Fort Creighton
		Chattanooga Jan. 24 /65
		       Dear brother
with pleasure I sit down to
     write to you to let you
      know that I am well
    and hope these few lines
  will find you the same.
I had a letter from Charley
Whitesell the other day he
tells me that you are having
plenty of snow this winter
and he tells about having
caught several wild Turkeys
this winter and another thing
he sent me the name of
his baby. Jessey Delphene.
everything goes on g quiet here
and time passes away fast
to me for we have had nothing
but good [snug?] fall weather yet

we are a going to raise
a flagpole tomorrow or next
day if it is still weather.
there is nothing new transpired
here our routine of duty
is to get [penciled in] [up] at revilee in the 
morning a little after six
rollcall in about fifteen or
twenty minutes breakfast
in about 10 or 15 minutes after
that. police imediately after guard=
mount at 15 minutes to eight.
rool call again at 12 dinner right
after I like to have forgot drill
with muskets in the forenoon from
10 till 11 drill on the pieces that
is Artilery drill from 2 till 3 dress
parade at half past 4 then supper
go to bed when we get ready and
stand guard when our turn comes
mine comes to morrow I guess
you will have read enough such stuff so Ill turn over

     Well Frank to get at my
     wants is to ask you to send
    me five dollars but says you how
   is that. well I will tell you when I
was sick I could not eat evrything that we
draw not even drink coffee nor tea our bread
you know we have to eat dry and I went
without and taking [phisic?] till I got so weak
that I staggared like a drunken man and
then I found out that the sutler had can
fruit I sent and got some peaches then I could
eat some and a can of black berries then
come the raid and half rations and buy
ing meal took every cent I had and
Mccolls boys are in the same fix and as for
the beef I wont describe it to you we got good
when we first came here but I cant go it now
and as for pork we haint had eny till 4
days ago since soon after we came here we got
some four days ago and I drew my ration of
course and eat it. it was but a small piece
but it was greasy and it threw me right

into the dispepsia and you better believe
I suffered some for about 24 hours I am
sure yet so I have to live on my bread
and a few potatoes we get I guess it will
average about 2 a day so yo see it takes
more bread than I draw well maybe 
you dont know but garison troops does
not draw as big rations as fields troops
do I should have written to you before this
for it but we expected our pay this
month and it run along till about 2 weeks
ago then our comissary corporal told us
that we was soon a going to draw pork then
				found
I thought I could live but I soon ^ my cake
was do. the reason that I send to you
instead of home is our folks worried before
I came away for fear I would have it and
I dont care about letting them know that
I have had it at all. we dont expect now
to get our pay till in march and they tell
me that the paymaster seldom ever gets
along till the midle of the month.
please send it if you can and oblige your
affectionate brother Miles. C. Predmore.
except my love for yourself and wife
and write soon and often
		M.C. Predmore
to B. F. Predmore

Wednesday morning Jan 25
I thought seeing as how
I had not written in
the the letter how much 
bread we draw a day perhaps
you would lik to know well
it is one loaf of bakers bread
and we have to pay to the 
citizens bakery 10 cts per loaf
but the captain told me
he would give me orders
so I can get it at the
government bakery and get
16 loafs for a dollar there
is nothing like having good
officers in the army I find
I must stop for it is almost
time to mount guard so good by