Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-26

the boy . good recommendation and
the General wished to zee worcester
Together the general and Worceste,
had q Pleasant little conversation.
Honey" johnson. the colored mem.
Der OF the corps. who has 80 great q
reputation here, Is Ill at the hospita,
IN Camp Wikoff. He went through the
campaign with flying colors without
having any sickness, but like the res,
he had malaria germs in his system
and when the cold winds OF Long Is
land reached him in his thin clothing,
ne contracted cold and fever.
Captain Butler tells a good story
about the devotion Of Honey" to his
captain. 1t seems that while Captain
Butler was i'll with yellow fever, ne
would not have surgeon Of the sort
that went down there. He had been IN
the country before. and knew now 20
treat the yellow fever. They could not
secure any calomel Of the surgeons, so
Honey thought he was called upon 60
procure 1t. He took the captains horse
one night. and rode past the guards 70
the yellow fever hospital six miles
away, and back. bringing a dose of
calomel and one OF salts to go with IT..
How he ever got by the guards on the
journey, no one can tell, but he pro-
cured the medicine that helped along
his captains recovery, for which Cap
tain Butler feels very grateful.
The run Of fever that Captain But
Ter had was not hard one. He says
he would prefer to have 1t to THE
measles. according to the way It at
fected him. and he would not dread it
nearly SO badly as he would the terri
BILE typho- -malarial fever that has 30
depleted the ranks OF the army.
None of the men are wearing the
clothes they wore in Cuba, as new and
thicker clothing was given them while
they were at Camp Wikoff. Those who
have seen them about the streets have
remarked at the cleanliness Of their
clothing and their looks. Their cloth
ing is the last which was given them
at Camp Wikoff. as that they wore at
Cuba was so very thin that it would
not do for this cold climate.
The men are glad to be at home. yet
they do not feel sorry that they went
to Cuba by any means. though they
often kicked hard at their food when
1t was scarce. and also when they were
worked especially hard as any one
would naturally do in such case.
When a man was kicking hard, his
comrades would say. "Don't kick, just
think of the poor fellows upon the
Montauk in Portland harbor. They
can't go home oftener than three times
a week. and they have to live on GUS
tard pie" 49,.
So long as they stay in Augusta they
will not fare very badly in any respect,
as they are looked upon in the light Of
heroes by all. They have been where
there was fighting and have fought
against both Spaniards and disease,
and in consequence they are considered,
as they deserve to be. on the level with
the veterans of the Civil War.
1t is doubtful If they go to Camp
Powers to camp at all, as General Rich
ards has made arrangements for them
to stay in their present quarters where
they can be comfortable and warm,
and away from any possible contagion
which may exist in the camp.
Beside those who are here. whose
names were given in Saturdays paper
the whereabouts of the following others
are known: Private P. J. Bell is at his
home in Bangor. A. r. Dill is in Gar
diner. Private Jones of Newport. john
son Of Portland, H. p. Merrill of the
University of Maine, Hermann Hobbs
Of Augusta, F. H. Locke OF Augusta,
McDonougA of Westbrook and Corporal
Johnson of Portland, are sick ait the
hospital at Camp Wikoff. Corporal
Sullivan and Fish are at Porto Rico.
The others are in various parts OF the
country, recovering from Illness con-
tracted in the service.
OF the men who were mustered into
the United States services at the out
break of the war. Capt. Butler and his
Signal Corps seemed to have the Slim
NEST chance of any of them of seeing
active service. But the Maine Signal
Corps was the only one which reached
Cuba, heard the scream of a Spanish
shelf or saw Cuban guerrilla. More
than this of all the signal corps mus
tered into the United States service