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Fort Wood, Bedloe Island, N.Y. Harbor. Sept.5, '17
Is it a dream or did it really happen?  When I arrived here from York Harbor [[One Circled]] in company of [[Max?]] Hannigten's [[?]] mother, Mrs. Mikellson[[?]], I found two letters waiting for me.  One was from [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] Ruth; the other was a call for a registered letter.  In due time (15 minutes, perhaps, for I was curious)I called for the latter and found the expected, and yet unexpected, notice from the War Department.  The notice contained fare to N.Y. City so I decided to go to N.Y.C. at once since my pals, Anthony Gallagher, John Williams, and other "pineapples" of the Bridgeport crowd were returning to Bridgeport on the midnight train.  I hurried about, packed, bade goodbye to many of my friends, kissed my poor dear mother and bravely? embarked for a destination known as "Fort Wood".
I arrived in N.Y. at a quarter to eight and asked information concerning Fort

Transcription Notes:
Not sure about the names. Bedloe Island is now Liberty Island