I regret the necesity for detailing my ailments to you.  I have always been so rugged & stout.  I must be frank with you in all things & I am afraid that from exposure in bad weather that perhaps I have contracted a throat disease of some kind, Bronchitis or something of its kind that may be verry anoying at times through life - However when I get home so that I can take proper care of myself when atacked it may never injure me much.  I will say to conclude this long harangue that in the future I should be troubled as I have been for three or four months.  I will make an effort to resign & if I make the effort I will be likely to succeed.  I don't make many failures, but it would probably take me a month or two to get papers through & returned to me.  We are having gay times on Brigade drill under Col Black of the 37th Ill vets.  He is as sharp as a briar & makes the Regt under his command "git" as the boys call it.  We drill on the prairie every day & recite lessons from Caseys 2nd Vol Inft Tactics every evening to Col Glassgow.  I flatter myself that we are improving - like a set of diligent school boys - There is an event to come on Fr 16th that will be horrid & the whole command at this post have to be mustered to witness it, Private George B. Prince 22nd Ohio is to be shot for desertion at 2 P.M. 16th on the verry ground we parade on every day near a mile from camp.  Col Glassgow is to be field Officer of the day for the ocasion.  A Sergent & 12 men are to execute the poor wretch, I think he deserted & went to the enemy - & was subsequently captured, his is a hard fate, but no doubt a Just one, may God have mercy on him.
