TENTS AND ENCAMPMENTS. 



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Tents and Encampments. 



sod, wasted away from disease contracted on ser- 

 vice, because, when weary at the end of a long 

 march, their tents not having come up, they have 

 thrown themselves upon the damp ground, or 

 slept exposed to the deadly night-dews. After 

 the intense heat of the day, a night passed in this 

 manner will undermine the strongest constitution, 



