"John Herndon [wount] [dont] start them, I wreaken the next time we [orgune] Organize the armey we had bet [ter] all bee Of ficers or privates one for thare is too much dif farence made in them, Capt Herndon expects to get another fur lough soon after Christmas to go home but if I had it in power he would not get one til the last man in his company get one."