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and relations all over so that enough of that. There is 12 living and 13 [strikethrough]] living [[/strikethrough]] children in our family. My score at the rifle Range was 115 of 150 which will take lots more practice for me to make higher score as I've never fired or ever messed with guns much before. We walked the 35 miles from 8:00am to 6pm and had time for a 5 to 10 minute rest every 4 miles and time out for lunch two sandwiches and a cup of milk. Boy! Oh! Boy! the sandwiches were really good after walking half of 28.4 to be exact as I rember [[remember]] the chief saying but the fellows call it a 35 mile hike. My rFating is now machinist mate 3rd class now instead Fireman 1st class which was paying 78:00 a month and now is $66.00 a month so I am now mm3c at pay of 78:00 month. Challie is a mate in the H.[[striketrhough]][[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Q company which was with me in the same Barracks I still see him ever once in a while. Reason for me asking if you know him was I thought maby [[maybe]] he was who gave you the address. That is where I wrote the first letter and Carey Harry as I remember the USO dance we went together and he took some girls home and told me later that if I had stuck around I would have had a date so thats[[that's]] why I thought maybe he could have give [[given]]an address and thats [[that's]]the reason I ask if you had ever been in

Transcription Notes:
Don't know name of the actual name of his company other than H. Q.