Dear Adele-

Boy oh Boy what a life. Got into Buffalo about 1:10 pm and had a fair meal of beef potatoes, string beans, ice cream, coffee (?) and plenty of bread and butter. After the waitress passed out the meat plates at our table she had one plate left. BY this time I had my first plate eaten and I gave her a slight look and she knew what I meant, and so I had two plates. Also my two Madison buddies had a second dish of ice cream - not bad eh.

From there we took a 22 mile bus ride to Fort Niagara and arrived about 3:15 pm. After a slight physical exam we went to the mess hall and at 4:30 we were eating again. This time we had calves’ liver, potatoes, string beans, coffee (?), apple pie. Peanut butter & apple butter were on the table.

After that we were issued blankets, sheets, raincoats, towels, razor, toothbrush, tin cup, silverware, comb, etc. From 7:30 on we have nothing much to do. Light go out in these here barracks at 9:00 (10 minutes from now) and I am going to sleep. We get up at 5:45 am and tomorrow we are really to get the works. Shots, uniform exams, etc.

Well honey I miss you already. No kidding. Don’t worry about anything. Best of love and kisses. My heart is always with you. Regards to the folks. x x x x x x x x

Teddy