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This letter will probably be six weeks in reaching you; say the latter part of June.

This country will be flooded then and hostillities practically at a stand still.

If I could get a furlough, I could apply in person for discharge as a few have done (and got it), and if I should fail in this, I could put in Aug. in the U.S. apply for extension and with return trip would not get back here before late in Sept. or possibly Oct. The rainy season will be over then and it would not be so hard to stand. Don't you believe the papers they are Doctored. We, here, know better and have no hopes of getting away before our time is out. In fact we are mostly needed here, and about 50,000 other fools are need too in addition to those already here.