The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08

regretted. Should these lines fall under th,
eyes of his widow, family or friends, they will
please accept the assurance of one who knows
that Henry C. Burroughs died soldier, n gentle
man, and, trust, christian. lie was loved
and respected by all who knew him.
Corporal George Watkins was n brave man
and made a splendid executive non-commis
| stoned officer. Ills health was bad and he wo,
not able for active service long lie was a
member of the first S. C. Regiment, unde,
Col. Maxy Gregg, and joined the "McKissick
Rangers" afterwards.
laughablo Incident occurred at Camp Toy
ior. we reached there about dark. 1t was in
grove of large trees, mostly water oaks. Next
morning we cleared off the ground and arranged
our tents. Quite a number of squirrels were
up the trees, and began TO get restless and
hungry. Josiah Thomas had neg, o boy. John
no one ever knew where ho got him, but
most Of us thought he was stolen-who was
making every effort to show squirrel to George
(pup) Rochester, without avail. AT last he
said, with great carncstncss, ''Mas pup, look
on yon limb George sprang upon the inno-
cent negro, exclaiming, dad burn you, sir
who are you calling pup" The boy begged
p'tifully, exclaiming, ooh pray Mas pup -
"Please Mas pup" please Mas pup and so
on. at last Dolph FAINT got George to dcsist.
Ihe boy had only been in camp few days
and never heard Rochester called by any OF her
name than "pup,' consequently no disrespcct
was intended
At this same camp Jimmy Heron was made
Corporal Of the guard, pro fcm The privates
concluded to have some fun out of Jimmy that
night. Dolph FAINT posted the rest and made
known the plan, to which they oil readily
agreed Is was this: They were to call for
the corporal Of the guard at such number.
and ust before Jimmy got there another guard
was to call, and so on Indefinitely. 1t was one
OF those dark, drizzy nights peculiar to the
coast region. Soon the fun began by the guard
calling Mt Post No. l. The call was extended
all around the camp-a continuous call from
post to post for considerable length Of time.
Jimmy could be heard falling over stumps and
other obstacles. At last he fell flat over .
stump and exclaimed in loud. distinct voice,
"Dom the corporal Of the gard" and i'm
mediately offered his resignation to the proper
authorities.
Before Joe Lawson brought his alligator into
camp number Of dogs had been collected
- --- - -'~'.- 80 49, .i"~-- ."i~ L..~ 10
gator by instnct-afer him and caused the
whole or nearly The entire regiment of horses
to stampede.
We hal Frcnchman Capt. Duboscl to
drill us in the sabre exercise. We had great
and the ren would ride all over him and his
pony on drill, and complain that their horses
were unmanagablc. The dexterity with which
he could use sabre or bayonct was surprising.
1t was n long time before we could understand
his commands. lie would do all the talking
(what little was donc), which ran about this
way: "Ten chaun company. Ven | zays
dhraw zehe, you doo dees. uni ven | zays,
Pee-zaunt zabe. you doc dces. Den you COUNT
dc mozions dees vay-von, doc, dhree, wore.
Now ten Ten chaun company. Pee zaunt z,bc,
Won, doc, dhree. Garry zabc, Won. Against
enfantrec, ride, parry, Won, doc. dhrec, vore.
Dat ish not ride. Efe you do decs. und dces
you will gut you orses cad, und efc you doc
dees. you will gut hces dali. You must parry
nit tc pack ov your zsbo. dees way Won, doc,
dhrse, vore,' and so OH Al inhnuum. ] was
amused at Jim McCullouch one day. We were
drilling on horseback. Jim couldn't under
stand the command, or did not want to. The
half an hour, or m,kc him perform n certain
evolution jim told him if he did he would
have to get somebody to tell him what to do
for he could not understanl d-n word he
sail.
We had severa, sham battles with the infantry
We were supplied with blank cartridges an
they would fire at u, when our cavalry woult
charge on them. This part OF the drAI was foi
the benefit of our horses which il was desire.
to make familiar with the rattle of muskctry
Few people, only those who have seen it tried
have any idea W hat pride horse mas for mill
tary life. After one or two charges our horse
had n desire to rush through the lines of the in
| fantry, md many riders came near being hayo
nettcd by the horses dcsi re to charge through
the line.
| will 60 back to Jehosse Island and fnis
my narrative. When we went there on pickle
| We arranged to stay, ut least q week. 1t wa
| not often that q soldier could put up n week
rations and make it last him that long. W.
| were often without or hal to get them tn
best way we could. | will say here that tn
| issue was sufficient to have done u, but W
| would not take proper clrc anl c)nsc4ucntl
| OOt b,Vi n
and myself undertook 20 provide for our pick
cts, who were out of something to cat. W
founl an oil negro on the Island, who let u
havo about peck Of corn rn--harl, hinty corn
such as is raised in that section. We took it to
hani mill. the upper stone of which was abou