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He is very well and getting very fat. He got all the things she sent via Judd Sanborn. He talks about the money they're allowed for clothing.

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He is getting very tall. He has also been growing homesick. There was a snowstorm.

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He thinks his mother should keep N. at school because it's better for him to have a good education than to work. A furlough is completely out of the question right now.

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They've been told they'll get 20 dollars a month now. But he is not sure if he believes it. The officers will get a pay cut so there is not such a big discrepancy between the privates' pay and the officers' pay.

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He is hearty and healthy so soldiering agrees with him. He will reenlist for 3 more years so that he can draw his bounty.

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