The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-07-04

At five in the morning the rcveillee i
the signal for every man to appear, ,arra..
and report himself at the Roll Call
he fails to appear, twenty.four hour
extra duty is the punishment for hi
dilatoriness. At the roll call, sigh
! men are detailed from the ranks Of escl
company for regimental, and two fo
brigade guard. The regimental guards
surround the regiment at distance o
ten rods from each other; each from
and step with his file leader. The brig
ade guards act as picket sentinels, and
remain stationary. Some are stationed
quite distance from camp.
1t would be exceedingly difficult, il
we were in an enemies country, for any
one to approach the camp without
being hailed by these watchman. The
rcgimental guards are relieved every
two hours the brigade, every twenty.
four. This would be severe it it were
not so arranged that no person has to
stand guard but once in four weeks
At half past FIVE We are called out for
squad drill. This consists in being di.
vided up into four or FIVE sections and
usually drilled by the Seargehts, III the
manual Of arms, the faceings and beat
ing time. At half past seven, the regi-
mental guards arc assembled and form
ed into three reliefs; the first relief enters
upon its duties at eight, the second at
ten and the third at twelve At two
the first resumes its duties, and in this
manner they continue to relieve one an
other till finally released by the new
guards.
The brigade guards assembled at
general headquarters at eight, and di-
yided into seven sections. These are
marched to their respective stations
and there remain until relieved by the
new guards.
At half past nine we arc called ont
for compay ilI,wh,ch lasts until half
past eleven. in this drill We are instruct
edsin. all the art preparatory forlwar
when.this is over we are dismissed until
three, at which time we are again en-
gagged in squad drill, which continues
until four. At five we engage in com
pany and regimental drill, which last
till sun down when We have dress pa
rade, with which ends the duties Of the
day. At nine the tattoo warns every
man to be i'll his quarters, and at half
past nine every light must be cxtin-
guishcd.
A deplorable riot occurred in camp
few days ago. The tenth regimental
officers allowed their. priyatcs to keep
beer and ale in their quarters; some
having imbibed enough to make them
fit for any devilment attacked guard
and being greatly superior in numbers
overpowered him.. and as trophy Of
victory carried off his gun. The Ser
gent Immediately ordered out the relief
guards for the purpose Of arresting the
rebels. = The ,n,-i while endeavoring
to execute his commands was assailed
by stones, clubs, buck shots and such
other misslcs as were in the reach Of the
drunken soldiers.
Mr.. E. T. Rust formerly Of Toledo
Iowa, being one Of the relief guards,
foremost in doing his duty, when assail-
ed by or 6 of the rebels first defended
himself as we'll as he could, but being
pressed on all sides. he drew revel-
yer and shot three Of the assailants,
one Of whom has since died; the others
are likely to recover. Mr.. Rust was
wounded in several places, and for
some time time lay insensible on the
ground where this disgraceful scene
occurred. The Mob in the meantime
greatly increased in number, formed
themselves into . line, and swore all
sorts Of vengeance on the relief guard
and its officers. But the formidable
appearance Of three Regiments march
ing to their front with fixed bayoncts,
soon caused them to surrender their
ringleader and disperse to their quar-
ters. Mr.. Rust has SO far recovered as
to be able to be around among his com.
rades yet it will be some time before
he can engage in the active duties OF
camp. These disturbances have beer
reported at general head quarters, ano
Yesterday some seven hundred barrels
Of beer and fifteen hundred bottles Q
ale here were emptied on the ground
! Six Regiments leave for Washington
in fifteen days; one left last night.
i Yours in Haste.
Il Co. D. 8th Reg. o. v. M.