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 16/98
it has raigned all day steady therfor we had no drills making Camp life miserable all Boys are well.

May 17/98
the Wind has being blowing hard all night and is drying the Mud up fast the Morning is clear we have 4 drills this day and 3 good Meals Beans for dinner and fresh Meat for Supper had a good Meeting at the YMCA at wich 25 confessed christ 		May 18/98
this is a beautifull Morning had 2 drills in the for now and pretty near all of us receive letters from Home at 7 pm we receive Orders to pack up and leave for SanFrancisco and from there to join Dewy at Manilla all the Boys are overcome with Joy and in 40 minutes time we had packed everythink on the train and are ready at 9:40 to leave Mt Gretna all remaining Soldiers gave us a good send of
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