Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, By Frances M.A. Roe

















































































































































 -  But of course
they have one of the very best houses on the line, and as company
commander, Captain Vincent - Page 58
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But Of Course They Have One Of The Very Best Houses On The Line, And As Company Commander, Captain Vincent Can Have Done About What He Wants.

And then, again, they are but recently married, and all their furnishings are new and handsome.

There is one advantage in being with colored troops - one can always have good servants. Mrs. Vincent has an excellent colored soldier cook, and her butler was thoroughly trained as such before he enlisted. It did look so funny, however, to see such a black man in a blue Uniform.

The march down from Fort Dodge was most uncomfortable the first two days. It poured and poured rain, and then poured more rain, until finally everybody and everything was soaked through. I felt so sorry for the men who had to march in the sticky mud. Their shoes filled fast with water, and they were compelled constantly to stop, take them off, and pour out the water. It cleared at last and the sun shone warm and bright, and then there was another exhibition in camp one afternoon, of clothing and bedding drying on guy ropes.

All the way down I was on the lookout for Indians, and was laughed at many a time for doing so, too. Every time something unusual was seen in the distance some bright person would immediately exclaim, "Oh, that is only one of Mrs. Rae's Indians!" I said very little about what I saw during the last day or two, for I felt that the constant teasing must have become as wearisome to the others as it had to me.

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