With The Furniture That Belongs To The Quarters And The Camp Things, We Were So Comfortable In Our Own House We Decided That There Was No Necessity To Go To Mrs. Adams's, Except For Dinner And Breakfast, Although Both General And Mrs. Adams Have Been Most Hospitable And Kind.

The way these two moves have come about seems very funny to me.

Faye was ordered over here to command C Company when it was left without an officer, because he was senior second lieutenant in the regiment and entitled to it. The captain of this company has been East on recruiting service, and has just been relieved by Colonel Knight, captain of Faye's company at Shaw; as that company is now without an officer, the senior second lieutenant has to return and command his own company. This recognition of a little rank has been expensive to us, and disagreeable too. The lieutenants are constantly being moved about, often details that apparently do not amount to much but which take much of their small salary.

The Chinaman is going with us, for which I am most thankful, and at his request we have decided to take the white chickens. Open boxes have been made specially for them that fit on the rear ends of the wagons, and we think they will be very comfortable - but we will certainly look like emigrants when on the road. The two squirrels will go also. The men of the company have sent me three squirrels during the winter.

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