The witty jest, the merry song, the hearty laugh still passes round and is joined by the convalescents as well as those who are still in health while the sick are so patient in their suffering as if they were at home. Provisions are becoming scarce in this country. It is a tight bind for us to get enough to eat. Beef and cornbread, and now and then a little bacon as a rarity, is the bill of fare, and the beef has to be used almost without salt, that article being very scarce in this region. Sometimes we get a little molasses, sometimes a little sugar but no tea or coffee.
Clothing is also scarce.
In fact there is no supply for clothing at all. The clothes the men brought with them are wearing out. Many have not a change and in many instances the ones they are wearing are full of holes and are tattered. These wants must be supplied and the only hope for help is from Texas. For comments or questions, email The Rockdale Reporter.