Show letter to a conscript the following amusing letter to a gentleman go of wealth who was drafted was TV written ritten by a veteran who was in washinton washington 0 ton at the time the letter was addressed as follows A to ransford P C private in the united states army fayetteville onondaga county now new york f HOTEL washington august 0 20 1863 lovely conscript permit me to congratulate grat ulato you jou on the lucky circumstance stance which gives you the salary of thirteen dollars per month and three collais fifty for clothing 0 a chance to study geography 0 in a manner at once sound bound and certain a chance to go up the ladder of famo fame and become immortal a chance to eat mule meat and haid tack and to drink commissary whisky worth thirty seven and a half e cants ants per gallon I 1 also congratulate my country I 1 know you can call do these things and more there may be some soine things lovely conscript regarding the mighty pomp and circum sta aco cc of war on oil which you would desire a friendly posting A few of these I 1 am happy to notice and would ask your distinguished 0 consideration to all my remarks in the first place sleep ito ec pose is a great study the ancients reduced this to a gibat science and the example of socrates one showing how a good thing may be bc carried too far llis his last sleep was too much for him I 1 am certain you can call excel the famous philosopher for I 1 know you can stand any amount of repose do not clecy sleep in in a hemlock swamp or on picket or on a late supper I 1 would advise preparation pa ration for sleep tie up beur clothes s and hide them seccie in the shelter of a tent or the freedom of some well ica straw stack and after uttering your now I 1 lay me incline yourself with a gentle slope calculated to induce water to seek your feet 11 ad eat this exercise is designed to improve your muscle and to the universal request from the great commissary of suds is tance give us this day our daily bi blead cad you may add such samples ofie freshment as may occur to you and steal a chicken or a pig this should enjoy the warm attention of a fire composed of equal proportions proportion pro portio hs of garden fence and old doors ad money get it first from the paymaster pay master never letting CI any vile have a chance at your haul haid earn carringg carni ad by method of speculation after payday pay day amuse yourself with a quiet game gaine of draw and should you vou hold four kings and an all ace invest your pile and see liow how your energy will be rewarded P S dont hold four aces too often having inyo t your ur sloop sleep and food and money you may compare yourself favorably to the hotel Fl boy and all you may now beshe will bo be borne assistance in marching on a long straggle ask advice of the surgeon or hia assistant si stant get in or behind an all ambulance bonow a stray horse and confiscate him for your own comfort buttoff the tails of your coat and say you lie aio mounted cavalry ci cieck E ep under a lied hedge 0 ge and remember your sleep you might sing a few lines lilies 1 theres lest for the weary now my brave hero lero I 1 congratulate you I 1 shake your hands and say famous things for you I 1 see you yott through the thick smoke of battle and pipes and when that mild fair evening of peace come wo we shall sit under the shade of our own vino vine and fig tree or john hodges stoop and swap lies about this cl acl war our stories will bo be chaste of men who chased and whom we chased clias cd you shall then bo be a congressman I 1 will be a contractor under that partnership our country will bes p nowhere I 1 hear the roll of the dr drum U 1 and I 1 licar hear the orderly order lyas as lie he calls your name I 1 hear the sobs that follow your departure and the thanksgiving 0 0 that heralds your return who would not nob be a conscript dont all speak at once poetry prudence and principle might urge that I 1 request you to remember the girl you leave behind you return to her and to us covered not nob with fleas but with glory be prudent be active be gallus forgot 0 not our fla flap ra and i ic my kind interest yours powder percussion and ana patriotism DOLLAR DOLLAK VETERAN Y |