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

ing endured the hardships or srmy lifs n,
nearly four years. his case was the moro to b,
regretted. Should these lines fall under tb,
eyes OF his widow, family or friends, they vii
please accept the assurance Of one who knows
that Henry c. Burroughs died soldier, a rentl.
msn' and, trust, christian. He was loved
and respected BY all who knew him.
Corporal George Watkins was q brave mar
and made splendid executive non-oomm;,
stoned officer. His health was bad and he wa,
NOT soie Tor active service long. He was a
member Of the first 8. G. Regiment. und.,
! Col. Maxy Gregg, aud joined the "MoKissiok
Rangers" Afterwards.
aughablo Incident occurred at Camp Toy
ior. Wc resohsd there about dark. II vas In
grove oflarge trees, mostly water oaks. Mex,
morning We cleared of the ground and arranged
our tents. Quite number Of squirrels wer,
up the trees, and began to get restless and
hungry. Josiah Thomas had o neno boy. John
no ono ever knew where he 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 be
said' with great esruestnoss, ''Mas pup, lool,
on yon limb" George sprang upon the inno-
0en' negro exclaiming. "dad burn you, SIR
VINO "re You calling pup" The boy begged
paafuliy' exolaimiug. "oh pray Ma, pup 20
"Piease Mas pup" "Plea,e Ma, pup and no
On. At last Dolph Fant got George to desist.
The boy had only been in camp few days
and never heard Rochester called by any OF her
name than "pup," consequently no disrespeot
was intended.
Al this same camp Jimmy Heron was made
Corporal OF the guard, pro TEN. The privates
concluded to have some fun out Of Jimmy that
night. Dolph FAINT posted the rest and made
known tho plan, to which they oil readily
agreed. Is was this: They were to, call for
the corporal Of the guard" at such a number.
aud just before Jimmy got there another guard
was to call, and so on indefinitely. 1t was one
OF those dark, drizzly nights peculiar to tho
coast region. Soon the fun began by the guard
calling at Post No. l. The call was extended
oil around the camp-a continuous call from
post to post for a considerable length of time,
Jimmy could be heard falling over s,umps and
other obstacles. At last he fell fiat over
stump and exclaimed in q loud. lis,iuct voice.
"Dom the ooorpooral Of the gard" and i'm.
msdiately offered his resignation to the propsr
authorities
Before Joe Lawson brought his alligator into
camp number Of dogs had been collected
Ai--- o---L,a.- ~. H. =,
gator by instiuct-aner him and caused the
whole or nearly the entire regiment of horses
to stampede.
We had Freuchman (Capt. Dubose) to
drill US in the sabre exercise. We had q great
deal Of fun out Of him. He rode little pony
and the nen would ride all over him and his
pony on drill, and complain that the ir horses
were unmauagable. The dexterity with which
he could use . sabre or bayonet was surprising.
It-was long time before we could understand
his commands. He would do oil the talking
(whst little was done), which ran about this
way: "Ten chauu company. Ven I gays
dhraw zabe, you doc dees. Und ven zays,
Pse-zaunt zabs. you doc dees. Den you COUNT
dc moIions dees say-von, doc. dhree, vore.
Now ten Ten chsun company. Pee zaunt z,be,
von, doc, dhree. Garry sabs, Won. Against
enfantree, ride, parry, Won, doc. dhree, wore.
Dat ish not ride. Efe you do dses, und dess,
you will gut you 'orsss cad, und efe you doc
dses. you will gut hess dali. You must parry
NIT to pack ov your zsbe. dees way Won, doc,
dhrse, vore," aud so on al iudnitum. I was
amused at Jim McCullouch one day. We we're
drilling on horseback. Jim ooulda't under
stand the command, or did not want TO- The
Prenchmau told him he would drill him for
half an hour, or mske him perform certain
tuffn totd . 4
have to get somebody to tell him what to do,
for he could not understand ad-u word he
said. .a @
We had several sham battles with the infantry.
We were supplied With blank cartridges anj
they would fre Mt as when our cavalry would
charge on them. This part OF the drill was for
the bcneft Of our horses, which It was desired
to make familiar with the rattle Of muskotry.
Few people, only those who have seen Il tried,
have any idea v hat pride horse has for mill.
sary life. After one or two charges our horses
had desire to rush through the lines of the in.
fsntry, aud many riders came near being bayo.
netted by the horses desire 10 charge through
the line. @ ~er
Iwili 60 back to Jehosse Island and finish
my narrative. When We went there on picket
We arranged to stay, st least week. II was
not oaen that soldier could put up week q
rations and make IT. last him that long, so we
were often without, or had to get them the
best way We could. I will say hero that the
| issue was sufficient TO have done MS, but We
would not take proper care, and consequently y
got out sometimes. One Sunday. David Orr
and myself undertook 70 provide for our pick
sts, who were cut Of something TO eat. We
found an old negro on the Island, who let u,
have about q peck OF corn hard, ainty corr,
such as 10 raised in that ssstion. We took II to
hand mill. the upper stose Of which was about
the size Of common grindstone, the neither