WE were almost one week coming out, but finally got here yesterday
morning.
Our train was a special, and having no schedule, we were
often sidetracked for hours at a time, to make way for the regular
trains. As soon as possible after we arrived, the tents were unpacked
and put up, and it was amazing to see how soon there was order out of
chaos. This morning the camp looks like a little white city - streets
and all. There is great activity everywhere, as preparations have
already commenced for the march north. Our camp "mess" has been
started, and we will be very comfortable, I think, with a good soldier
cook and Cagey to take care of the tents. I am making covers for the
bed, trunk, and folding table, of dark-blue cretonne with white
figures, which carries out the color scheme of the folding chairs and
will give a little air of cheeriness to the tent, and of the same
material I am making pockets that can be pinned on the side walls of
the tent, in which various things can be tucked at night. These covers
and big pockets will be folded and put in the roll of bedding every
morning.
There are not enough ambulances to go around, so I had my choice
between being crowded in with other people, or going in a big army
wagon by myself, and having had one experience in crowding, I chose
the wagon without hesitation.
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