Bates_B2278_F1_013

The local exemption board has
placed Jocelyn in class three
because he is a farmer and
that exempts him for the present,
which is a blessing as he would
be a loss with his neck in the
condition it is in. Moreover
mother cannot stand having all
of the boys leave at one time.
Fortunately I have been in this
outfit so long that my departure
has never caused much sadness
anywhere and, in fact, in some
places has been the occasion of