"Today every one was working on detail getting ready
for inspection tomorrow a.m. The mess hall was washed inside
and out from bottom to top; windows, screens and all the
cooking utensils were scoured and scrubbed to a T. We didn't
even use the mess hall for supper and had to sit around on the
steps or wood-pile or any place to set a dish. Then they scraped
all the sand off the company street and banked it around the
tents so it is just like a floor. Tomorrow eve have to scrub
our tents inside and out - that is the floor and wall. I am acting
corporal in the 10th Provisional Company, so don't have to do
any detail work which makes it nice."