afternoon and was glad to hear from you. it is not much use for me to try to write for i can't. i don't know as you can read it. i have not got any table or stand to write on. i have to lay it on my knee and you can judge for yourself how pleasant that is to write. we are all waiting for to fight. i suppose that you might think that strange, but that is what we are all wishing for. when we marched to the field, it was if we were going somewhere to play, but after all that is hard play… you must not 