Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-02-12
(For the Dem G. Senf)
lNDIANOPLIS, T

1NDIASoPLIS, Feb. 9th 1862
Friend M'rTdy-Perhaps few lines from
member of a company, that has been rails
ed among the hills of the old keystone, may
prove of interest to your many readers l
will now endeavor to give YOU little infor,
nation concerning the welfare aud and pros
perity of our company. We are still in this
city, although when last wrote, expects
Ell rhe next would have been from Dixie
but notwithstanding the assurance we would
be in Kentucky six weeks ater we left
| Pittsburg, we are still here, and from all ap
! pearances viii remain, for some time to
come. Our company is fully equipped.
and ready to move at an hours notice. The
boys are all in good health. and enjoy a sol>
| diers life very well. The health of the com
Pany has been very good with the exception
of very few cases of measles. but those
that were afflicted with the disease, are now
nearly all on duty
This has been a very mild and open win
ter. with but little snow. and anv amount
| Of mud and wet weather. We moved our
! Quarters; we are now CHARTERED in the most
| public and business part of the city Our
old Quarters were far more comfortable than
I expected to occupy when I left Cambria
But our kind and gentlemanlv Captain.
thought that they were not good enough. so
he had one of the best buildings in the CITY
fitted ap for our accommodation. doubt If
there is another company in the service.
better qUartered with regard to comfort and
| convenience, than ours Is at TIE present
time. and It is an unqueStionable proof Of
the goodness of heart. Of our Captain He
has the praise cf having crack company.
aud it appears that he is determined that
their accommodation shall be in keeping with
it. We have done some tall Shooting: we
shot at a target one hundred and twenty
five yards, the centre was driven ten times
and seventy four balls put in the board our
Col. pronounced it the best shooting he ever
saw, for a company that never shot with
the guns before. There was another com>
pany went ont afterwards for the purpose Of
knocking the socks" off the PENNSYLVANIA
boys. but they retur ned with a strong con-
viction that that same thing was easier said
than done. They put one Nall in the centre,
and sixty two in the board. out Of the same
number of rounds we fired. think if we
had little practise, we can have the mark
on the lives Of the fae when we discharge
our rifles; they are the Springfield gun. an8
throw a ball with great precision. and the
way theT travelled back when we let them
IF Is caution TO our jaw bones and should =
ers. my shoulder is sore yet from the effects
of the kicks I received. We are progressin 2
finely with our drill considering the iEclem>
ency ofthe weather. One ofthe boys has
come in since have been writing. and saws
the report is we are to leave for Ky. within
Eve Gays. If such Is the case, l hope 10 he
able 10 lay before your readers something
more interesting my next. The Assistant
Secretary of War, Mr. Scott. was in town
yesterday, we paraded before him and seem
ed much pleased with our appearance. He
left last night. viii close for the pre-
sent, hoping tha: shall he able to give
you something more edifying and interesting
in my next.
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