The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-08
HEApQUARrERs srn DIv NsG, OF Pa
CAMP AT EAST LIBERTY PA. !
Arcrcr 4 1917 \

HEADQUARTERS STH DIv N. G, OF Pal
CAMP AT EAST LIBERTY PA. |!
AUGUST 8. 1877.
Naturally i ynpposetAe mostihsresinv
.ihing To the people OF SonaefseJ dat IS
happening at this camp. is how fare the
boys OF Co. q. With the exception OF q
ie" incipient attacks OF cholera m0rbus
uie health oi the Company has ebeAn per
iect. We are CHARTERED in \ freight car
immediately IN front OF the Freight depot
at this place. Our grounds where we take
oiir meals. Meals reminds me 70 remind
mainmas that The ralions furnished are hard
BRACKETS. soit sbaead. beef oss meal and
mann the next, and coffee is about a Lun.
dred yards in rear VI the car, aud 10 IL
there grows never d slhldc uee. We Dleep
at night ON the platform Ia front OF the
passenger depot with blankets above and o
hard plank below. We're many Of the
mamnias 10 see theii darlings lying with
10 a loot or " ola railroad track along
which dozens Of trains arc hourly passing
they doubtless would wish that this cruel
war was over, AT five in the morning
the rcveilie Is beats. g., it is blown by the
bngler at headquarters, aud all are com
PEELED TO turn out; about three quarters Of
an hour later breakfast is served then
comes guard mount, and dis h usually
followed by drill thus the day is usually
spent. but ut night when the boys are
ordered out to stand guard in the rain, rs
the e. boys have been. the remance fades
into empty nothings aud the boys sigh tor
home. Drills. guard dnty and such ilk,
gather so fast one upon the other that
there is little or no room for growing. A
copy OF the HERALD was received in camp
to-day and was received by the boys with
cheers it was an old. old face made new.
and never was friend more royalty receiv-
ed. Somuch for e.. company, now for q
glance, bird eye view, of the 9Th
division. commanded by that gallant old
officer Maj. General Thomas II. Gallagher,
than whom there's no s,ricter discipline
rian or more kind friend To his men. With
the exception oftao companies, the 9Th
Division Is well represented the majority
OF the companies having more men than
they had at Philadelphia last year. Col.
Black, an indefatigabIe worker and sp,enc-
ed officer brings the boys to time sharply
his motto appears To be work before play
and sees that there is never time to play.
| would like TO tell you all about the officers
bh thC nt1h oiu l)uSiuS W tue iAeSfiltnt,
but want Of space forbids ; there Is Mai.
Lindsey the irrepressible, the ladies man
Of the staff. Maj. Chambers, who never
tells an old story or lails to appreciate a
new one Col. Hazard who is death on
style and objects to having sentries in front
OF headquarters unless they brace up; Col.
0usler OF batrobe, a Slider and a gentle
man who never fails to make il pleasant
for all who call; and a host OF others,
among whom is our friend Mai. Viii Jor-
dan of Mt. Pleasant. Then in the line
there are Capis. Hazard, Kent, Letever,
Hawkins, Morrow and two or three 9TH
ers whom we have not had the pleasure of
meeting. We have no idea of course
when we will be home, but it is thought
that camp viii be broken next week. The
9Th and Sth Regiments arrived from the
east this morning and lie at Shady home.
Gen. Harry Whites command is at
Torrense, and the Philadelphia men ale
in about 2Sth street. Would make this
letter larger and better were it moi that |
am too tired TO write, and il | were not l
want 70 write 10 The girl | leil behind