The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-07-30
Correspon dence of the Guardian.

/ SAML W hhhEN, NY AVN, iCoi'
DEAR GUARDIAN Leaving Indepen
dence on the 12lh inst, we arrived at
Burlington on the following Sunday, and
on landing at the latter place. were inn
mediately marched to the camp, which
is about two miles fIom the city, on the
fair grounds. There are three reg iments
encamped here Col. Humans. Col.
McDowELL's, and last, though not least,
Col. WoRTHINGToN the 9Th. | think
our regiment will compare favorably with
any that has been raised, and when fully
uniformed and drilled, will be unsur-
passed. The men composing the regi
ment are mostly from the Northern coun.
ties, and among the officers are some
veterans Of long service and experience
Our Colonel is graduate Of the Lexing
ton, Kentucky, Military Academy, and is
gentleman as we'll as soldier.
In a few days we hope to move TO an
other ground, where bathing and wash
ing will be more convenient than at pre-.
sent. The regiments are quartered In
huls, each hut containing hunks for 100
men, and small hut Immediately in the
rear for the officers In the morn ing, at
) clock, the reveille is beaten from the
Coils quarters, when The companies
I" fall in" for roll call, after which the
men break ranks, and wash, and clean up
the quarters. Next comes break fast call
and the companies are again formed, and
marched, in two ranks, to breakfast. The
dining room, is rather extensive one.
There are about Is long tables, each cap
able of standing 100 men. Each man
has tin plate, cup, and knife and fork.
The fare consists Of coffee, without milk
or cream bread, and meat, for break
fast; the same for dinner, minus the cof-
fee, and adding bean-soup; supper the
same as breakfast.
Drilling is going on constantly. There
are officer drills, company drills, and
squad drills. Each company in our reg
iment drills four hours day in compa-
ny. and the officers are drilled each day
by the Colonel.
The first two or three nights the wea-
Their was pretty cold, and our men. hav-
ing no blankets, suffered some what from
the cold, but yesterday the welcome in
telligence came that some 400 blankets
had arrived, and were 10 be immed lately
distributed. We obtained sufficient TO
make the men comfortable, and hope to
obtain the balance before long AS soon
as our arms and tents arrive, We are 10
move and encamp in good shape.
On our route hither we were well cared
for Messrs. ALLISON and CoNGER did
everything in their power to make the
! boys com Portable, and on our arrival here
one Of the captains. whose name ! did
not learn, generously gave up his dinner
table 10 us. On the whole, think our
boys are doing well. They are improv-
ing in drill, and are in good spirits
Some few have been ailing, caused prin-
cipally by change Of water, but at pres
ent there are only two, think. at all
sick, and there is no doubt Of their early
recovery. AS soon as we "get into the
hang Of lhings," | will try and keep you
posted in regard to our movements.
CAMP WARREN. July "a, 1851.
DEAR GUARDIAN Since nv last let
ter nothing OF consequence has transpir-
ed. with the exception Of the change in
the eating department. The men now
receive their rations, ard cook them
themselves. The way we manage this is
rs follows Every morning. at 5 O'clock,
our orderly reports 10 the quarterma.-
ters department. and draws for the use
Of the Company the following provisions.