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It is very hot, indeed, but there are no mosquitoes. Marshall is very well, and he takes care of my things and of the two horses. A general was out to inspect us when we were drilling to day. IT IS VERY HOT INDEED BUT THERE ARE NO MOSQUITOES MARSHALL IS VERY WELL AND HES CARE OF MY THINGS AND OF THE TWO HORSES A GENERAL WAS OUT TO INSPECT US WHEN WE WERE DRILLING TO DAY
she looked on. The mountain lion is not much more than a kitten as yet, but it is very cross and treacherous. I was very much interested in Kermit's and Ethel's letters to-day. We were all, horses and men, four days and four nights on the cars coming here from San Antonio, and were very tired and very dirty when we arrived. I was up almost all of each night, for it happened always to be at night when we took the horses out of the cars to feed and water them. Mother stays at a big hotel about a mile from camp. There are nearly thirty thousand troops here now, besides the sailors from the war-ships in the bay. At night the corridors and piazzas are thronged with officers of the army and navy; the older ones fought in the great Civil War, a third of a century ago, and now they are all going to Cuba to war against the Spaniards. Most of them are in blue, but our rough-riders are in brown. Our camp is on a great flat, on sandy soil without a tree, though round about are pines and palmettos.  SEVERAL FIGHTS WHILE SHE LOOKED ON THE MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN A KITTEN AS YET BUT IT IS VERY CROSS AND TREACHEROUS I WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN KERMIT'S AND ETHEL'S LETTERS TO DAY WE WERE ALL HORSES AND MEN FOUR DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS ON THE CARS COMING HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO AND WERE VERY TIRED AND VERY DIRTY WHEN WE ARRIVED I WAS UP ALMOST ALL OF EACH NIGHT FOR IT HAPPENED ALWAYS TO BE AT NIGHT WHEN WE TOOK THE HORSES OUT OF THE CARS TO FEED AND WATER THEM MOTHER STAYS AT A BIG HOTEL ABOUT A MILE FROM CAMP THERE ARE NEARLY THIRTY THOUSAND TROOPS HERE NOW BESIDES THE SAILORS FROM THE WAR SHIPS IN THE BAY AT NIGHT THE CORRIDORS AND PIAZZAS ARE THRONGED WITH OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY THE OLDER ONES FOUGHT IN THE GREAT CIVIL WAR A THIRD OF A CENTURY AGO AND NOW THEY ARE ALL GOING TO CUBA TO WAR AGAINST THE SPANIARDS MOST OF THEM ARE IN BLUE BUT OUR ROUGH RIDERS ARE IN BROWN OUR CAMP IS ON A GREAT FLAT ON SANDY SOIL WITHOUT A TREE THOUGH ROUND ABOUT ARE PINES AND PALMETTOS
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