boys are scuffeling & shaking the table so that I cant depend on my pen, but I will try & go on. I witnessed but little of it, but I have the testimony of Marion, John Stewart & other good men. 
Last Friday morning Our Co went out on Provost duty. It was our duty to keep down riots, guard property taken on suspicion of being Contraband of war to catch up stragling soldiers &c & I was assigned to a large steamer with seven others, We did our duty. The rest of the Co were sent about the Citty headed by the commissioned Officers, Jenings did his duty. Capt Gregg conducted himself in a most disgraceful manner
 In the afternoon Gregg passed a counterfeit $3or bill on a woman in a house of ill fame, & acted the rake generally, drinking Logger Beer & Whisky until he was considerably drunk, things went on in this way until in the after part of the night when when he told the rest of the guards on the street, or by the door of one of these houses, he told them to go where they pleased & went in & locked the door after him. Now my Dear wife how do you think we can stand such disgrace. & how fearful must be the responsibility & the retribution for such conduct. I scorn him with contempt.