It is very rough living.

I have to confess that I never knew how well off I was until I got to smoking Durham tobacco and I've only half a bag of that left.

The enlisted men are smoking dried horse droppings, grass, roots and tea.

Some of them can't sleep they are so nervous for the want of it, but to-day a lot came up and all will be well for them.

I've had a steady ration of coffee, bacon and hard tack for a week and one mango, to night we had beans.