid of it leaking, for it
never rains
here. It has not rained here since last July, but when it
does start in it keeps it up for a month and every day. I only
hope that they move me down in the barracks before the rainy
season starts. Well, as news is scarce; I will ring off for tonight.
Wishing you all kinds of good luck. Answer soon."