Went to town last night and dropped in at the Hotel Bender to write mother the letter she has doubtless received by now. I'm writing this in the mess hall of our Battery, a picture of which I sent you along with others in my last letter. How did you like the pictures, especially the ones of the Gulf of Mexico - weren't they good? I'm very fond of this camera I bought in Texarkana, Arkansas. I paid only $6.00 for it and it takes excellent pictures, don't you agree?
Took a nice ride with our top sergeant Jack Wolfe and 8 of the boys on our horses. We rode out about 10 miles west of camp in some wild country, up and down big ravines, across small streams, etc. We just let the horses pick their way thru the trees and across brooks and at times we dismounted and led our horses through some places that were almost impenetrable -- real wild country and I doubt if many humans had ever set foot on some of the places we were in.
They're drilling us pretty hard each day, but this is such a beautiful camp here under these big pine trees that we really don't mind it. We rest for a few minutes each hour and then the bugle blows each 45 minutes which signifies "resume drilling." This artillery "stuff" is all new to us and there's lots to memorize such as the approximate 32 duties of a cannoneer. At present, I'm one of the drivers of a gun carriage drawn by 6 horses with 3 of us drivers sitting astride the left hand horse of each pair. It's lots of fun and quite exciting when we go along at a gallop occasionally. Nothing more to write about and I'm getting quite sleepy, so will call it quits for this time. Am enclosing some pictures taken in camp. Howard Clark took them of me and they turned out pretty well. One of them is a picture he snapped of me when I first bought the camera in Texarkana, alongside of a wagon in town - the others are pictures taken in our Battery street.
Your devoted brother
George.
PS: Received your box of goodies and they were certainly welcome, especially the chocolate, tho it arrived in rather a sticky condition. Will write again in a couple of days. g
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