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morning for parts unknown. They left the
Alameda Union Iron works the same day Co D
left to come here, but I didn't have any
idea they were going to Martinez. I thought
a detachment from Co. A was stationed
at Muir. You are a fine war correspondent,
when you didn't tell me any thing about a
movement as important as that. Company
C. leaving Martinez is the best piece of
news that we have heard since we arrived
here, as they are in the first battalion
with us, and we are now anxiously awaiting
orders to entrain for Fort Mason or Linda
Vista. I can't see where they get that "Unknown
destination stuff" unless it is for a training
camp, and then I cannot see there objection
keeping it quiet. It certainly gave the
bunch here some new life, and I only
hope we get our orders within the next
week. In the next letter you write try and
tell me where C. went and if A is still at
Benicia, and any other infromation you think
might interest me. If we go to Fort Mason
and join the rest of the regiment there I will
have a chance to come home for a few
hours and possibly a few days. It all
depends on the circumstances. If we
go over the Salt Lake-Los Angeles
route I will be completely out of luck.
If we go to Frisco and then to Linda
Vista it will make a trip of about
two thousand miles, while if we go direct
it is only 721. It is 921 miles to San