St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11

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!: Here WAS work tor no6eers, inds4&i1
all gatheeed sropnd to hearthe ords,ss1R-
read. They appeared perfectly explicit
in every minutiae, and yet it. ssas wonder
derfalto <,,usu5F.st -sysHl
were which nobody knew. Were tAg all
to tako breakfast on tie boat, and Why:
If no, ;why was the bpeakIast ea|lzat i've.
the honr Of Observation-Disclosures w
ieers be boarded od the boa; ;vana~h54E
;AEdrwoaldathe he31requiT s1asions =WvuM
they be mustered and marched. .1FpEde.
to divine service, and xhz? qkoul;
each man go on hi, oxls4 klyl
At the close sfshs ~ etA were
many fearful 1he tsitons
who we're gota .zky aotty Ftdrn.-
Yet 90 many renained that every attres<
was occupied. cota=iillera aud 4a weru
driven: from theis tent s. lady Visitors,
and tooks feaes with hc doet~r: At
dark thep.ssword wss eiiven, aud sentries
set;Taud when Col. Miller essayed to pass
the line, a few steps from his:tent, ia tho
clear moonlight, it was amusing *o!sse the
sentry stop, point bis bayonet i hiA and
demand: ..s.s,ss 4.p..=-s
"Wko goes there?"-E1..1 j-~.-2.t ).
"A friend with The eeuutersisp,"' ~,s
the answer. .'.'.@ ,s~ ~ Il:
"Advance friend, and give the counter
sign and he stepped up>to the, point.f
the bayonet and whispered the, ca5alistio
word. Coming to the gateway Of the F.,
the sentry there was receiving a severe
reprim.nd from his captain for permitting
him to pass with Col. Gormap; and at the
entrance Of headquarters, the commander
in-chief reprimauded the sentry for pro-
senting arms as he went in. s'No henor4
to anyone after dark: SIR was the stern
order. ,. -, :. t.:ovs ,,
During the stay at the Fl, COR. Cor:
man and Miller, Major Dyke, were out d.
ming with Ex-Governor sibley:: Return
ing after the watch was set, the sentry
challenged, although he knew them very
.s~s, - -r-t e. =
we'll. Col: Gorman tried his eloquence te
gain admission, for it Vas late, bu: vas
promptly Informed no ono went in tterc
without the countersign., 50 the three Of
6cers stood 6rst on one leg aud then q
the other, and the sentry stood confront
ing them, keeping them in range Of hi,
bayoaet and bullet until he sent for tho
officer Of the day, aud had them admitted
according to military rule :, +,.; =.
The camp fire, were burning bright, and
the coa*e aud baans in <prosrcsa of prepa.
ration, for the cooks appeared to have
breakfast ready, whether. it vas eaten
there or elsewhere--at fovr o'eleek7 OF
five. By two o'clock all else was dark ex;
eept It head quarters, and the white tents
looked like mist wreaths- in the. hass
moonlisht. The only sound was,the whip:
poerwill $ :cry!and the beat; beat, ,sbeat ef
the sentries' walk, until midnight, when
the demand was heard sharp and o,ear
."Who goes there 2" -: s.~2I Z
"Relief watch with the countersisn." $50
"Advance rolief watch, aud: give tho
ceuntersisn." ;-.* 49,; 4ys} +. So
There was click Of arms, au order
forward march, land the beat, :breat,
beat was resumed until the reJeille soun:!
ded. There was heavy dew; and the
air was chill The companies, III i few
minutes were drawn up, and the ORDERLY
serseants called the rolls hurriedly,, With,
the oft-repcated order "Answcr< quick"
Then, the names Of the different messc.
were called, the men named to take charge
Of the rations, the dishes and the tents
It was serious business, ana required
much rapid, energetic speaking; aud The
answer Of mauy questions as as men 'vsoall
fail to get the idea Of the mess mess toI which
ttey were rppointed. The tents we're vcine' Dis lis
appearing, as mist wreath, melt before 4
breeze, as The men after ,ascertaintins;
went ss~ihly7 to their duties q S::''' 3I1Tz
aa, of beans and dl3 pork, slices of bread ed.
ana til iii cup, ,of hot coffee xero t carried to
the sises Of the disappearing tent., and 3 i il;
the gay mist oi ma sbill morning; % q sc
~'est ersss Or scraps st boards, the eaii.ant