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be [?] place them in any situation. We are much pleased with all the officers of other Maine Regiments save one and they I am happy to say are not to remain long.

About pay – I should like to have mine from the State, what is due. I was on duty at Bangor from the first of May. My commission was dated the 2nd of May, my pay commenced with the date of my commission I suppose. I shall really need the pay soon. What of pistols? You are aware undoubtedly that the pistols that were intended for the staff and others were lost. No one in fault neither I think. I should like our [? - have some dysentery not very severe – one man died in Hospital last week – immediate cause of death bleeding at lungs. One man shot through right thigh