John Henry Asendorf in uniform The War Diary of John Henry Asendorf
The Story of a Pennsylvania Volunteer during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and the Philippine American War

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May 22/98
We have fine Weather in the Morning but in the afternoon we had heavy Storms and rain all alond the Route

May 23/98
this day we see nothing but desert and it raigned all day we had 2 very poor Meals this day consisting of only Hardtack and Corn Beef only one pint of Coffe per man
May 24
this Weather is fine and clear we are still going trough deserts but at 3 pm we got into the Haate of Calif the people cheered us all along the Route and at every Station we stopped people gave us Coffee Cake Sandwiches and Oranges cheeres and Flowers in Abundence we arived in Oakland at Midnight we layed there until Morning and then started across to San Francisco where we arived about 8 o clock
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