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Very nice.
The Southern Sanitary supplies aids and mails to the troops.

I hesitate to do a write up about the weekend. I think Biffa would have described it as 'Blindin' - he usualy did.
Having access to a town, particularly one as welcoming as Laredo, is certainly comforting when the winter chills put an end to campaigning. As our brigade had suffered such fearful losses during the last 'elephant show' we could all be accomodated in huts and cabins. The few survivors who managed to pull back to civilisation were certainly relieved to be there, consequently their 'thanks-giving' was all the more heartfelt. You can see how fierce the fightin' was from the bandaging around our Sgt's fearful head wound. A wound which has left him with some behavioural oddities. A propensity to sleep, cuss and drink which would surely shock those who knew him before this cruel war came.

Well, I guess I'd better stop now as I still have to write to my ma and pop before the light goes. The mails caught up with us at the town and the boys were overjoyed to get news from home, 'cept for the one or two who got 'Dear Johns'. Still at least they had a saloon to drown their sorrows in and a collection of fine looking town wimen to comfort them. I saw them queuin up at the doc's office the next mornin -jest to be ok'd I'm sure.

I also think that one or two of them township boys would do well to come along and help us out when the fightin season starts next year. They look kinda useful and are wasted jest hangin around the town bars all day.

On behalf of the boys I must express our thanks to the good citizens of Laredo and hope to maintain our good relations for a long time to come.

A. Clayton.