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[?] [?] place[?] them[?] in any situation we are [?] pleased with all the officers of other Maine Regiments to serve[?] our[?] and they[?] I am happy to say are not to remain[?] [?]

About pay – I should like ot have nine[?] from the State, what is due, I was on duty at Bangor from the first of May – My commission was dated the 2d of May, my pay commencg[?] 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 [?] were intended for the staff[?] and[?] others were lost, no one[?] in fault neither[?] I think – I should like our [?] – have some [?] not very severe – one man died in Hospital last week – immediate cause of death bleeding at lungs. One man shot through right thigh