Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-09
anlIMPsE or ARMY lice.
aEn%@ pT The Unpleasant Phases
Graphically Described.

AEszzy sOr its summer camp at a celebra
7ess1 ssssL&cring place some nine hundred
sasziiAss away, there to receive strict nee
SEsszzy military instruction which, APP
Ezzssxeay, could not be impaired to il
saEesszsn 4sse narrow confines of its station,
sswSi which, according TO one officers
xsaksss. ~ sas very much in need OF. II
Asxass SSssoossary, therefore. to remove the
-esmzzsEssaSes TO the charming seaside re-
sznxsah0se referred to, What argu-
7ssxsraEs @ere brought to bear on the
SsHsEsss TO induce them to pay the trav-
,asskEaE expenses OF q portion of the
-sssaEzFErrg. army on their expedition is a
nzqxssz=y.
-EszSS what was expected of all this
Superstition is as deeply immersed in
aaSsesess hash. Whatever particular
szAliSg. mss expected we arc beginning
ma ASslscve was not realized, but are of
xsassss @pinion that something was realized
ssasisfsii WAS not expected. Well. in due
aaasat astsrsa stormy passage, these gal
AAaAas sisssonders Of the nations honor ar
aszEsszs al their haven OF rest and antici-
zEuAsa conquests The population
szSSskp. yellow and black-turned ous
ssaa Ezzasz5e 70 view the wonderful sight.
u 4zsse marching through the principal
ssasss4s tho men went to the camp pre-
5Ez1sssts snr them on the outskirts of the
atssss1 Being young soldiers and with
Akasss' experience, it was supposed that
zsssssE esid not know how to pitch tent.
lsaasssr.a Jew days the great, big man
aiaazssis5 arrived after being duly heral-
sssszs - The papers, That highland on
isaassss same night every week thereafter
7Ssss hand gave grand concerts at the
sslErsA.l of khe invalids
! THE CAMP.
= &fss camp was laid out like picture
zaszEg views of it being taken for the |
zasfSs<Ization of future generations and |
esssssEr=Aaion of the chief; tents pitched in
huzs4 sssna1ical order Tho officers tents
aasS' . saRe opposite the TANKS with a very /
yzS1HsG avenue between wings; the |
fsszzsz<;ns tent at the end of the avenue,
zsassrssgsEh which. from the porch in front
WI AaRss lent, he could see the young SOL
essssEx going through their exercises.
fAsaz, hzllss parties and receptions were
sSsgaased and given in bewilderinp va
zssasaS and the court of love and beauty
sszszs duly organized
Whence comes this faint murmur.
ssassaf q berne on the briny zephyr of the ocean
zAssd the midnight fogs Of the shoreg
&sasass7nca at first, then louder, till tits heard
s5id the breakers 'whelming roar!
ssAsals Us fhebreath OF the unseen Reaper.
Esho IS striding on the wings Of night,
17s=ErSis the camp of the sleeping soldier
etETuttled By unfeeling might.
'ss'a'a the dance went On, and the reveler
Thought not Of the coming day.
-H9l TAG grim Destroyer, in his skeleton
aims. had borne one form away
Fin The midst of all these reioicings
tkRss band commenced to write ON the
EsFza1L Faint at first, but gradually more
sszs11nut- so distinct that every one
'sEssid read the sign except Belshazzar
who was intoxicated with the
9aEuas Of seE-conceit), and the courtiers
sRho bowed down before him.
AS TO THE OFFICERS.
The officers, not being allowed to keep /
= Eneas (either in camp or on the
RzzarchDs took their meals at the SIN ]
a=Az'dss !" going down at 8 a. m. to break
East juss after returning from their
sssggy drill, many of them sitting down
se Che table with no desire to eat-no /
s'ssHht caused by tho drill in the fog and t
zausas ON AN empty stomach At noon &
shssy went to lunch-or such Of them as q
ssrre not exhausted after the unceasine I
exercises in dust and intense heat. r
Alter parade they went to dinner. re-
sFning to camp at tattoo (1O:15.) The v
rsAsup was located on a rising ground Il
overlooking the town. but without a y
Particle of shade, all the tents being a
scored- Water was brought from the Ii
rsfy water works by pipe and stored Y
q barrels; it was poor and after =
uDuple Of weeks it began to let its pre- q
ssssC'e be known, there being no way to
su1Ove the sediment or properly clean
BIC barrels.
The result of this was that after {,
ASsol1t six or seven weeks the men be- ii
szn TO get sick, complaining of chills, q
tight fever, headaches, pains in the :.
Sack nAEd loss of appetite, until, l am t,
adorned, there were some fifty or six Y
y snon on sick report several being fc
aiken into the hospital tents a.
at one end of the camp was large cl
abiding used as kitchen and mess 81
ssOm by the command 800 men e;
all messing together, company organ m
a=s15Ons, in regard TO messing, being W
E0kOn up, the same system being
zrried out on the march. The con-
ff5oB OF the water, the incessant drills X
md exercises in the fogs, dust and n
Iess4s, and then the stampede through II
SwD from noon till after 10 o'clock at IN
agst, and the absence OF shade did 4,
hEir work. The result can be imagin- 81