LYON PHELPS, [Professor of English literature at Yale University.] LONACONING, MD., Jan.

2, 1909.
Col.

J.W.Summerhays, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Dear Sir: Captain William Baird, 6th Cavalry, retired, now at Annapolis, sent me Mrs.Summerhay's book to read, and I have read it with delight, for I was in "K" when Mrs.Summerhays "took on" in the 8th.

Myself and my brother, Michael, served in "K" Company from David's Island to Camp Apache.

Doubtless you have forgotten me, but I am sure that you remember the tall fifer of "K", Michael Gurnett.