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soiiuel) had established its 

 headquarters. Here the 

 bakeries were in full oper- 

 ation. The bread is baked 

 in cylindrical iron ovens, 

 mounted on four-wheeled 

 carriages, which accom- 

 pany the troops wherever 

 they go. The flour in this 

 case had been brought to 

 them by the railway, and 

 the bakers were kneadine 

 the dough under some 

 tents that had been pitched 

 by the side of the track. A 

 number of cattle were herded 

 near, under the charge of some 

 soldiers of the subsistence de- 

 partment, and some had been 

 slaughtered but a short time 

 ago, the meat from which I had 

 just seen distributed. 

 THE PATROL. T\\Q suu was scttins: as I re- 



turned to my hotel, and its rays, 

 striking behind the trees up against the evening sky, cast long 

 shadows on the oHstenins: wet streets, and bathed the rows of 

 houses in a strong flood of light. Relieving dark against their 

 white walls were lines of troops, their forms reflected in the 

 wet mud, standing silently and almost motionless, save for the 

 quick movements of the manual of arms as their ofificers passed 

 along their lines inspecting their pieces and accoutrements. 

 The roll was called, the ranks were broken, and the labor of 



