"MY DEAR ROB:

"I hope you like being a soldier. How

many soldiers are there in the same house with

you? Give them my love and tell them we

hope they liked the cake we put in your box

for them. Roy came down to old Principle's

with me yesterday. He showed us a hammer

out of his cave he dug up. He says you will

not be a full blown soldier for a year. He

had a cousin who was a sergeant in India—and