The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-08
Army CORRESPONDENCE.


Camp Warren, and camp life in general,
l thought l would answer them sll
through the columns of your paper, II
you will be 80 kind a. to publish my let.
ter. Camp Warren is located shout two
miles from Burlington, on the fair
grounds. The camp is surrounded by a
tight board fence, about eight feet high;
the inclo~urs contains shout twenty acres
II is perfectly dst ard iu . vet time
would be qusgmire, but it has been
very dry since We came, So it makes q
very good camping ground. Our camp
consist Of rough board shanti g, about 60
feet long BY 20 wide with . ridge pole
running through the ceptre--oue -ud of
the boards being placed on the ground
the other resting on the ridge pole.
The marque Of the officers is about ten
feet from the privsses quarters, on the
north side. They are both constructed
alike. Oar sleeping arrangements con-
sist Of three rows Of hunks through the
centre aud one on each side, well filled
with hay or straw, Of which We have
plenty. About one half of the company
have blankets, the rest have none. The
oaths and imprecations of the blanket
less boys. as they get up half froze in
the morning, which they hurl at the ven.
cradle head Of Uncle Sam, are both loud
and deep. There are now sbout $500
men 10 camp. The health i, good, but
We are poorly supplied with Water. The
soldiers are not allowed to 60 out without
q pass, aud ouly three are allowed to | e
out ut the same time from one company.
We have to do without water, or use the
miserable dirty stuff We ct inside
Guards are stationed all round on the
'nsid"; they are relieved every tw hours
The guard contains 80 men-they are
detai ID from the different cvmpaL..s IN
regular rotstion.
Our fare consists principally Of bread
meat, aud cof,e, with . small supply Of
rice, and occasionally q bean thrown in
ty way Of variety. We have plenty Of
sugar 70 use with our coffee the bread
cant be beat-it is furnished fresh from
the bakers every morning. We are a.
lowed three slices O. bread per day 70 me
man, or one slice at erch meal. The men
sru,pble "a great deal at the fare The
general complaint is that, they don't get
en"ug Oh to eat aud that it il not good
enough but as for my part, am we'll
satisfied with the fare. It is better than
got in Mexico or Texas. We have no,
'uessed Of yet, bu. all eat together
There are trading booths IN the camp |
where you Can buy any thug yuu want.
.xcep. whirkey and beer. No in,cxicat
ing driok, Of any kind, is sold in the
camp. Boys are around every hour dur
ing the day, vending cigars, tobacco.
letter paper, envelopes, ink, novels, song
books, &c 1t is astonishing, the ann unt
Of stationery used here; everybody writes
Look where You will, every place where
it is possible to write is occupied. A.
most Of the volunteers are single meo, i,
is fair to presume that most Of the cor
are love letters. There is
po.toffice here and the mail is brought
Dut from Burlington daily. The DoIy
HACK Eye, pubIi.h'd at Burlington, i
furnished to subscribers here every NOR"
ing for Ia per week, A line Of omni-
buses run from the camp to Burlington.
every half hour; fare, ten cents. The
camp presents live appearaucc-sqnad>
If men are drilling IN every direction.
'sevirs Of ladies' are to Be seen waiki,
'round viewing the soldiers, or sitting
n the shade Of the tents watching tn.
ffrrcnt evolutions performed by th,
lacrent marching companies. The sol
'iers d j ! from Eve to six hours per day,
The labor is not enough to give them u
good appetite. The reveille beats At 5
clock u. m q: which time every one has
. be up and attend to Toll call, guard
At 8 o'cl,c ok a M, aud ~cli,f
.uard 1t 81 o'clock, retreat at sundown.
a'too at Q p. IN, taps o.. At the ta.to.
he roll is again called, when every one is
equ;red to answer to his name under
'enalty Of being placed in the guard
,ouse. After the roll is called ut night,
very man is marched to his quarters,
'fter which he is not expected to leave
without the permission Of an officer. At
he beat Of taps, all lights in quarters
have to be extinyuished, and perfect 81
ence aud order reigns. tn re was u
dress parade last Sunday at o'clock
M Of the entire 9Th regiment, ia the
presence Of large number Of ladies aid
gentlemen. when the Upton Guards we're
pronounced the finest
company on the ground.
The Rev Mr.. Sanford, formerly of
Upton, was here last evening and deliv
rred patriotic speech to tho soldiers
he WAS most enthusiastically oaccred and