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on chocolette [[chocolate]] since that occored [[occurred]] about two months ago, I have felt fine ever since. Our work is encoding enterty [[entry]] [[?]]to sign [[?]] also now that Mr Blanc is [[?]] on the whole show I think the French [[?]] like it they get more from us than M. Blanc, I take care of the money + the kitchen + pay the [[?]]. This morning my kitchen men and I had the coffee + chocolette [[chocolate]] started at 4:30 100 quarts. offered the counter at 6 sharp and [[?]] to this [[?]] have served about 8 hundred cups. Yesterday we served about 3000 [[?]]. Now it is almost all french just a few American are cumming [[coming]] through now yesterday two [[?]] Colonels came through and signed in my book. your letter with the address of Kelly just came and I asked them about his division and thy told me that it is likely to pass through with in a day or two and I should hold the package since I am likely to see him. The book I speek of is a large book for 

[[?]] to sign in and I am also making many sketches in it sum of the soliders write poetry in it. One [[?]] some they [[?]] [[?]] the fog in.  Yesterday morning a french division went through and at the head of each division was a band. Playing this is the first time for a long period bands have been playing so [[?]] this [[?]] and it sounded fine then is great excitement over the grate drene which resulted in the fall of St. Michel, the  French + A. [[?]] fine to gather they do the job up in good order. last week I saw a grate [[great]] many prisoners (Fritzes) yes, Paul this Bush I told you of did shoot his sketch [[?]]. they have done lots of [[?]] sneeking [[sneaking]] things which I have writin [[written]] down in a little book. I often wish you were here but if the war continues long the government will call on you, the French are a fine lot of solders, splendid fighters.