Wishing you a pleasant voyage, and hoping to find the cooking in camp as much improved as the cooking here,
I am, yours ever faithfully,
(Signed) W. Paulet, Brigadier-General.
I am sure General Simpson will afford you every assistance in carrying out your wishes.
Head-Quarters, Scutari, 20th Nov., 1855.
My dear Monsieur Soyer,—I regret exceedingly to learn that you have been ill, and hope you are recovered by this time. When do you leave for the Crimea? I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you before you depart. The British army owes you much, and is grateful for all you have done.
Thanks to your exertions, we have at least ameliorated our military system of cookery, and we thank you sincerely for it.
Accept my best wishes, and believe me, yours truly,
H. K. Storks,
Brigadier-General.
Head-Quarters, Scutari, March 22nd, 1856.