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2-3-15 About 8 am we steamed away from Port there was a fresh breeze blowing & a fairly choppy sea & a good many of the boys were sick as soon as [indecipherable] out. At our first Parade we were informed that our destination was Lemnos Island an Island about 40 miles from the Dardanelles. The breeze freshened during the day & there was a fair swell -
3-3-15 A very stiff breeze all day a fairly rough sea during the day one of our horses died - and we can ill afford to lose many of them A lot of the boys are sick still. Things going well generally.
4-3-15 The morning broke clear with a very cool breeze blowing – many Islands being in sight – while on several mountains in the distance was to be seen snow. All day we drew closer to the snow covered mountains & the wind became very chilly. About 4 P.M. we entered