The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-06-15
LETTER FROM THE IAN o. N. @.
ASSArotIs JUNCTION, MIDI
.1unc 40. 1894. I
Tnu wcoD County soSs.

duties required Of fCop'pany (which is still act
INC as Provost Guard here. The health Of The
company continues good--we have now no men IL
hospital and but very few oRscs Of fslightindispo-
sition.
The companies Of Captain Hathaway and Cap.
tain Kitchen are yet At Fort Dix, Relay House.
Young Klopfenstcin- amputationof whose an-
ger previously roticed--is is doing well.
The companies Of Captain Mckee and Captain
Black arc doing guard duty at Camp Parole, two
miles west ofthe city Of Annapolis. Each Of the
companies have two men In hospital, viz; Samuel
Holder and Caleb Older, Of the former, and Ben.
w. Wood and Henry Ashley Of the latter company.
'Nenesf them, however, wero dangerously i'll. But
few other cases Of ipdsposiiion areto be found in
the companies.
Captain Smiths company is al Wilmington,
Deleware, or at Fort Dcleware, near that city at
least such Is the Information have received con
serning Il. hayo heretofore reported this compa.
ny as being from Pemberville--w hich was an err
ror. In tho old 64th Battalion, Captain Smith
commanded the company from Freedom and Web
ster townships, butat Camp Chase this company
was broken up, and Captai Smith is now in COM
mand Of tho company from Bloom and Perry
townships.
VISIT TO ANNAPOLIS.
On Friday last, Sergeants Averill and Bates, and
the subscriber obtained permission to visit the
ccnt little city Of apois-twcnty miles distant
We left here at o'clock In the morning. and about
Q arrived at Camp Parole, two miles west Of the
city, where we had tho pleasure Of meeting Cap
tain Mckee, Captain Black, Lieutenant Kmberliu,
and numerous old acquaintances in the Tontogany
and Gilcad companies all of whom seemed very
well pleased with their situation. They have for
quarters good commodious barracks-and are on
duty as guards generally every second or third
day aud night During the hour which we re-
mainod here VIC came to the conclusion that for
neatness and arrangement Camp Parole far sur
passed all the military camps we had ever seen.
From Camp we walked 10 the city-whch, by
the way, we found TO bear little resemblance TO our
cities of the West. The "center" of the city APP
pears TO be the State House, and from this point the
streets seem to diverge in all directions making
city blocks" Of all shapes and sizes. The streets
are narrow, unpaved and apparently unworked,
but they are remarkably free from rubbish and
some of them are 80 wol shaded that the branches
of the trees unite overhead forming single mass
of foliage. Ascending the stecplc of tho State
House, we obtained view Of the city and ad-
joiniug country, the bay with It's shipping, and the
distant "enstern Shore" which was, to say the
least, beautiful and grand For n few moments
we entered the Hall of Representatives where
Convention is now In session for the purpose Of
forming now Constitution for this State, the foun-
dation of which Il is believed will be Liberty We
afterward entered tho Senate Chamber-the room
wherein. Ibelieve, Washington resigned to Con-
grcss his commission as Commauder-in- Chief Of
the United States army. On tho northern wall
is large oil painting, ten or twelve feet in length
and six or eight in width representing the scene
the room represented in tho painting being an ex-
act imitation Of the one wherein the picture is sus
pended.
BY this time Hunger began 10 make demonsta-
tions, and we left the State House in search of
rations. short walk took us to tho 4" American
House," very ancient looking but substantial
building, which we were told was erected about
ninety years since by the British, and was once
used as the Headquarters Of General Washington.
Here we "ordercd dinner y Reader, were you
evera "0ne Hundred Days man." and did you
after "taking in " your first months army rations
seat yourself at table where victuals were served
up In the "hiShest style of artY" If not, you
can form no idea of the fierce Battle Of Knife and
Fork" which ragged Cor about three quarters of
an hour after our forces were brought into posi-
tion." To attempt detailed description would
be the heighth Of follysuflco Il to say that after
a hotly y-contcsted and sanguinary conflict, we
we're enabled to report the following highly import
ant results Three huge beefsteaks completely
out generated; loaf of bread plate Of butter, aud
two dishes of potatoes, utterly annihilated
dozen eggs hopelessly demoralEed--to say
nothing of onions, raddishes, &C., which were
" "sandwitched without mercy" between the more
important articles And just as We were about
Withdrawing from the field, an intelligent con-
traband entered with three large plates OF straw
berries, thus painfully reminding us that although
we were nearly exhausted, there was yet a" foe to
conqueri" The defiant look of tho luscious fruit
together with the thought that if not speedily "put
out OF the way" II might strengthen the enemy
rallied our shattered energies and after brief
conflict il was "no morep Soon afterward, by
very skillful maaoeuverng, we succeeded in re-
firing from tho field With very little disorder con-
sidering the circumstances.
During the afternoon We visited the U. 8. Naval
Academy grounds, where, in addition to the build
iugs formerly used in connection with the Academy
have been erected extensive and commodons hos
pitals. Near the northeast corner Of the grounds
is Fort Severn round stone structure, said to be
of great strength.
We left Annapolis about p. NJ, and arrived
here at 5 O'Clock having experienced what was,
to us, ,one Of the "eventful days of the campaign"
Ia d tn ctat IA hat r
"trio" aro under obligations to Conductor Ham
mond, of the Annapolis aud Elk Ridge Railroad,
for favors and courtesies which soldiers well know
how to appreciate. AS one efficient, accomplished
and obligiug otTicer, "long may he wavo" We
are also indebted to Sergeant Winters, of the An
napolis Patrol Guard, :or favors while in the
city.
"EvERY MAN HIS OWN wAsuwoNANw
II is an old saying that every man is the arehe-
teet Of his own fortune "but it was only very re-
Gently tha. became convinced Of the fact that
every man must be his own washwomanp Such,
however, appeared to be the case in Company F.
last week. tried it-took my "thiugs," piece Of
soap, proceeded to tho creek about half a mile
distant-took a position on log, and went to
work. don't pretend to say how long was en-
gagged at my ''littlS washing" but I might have
been "pbbing away" yet, il good samaritan,
who had sojered before" had not helped me out.
When l returned To camp, hung out my indfier-
emily washed duds, and contemplated the pros
poets Of their being blown down in the dirt, be-
gan, Tor the first time, to comprehend and sympa-
thiIe with the vexation which | have seen ladies
manifest undrr similar circumstances. AT the
time had aay "unlucky wight" caused mlshap 10
NV clothes line the eircun stances noould don hi.