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Liquor possible, and then when their heads become clearer, and moral strength increas I'd get them to sign one against Tobacco, & profanity.  I wish thee would please ask them to sign.  They will do it for thee & General Howard, much sooner than for me.  A number of our men are hard drinkers  Oh! this whiskey, and all the miserable trash, how it debases and takes their money.  I know you will tell them, well, about making men of themselves.  I am ashamed of my color,