The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-10-27
A LITTLE uNpLEAsANrSrss.


Ncw,, "a. NJ. H." writing from York
town, indulges in the following plain
talk concerning a portion of the arrange,
ments for the recent Ccn'ran;a! trip:
Tho trip from Columbia 10 Wilmington.
100 miles, was made in about twelve
hours, the Battalion train arriving ut tho
latter city ut O'Clock, =. M. Up to this
| point the trip had been II pleasant ono in
every way, but here trouble began
| Only eight coaches were provided to
transport tho Battalion IF ten companies
| and their baggage anu whole car load
| of invited guests. Col. Thompson, who
| had o keen eye TO the comfort Of his men.
had these taken charge of ut once, and
after deal of confusion and worry, it
| was decided that ono of tho coaches
| should be given to tho civilians. They
| soon crowded into the ono designated for
them, and tho companies in tho order o f
| seniority, filed into the other seven. At
| the signal for tho starting of the train il
was found that tho Richland Volunteer
Riilo Company wcrc on the standing
committee This Mt onco raised great
mnrmur OF dissatisfaction, ana tho mem.
bers ofthat company strongly threatened
| to organize mutiny and return home
The trouble, your correspondents ia relia.
| bly, informed, was not tho fault of the
railroad management, who complied
Htrictiy Win thelr contract with
tho Commissioner, Major S. p. Ham
ilton of Chester. The latter had tho
| whole management of the trans
| portation of tie Battalion, &C., in charge.
| and as he was aboard the train, he doubt,
| less had the pleasure ~ of listening to
much that was said in condemnation of
the manner in which his duties were dis.
charged. He knew the exact number of
persons the train was TO carry, as tho
regulations limited and required tho ten
companies of thirty men eac!,, and the
number of invited guests was equally
well known to him. The threatened
mutiny OF the Il. V. II. Co. was finally,
1uieted By crowding tho mon into all tho
available space. the other companies
who hnd been seated giving as much of
the room assigned 10 them rs possible,
and the baggage car being crowded
All the regiments are comfortably pro-
vided for in the way of good tents and
plenty of straw, but in eating arrange
ments the South Carolina Battalion is the
worst OFF of any on tho field While the
other regiments are provided with tables
on which to e:t their meals, he South
Carolinians have mono, and they were
| forced to-day to march up 10 tho cooking
| quarters by companies one at a time and
receive In his tin plate each man what
| the cook put into it for him to cat. By
| this arrangement it took several hours
for the Battalion to get dinner, some get
ting none, and the dissatisfaction among
i sno men was great. The blame is put
| upon Commissioner Hamilton who had
charge of tho arrangements, and ho is Mt
this writing. an immensely unpopular
man with the South Carolina troops.
although he may or may not be aware of
| 1t in his palatiRl quarters on board tho
steamer with the invited South Carolina
guests, rolling in tho luxuries Of cham
pagno and costly viands. Whether tho
blame which is almost universally put
upon bin for the discomfor;s complain
cd OF by tho troops is Just or unjust. re.
| mains for the Commissioner to explain
to the South Carolina public. He .s
charged with gross neglect OF the 4.,ties
entrusted to him; which. on an oct aston
like the present one, works not on: an
annoying Inconvenience to the soldiers,
| resent.