Sirs, Staff & Etc.,
This Office wishes All herein a most Hearty & Hale Christmas Holiday and a most enjoyable New Years celebration!
We hope that those in Uniform, wherever they are Stationed, may enjoy the same and be advised that They are in our thoughts and Prayers not just this Season but all year long.
With much respect and admiration to those that serve and protect us all,
I remain, Etc.,
'Ol Gabe,
Bvt. Capt.,
Adjt.,
Dept. of th Missouri,
GAF
c/o Dunbar Station, Iowa Territory
P.S. Until further notice, Mr. Hill, my Assoc. at the U.P.R.R. Depot requests that the Officers NOT tie their Mounts to his Door Handles, but instead use their own Tie Down Stakes when stopping at his Side Door Tap for a sample of Potables.