MARION, MASSACHUSETTS.
August 16th, 1909.
[DEAR MOTHER:]
We had a splendid day to day. I arranged to have Cecil
meet me at eleven at Headquarters in the woods below
Middleboro, and I spent the morning locating different
regiments. Then, after I "met up" with her, I took her in my
car. Both she and Hiller were awfully keen over it, so, we
got on splendidly. And, of course, Hiller's knowledge of the
country was wonderfully convenient. We had great luck in
seeing the only fight of the day, the first one of the war.
Indeed, I think we caused it. There was a troop of cavalry
with a Captain who was afraid to advance. I chided him into
doing something, the umpire having confided to me, he would
mark him, if he did not. But, he did it wrong. Anyway, he
charged a barn with 36 troopers and lost every fourth man. In
real warfare he would have lost all his men and all his
horses. Cecil and Hiller pursued in the car at the very heels
of the cavalry, and I ran ahead with the bicycle scouts. It
was most
exciting. I am going out again to-morrow. Lots of Love to
you all.
DICK.
