The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-06-01
FROM CHICKAMAUGA.
Welcome Words From our Sol
der BOYS.

A Letter From Captain W. J. White.
Boys all Well and Able for Duty.
Well Supplied With Everything but
Water and that VIII Soon be. Plenty.
CHIcANAuGA PARK, May 22--I have a
little leisure time this evening so | will
annoy YOU some.
| don get lonesome out here for have
no time. Have been on the go for about
l6 hours day. The buglers begin at
about AS A. NJ. and from then on until
taps at 9 80 all is "bustle and hustle
When we get settled down to camp life
in earnest / think we will have more
time. We have had some great expert
ence, but OF course you have read about
that in the papers. If we find harder
place in Cuba than the last night at
Camp Lee ''War will be H. indeed.
For more than six hours the men stood
in the cold, drilling rain in mud shoe
top deep, waiting to be loaded on the
cars. Then we were side tracked at
Chattanooga, Tenn, % hours, and when
we did get to Chiekamauga Park it was
about dark, and not a wagon could be
had to haul our baggage out TO camp,
so we camped for the night without
tents or cover OF any kind. Our head
quarters was under some trees in a
grave yard. The next day we marched
out into the park about three miles to
our camp ground. We are in historic
territory. The famous jays Mill was
situated at the edge of our camp, Reeds
Ford is about 800 yards away, and
Bragg's headquarters for the goth day OF
the fighting was within our camp.
Chickamauga creek is near camp and is
our bathing pool.
The greatest drawback here is lack of
| water. There is spring at Jne end of
| the park, large enough for the whole
army but it is five miles from our camp.
We get some water from wells and
springs and get the rest from Crawfish
| Springs, above mentioned. This is in.
deed historic ground The Park reminds
me OF Mountain Lake park. The under
brush is cleared out and the trees are
scrubby like they are at Mt. Lake. 1t
mus have been awful during the war
when it was all thicket.
| We don't know how long we will stay
here or where We viii be taken when we
are moved. There are tonight in the
Park about 40, 900 soldiers, but we don't
see many of them. When we go out of
camp we find regiments here and there
| in the woods, but it is a rare time when
you can see the tentage OF two regiments
at once. Our brigade consists of the LIST
West Virginin, 9Th Ohio and l5Sth In
diana. The states are scattered, and no
two regiments from the same state are
allowed in one brigade. We have nine
regiments in our division and but two
of them are from the same state so
far as | can find out. You cannot re-
alize the enormous amount OF supplies
it takes for an army unless you could
see the depot supplies here. The trip
down was a sort of 4th of July process
sion. What a contrast between now
and-30 years ago. The southern people
seemed to be more profuse in "whoop-
ing up northern soldiers than southern.
We never hear any politics mentioned.
In facts there are no democrats or re-
publicans but all are Americans. / have
had splendid health, and in fact all our
boys are standing it first rate. We have
fewer people on the sick list than any
regiment | know of. Some OF the regf-
ments have men overcome with heat
every day, but none OF ours have fallen
over yet. Remember me to any friends
| you see.
| Very truly,
| w. J. WHITE