Handsome conduct.
The following letter will explain itself. The amount will be handed to "A Soldier's Wife" :
Camp Fifth Texas Regiment, February 21, 1865.
To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch:
In your issue of the 15th instant was a letter from "A Soldier's Wife," in which the writer shows that she certainly needs help.
To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch:
Inclosed we send you seventy dollars, which we wish you to hand to "A Soldier's Wife. " It is but a small sum, but it is all we have. This money is not from our regular pay, but came to us in this wise: After the New Year's dinner — which had been so generously provided for the army — had been distributed, there was a certain amount of money left over. This, we understand, the committee decided to give to the troops furthest from home, which of course, was this brigade. The amount to each man was fourteen dollars. The amount inclosed is, therefore, the contribution of five men. Three of the five have wives and children in our far-off prairie homes, where they have kind friends who are willing to administer to their wants should they need help. Two hope that, "when this cruel war is over," they will be able to find, each, a pretty girl, willing to become a soldier's wife.
Should you not be able to find the lady alluded to in this note, you will please give the money to some soldier's wife who, in your opinion, is most needy.
