Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-03

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D. Il. MERCER
HAVE LEFT THE TRENCHES.
District Troops HIVE Settled Down
Into Camp Life.
From Staff Correspondent
IN CAMP NEAR SANTIAGO, July 90 '9s
The District troops have left the trenches
and are now encamped on a high knoll
about two miles north of the city. They
have received a good part of their COM
missary and qtartetmaster supplies and
are In very comfortable shape as compared
with their condition Of a week ago.
Considering the exposure and privation
| to which the men have been subjected, the
health of the regiment Is simply remark
able. There were Only seven men to re-
spond to sick call this morning, and five of
! them We're discharged as well.
Lieut. c. Fred Cook who has had Sc
we're attack Of typhoid fever and Private
Poor CT Company K were sent to Siboney
this morning to go aboard the hospital ship
| Relief for treatment. Lieut. Cook is con-
| vaescing rapidly.
There have been three or four casualties
| in the regiment due to accidents, but none
OF them serious. Private William Lowe of
| Company G was hit in the jaw by a bullet
| from a cartridge which exploded In a camp
! fire before which he was standing. The
! bullet only made flesh wound and Lowe
picked it out with his fingers. Private
Clark, also of Company G, shot himself
| through the toe while in the trenches. The
wound Is not serious and he will not lose
| that member. Private Miller of Com
/ NV 10,
| zle Of his gun, when it went off and the
bullet went through the fieshy part of his
| forearm His wound is not serious and q
| healing nicely.
Some Changes Made.
| Inc following changes have been made
| among the commissioned officers of the
| regiment: Lieutenant Sayer has been trans
ferred from Company F to Company G.;
| Lieutenant Chisholm from Company G to
be adjutant of the 1st Battalion: Lieuten-
ant Walker. from Company 1 to Company
| Z; Lieutenant Crist from Company to
| Company 1; Lieut.. Mock from adjutant of
/ the LIST Battalion to Company F, and
recommended for promotion to captain, vice
Slmonson, resigned. He will command the
| company when he receives his commission.
| Second Lieutenant Louis F. Boisseau has
been recommended for promotion to first
| lieutenant, and First Sergeant Sheridan
Ferree has been recommended for promo
| ton to second lieutenant
| Just now all interest among both officers
I ana men turns on the next move of the
! regiment. The officers, as a rule are anx-
ious to go on the Porto Rican expedition,
Colonel Harries being particularly anxious
TO nave the regiment go out in the cam
| palgn against that island The men, as a
! rule think, would be glad to get back
| nome Not that they are afraid of the
| nshting, but they realize from experience
that there Is only about one days fighting
to thirty days of hard marching, hard work
and exposure to tropical sun, with much
hard work thrown III building roads and
digging trenches.
Splendid Record.
The regiment has ,tiade splendid record
IN all that 1t has been called upon to do.
The men have seen plenty of hard service,
though they nave not had as much fight
ing to do as they desired. 8
| Durlng the ticklish days of July TO- II
and II, when they were in the trenches be-
fore the enemy, never saw more quiet de-
termination on the part Of men to do their
duty than was apparent 4among the Dis
trict men. Without shelter or sufficient
fcod, in the rain and mud of the trenches,
'ieir ciotnes wet for days at time, they
never murmured, but kept cleaning their
guns for the general engagement they ex-
pecteo momentarily would be ordered.
For several days it was worth a mans
lie to stand up outside the trenches on the
nring line, and the sound -of Mauser bull
lets whistling over them had come to be
regarded as quite the natural and usual
thing. They did their duty quietly, prompt
ly, and have won for themselves the I'M
stinted praise from all the troops with
whom they have come in contact. Now
tnat It Is all over. the only regret che
hears expressed is that they did not have
the opportunity to participate in one SEN
efai engagement. The men have settled
down to the regular routine of camp life
again and pass their leisure time wonder
ing whether 1t is to be garrison duty here
on the island, to go to the states, or to