Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-05
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS FROM
CAMP.
CAMP STRONG, NEAR MuscATINE,
t,~ 90 1890

Aug. 2S, lSo2.
Here we are, at last, safely and snugly en-
IS sconced in the barracks. Considering the ra
pidity with which these rude habitations hav
sprung into being, their very comfortable ap
pearance reflects great credit on our eXcellen
Commissary.
We arrived in camp at about eleven oclocl
this morning. Immediately after the compa
MES broke ranks, hunks were picked, ant
filed with straw, and the lodging arrange
ments brought to the highest possible state o
perfection. After that, followed the cooking
of the first meal. Oh, the mysteries and mis-
cries of that dinner! sail were toerably hun
cry, each man appointed himself committee
of one, to assist in the preparation of the
grub pile" The old saying, ''too many
cooks spoil the broth" was excellenty Illus
trated u this case, and the meal that came
forth as the result of the efforts of our mex
perenced cooks would have astonished mine
host Of the Eichelberger Taking all things
into consideration, however, that dinner was
not so bad to take, after ALL
At the present writing, everything is pro-
crossing smoothly, and by the morrow, we
expect to have things put to rights, and will
be happy to receive our friends in the best
style.
| As yet, no guards have been established
around our camp, and consequently the boys
are at liberty to come and go, at pleasure In
a few days, however, a change will, in all
probability, come over the spirit ofour dreams,
and ere long, the jovial soldier, who thinks of
spending an evening in the city, will be
yanked up with a short rim.
a bakers oven is now in process of erec-
ton As we are all in favor of patronizing
'home institutions" its operations will doubt
less be very satisfactory to the sturdy troopers
eongregated hereabouts. Speaking of these
same soldiers-a more orderly assembly we
never saw. Quiet and peaceable, they con-
duct themselves as become men who have en-
barked in a struggle in which every thing they
hold dear is involved. We prophecy career
Of honor to our noble regiment, and have no
fears as to their response when they are
called upon to enter battle.
IN my next will give description of our
camp, and its surroundings, which may be
of interest to the many readers Of the JOUR-
NAL. EN-.
LETTER NUMBER TWO.
Aug. 80.
As promised the readers of the JOURNAL |
q description of our abode in this letter will |
commence by asking them to imagine rough |
board shanty, without any windows or floor,
in which there are erected four rows of hunks, |
one above the other on each side In these
hunks straw is placed first and then couple |
of ye Thirty Fifth" tumble in and the ac-
commodations are thoroughly described The
grub as it is elegantly termed by the
"Thirty Fifth" is served outdoors on a
rough table where all hands convene at stated |
hours to eat their tough beef and good bread.
When have described one building have
described them all. There are now erected,
and in process of erection, twenty of these
barracks, amply sufficient to accommodate the
two regiments quartered here.
So far the boys are in excellent spirits, and
many is the good joke cracked and the hearty
laugh provoked.
Company "B " acknowledge the receipt of
a I" dorg" given to the boys this morning by
patriotic citizen. He (the dog, not the
citizen, was mustered into the watermelon
squad p" as the twenty-sixth member, and
will doubtless be considerable acquisition to |
that rather questionably honest body.
Three companies, A, B and c, were mus
tered into the United States service this af-
ternoon. EN-