Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-08
DAVENPORT BARRACKS,

FRIEND MAHIN AS my time, never pe-
fore, was as fully taken up as during the past
month, may be excused for not writing Oft
ener for 1.-THE papers" And perhaps your
readers may wish it more used up if it would
dry me up quite
The I'd Iowa Cavalry is p"ospering finely.
On the last day of October the regiment was
mustered, and every man of company 9 "a
complete company answered the call. None
are in the hospital, guard house, or any other
than their proper places The officers of the
regiment, field, staff and companies AL
present and accounted for"
The business of the I'd Cavalry is done up
systematically, of course, and if I were not
member of the regiment | should feel like
telling the truth, by reporting it the best
regiment got up in the West
There are now eight hundred horses in
camp, and when going in column to the river
they make quite an imposing appearance
Last Sunday nine hundred Uniforms were
distributed, and the regiment pr scented SOL
dierly appearance The tents a"e here, and
the balance of uniforms and arms expected
daily. Saddles have been shipp J, and will
be here by Monday.
The routine of our camp is about as fol-
lows At day break the bugle sounds rev.
ellie ten minutes after, assembly call, when
every officer must report himself, and every
soldier answer roll call. Immediately after
this, stable call to groom and feed horses
AT o'clock is surgeons call. At r is
breakfast. At s, drill call. 9, dress pa
rade At 91O, guard mounting. at 81,
mastering call. At -, orderly's call, and
feed call. At 121, dinner CALL and the roll
also called. From 2 to 4 (P N.Y., squadron
drill. At 4, watering and feed call. At 5,
supper call. At sunset, retreat, and roll call.
At 8, tattoo, and the roll called again. At %,
taps. From the frequency of roll call, you
may see there is but small show for ''out-
siding" and then only six passes through the
lines day, one granted to each company
"The Cavalry" may pretty generally be found
at their posts, attending to "those things
which unto them pertaineth." They appear
to take a special delight in attending to Uncle
Sans "biz," and what they don't know they
are willing to learn.
Your readers may be anxious to know
when we are going to leave here. l can tell
YOU exactly when, and put quietus to all
doubts. We are going to leave whenever We
qet orders to do so.
The chaplain makes the regimental Post
ONlCc quite all itStltutiOii. 1Iappeii'hS fi u
night, he was lecturing to quite an audience,
to HON he proposed "a Society to sign a
pledge to pay monthly fee Of five cents
each, for procuring newspapers and reading
matter, and to abstain from drinking, card
playing, and profane or obscene language y
Capt. Frank Hatch, just stepping in as it was
proposed, agreed to head the list. Quite q
number signed, and elected Rev. Truesdale,
(chaplain,) president, Capt. Frank Hate h
| vice president, A. Lee, secretary, &c. A,
committee of three, including myself, was
appointed to ''get up" the rules of the insti-
tuition. I, for one, will 60 in. think, to
bring it to point, that am as bad as the
rest, and if we all sail in one boat, there can
be-, as Pap Tarr says, mo swapping Of
colts" l know by experience that the
camp is hour;shing place for profanity, and
as we need check we will try the virtue of
this preventative. The company officers of
company A, (bad enough, to be sure,) made a
rule some time since to put five-cent script
into box for every oath. They had some
fun catching the Juniors, but didn't succeed
in catching the captain. flour plan succeeds as
we'll, it y i'll be an improvement indeed. But,
as I've nothing more to say, and as it is draw
ing near to Sunday, perhaps I'll quit.
| SUNDAY MoRNING-Our saddles have ar
rived, and we are just starting to get them
up. u.
q Col. W. T. Shaw, Of the 18th regi-
ment Iowa Infantry, has arrived at Daven-
port, and taken charge Of the regiment,
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