The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-10
GAIT Mary, /
BASss OF TIE AHAOoerA, July 4, 1864. !
Inc FOu1th Of Juh ne CJWps-Jhe Parade In tks f-


1Ae Foa'th Of J~h sa 2s C1mps3he Parade In he City
Disdpltne Of the Rseimest., &C., eo.
soch Fourth Of July the presens viii be long 70
membeyed as the moot reparksble that occurred Ia
the region surrounding Washington. AZ your other
respondents viii describe the the city and else
where around s VIII simply consne myself to giving
account CT those which came under my ovn pbserva
tion. At mdnghi the Fourth was ushercd In by eucn
continuous volleys OF muskery in the adjoining camps
thai Colonel McCnn at time feared au attack Of the
enemy was being msde the capital Time, however
room decided the doubt The morning davned 10 unusus
glory Early the surrounding camps astiI and The
strains Of distant bande were waited Of national
usc from every point Of the compass and the bayone Of
ten thousand men cleaned around in forest of
steel The scene was grand and impressive. Tie Thirty
seventh regiment WAS unGt 10 march, having suddenly
receiyod largo addition 10 lie sick list. Colonel lcCunn
therefore requested TO have his regiment excused on
there grounds the parade might the means OF add
Sanford virtually dsregArdet and The corps turned cat
with The other New Yok regiments. The day proved
intensely hot The men vent through the pafade eie-
ssnty and manfuy, successfully fiVary any regic,ent
Cove By he ppaaos ana psns Ge ns s
ON the return march 10 the camp the scsDe OF.
fered. Our men, among tho hardest IL the world sue
oumbed 10 large numbers to the excessive heat seve
raj tainted had lag behind with core feet
Surely General Sanford should have known better
than to have Insisted hsvicg Of bic Prince Of
Wales psrades on such an occasion, when nc
is that there are about l2o men in his Yesi
ment alone suffering from dlaIThUs and o!bsr similar J.
ments. We finally reached Our Camp, however and The
sIaaSorp now dropping In by ono rhere seem
ed TO be little ps,rotsn In the Tssh,n stou cele
bratlon Of the Fourth. There but small turnout Of
the citi2ens and few 6fecrsckes OF The de-
ictiptcn TO which New Workers subjected were 10 he
heard After the return 10 the camp officers or the
regiment treated The men 10 drink each " il proba.
bls that the other regiments which par iicpaed In the
parade suffered quite as much es ours.
II Ia curious fact that there are ninety eget Mur-
pnys In tha regiment, and they agree that IL u Is ever
beaten II will be discredits6e 10 the name or Murphy
That faction Ia seldom beaten, however The dr OF the
regiment progretees admirably under tho Immediate en-
orgy OF Lieut. Col Burke and Atjulant Aurphy aye
untrng In their exeTsons An for Colonel he scarce
~ allows himsef time enough 70 recruit nature. The
surgeon Of tho regiment wishes have tho folio let
poblshed:-
TO TIE EDITOR on TIE HERALD.
HEADQUARTERS TMRTy. sHyRNrn RsG'r N US V1
CAMP MARY, July 4, 1891
Dsrihoa is tho pest Of the camp II our pnilanthropc
friends really dea're 10 relieve the sufergs OF The pa
iriotic solder, let them send all proper means Of
Mrea!pS diarrhoca, viz: flannel bandeSes ton pcnes
Wide by three yards long, of 0snne susthe The
body send them by The thoussud Send ue pure port
wine, FOR tho o. patients recovering from diarrlea
send us tincs oDil camph by the gscn Ia pint bottles
s:nd US compound caiharto pills 70, 81 By tho pound;
aad any oihsr articles that be packed email space
such as good sense will sugge,t
j. am, respectfully, yours, 30,
J. MoNULrY, MD,
Surgeon Thirty seventh Regiment N VS. v