The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-24
COMPANY L, TWELFTH.
Some Interesting Camp Gossip About
the Sons of Veterans.

Special Correspondence The st. Paul Globe.
CAMP THOMAS. Ca, July 2O.-At present
all the boys are on the qui vive, hoping and
expecting to be called upon for the Porto
Rico invasion. Maj Gen. Brooke returned
from Washington last night and before this
we are to go. If the Twelfth Minnesota does
go, The o b e will hear from Company
L as often possible.
we were at company drill Capt. Henninger
rested us in the shade of couple of apple
trees, and. spying some ,watermelons for sale
them to treat the whole company. We hope
it will happen that way often.
Guard detail for today: Privates schlechta,
charge of quarters, Corporal Clarke.
Guard detail July 81: Privates Martin,
Classen, Johnson, Hawkinson and Pulver
Lieut.. Daily left yesterday on seven days
leave of absence He will spend the time
on Lookout mountain.
Private Steffens. our genial German Spanish
recruit, who talks six different languages, is
sick in quarters today, and some of the boys
are anxious lest they miss a lesson in Span
ish. ?
ceipt of a letter: from-we won't say where.
but Roy must have been writing some very
nice letters for in the letter Of which we
speak, she tells him she will marry him as
soon as he returns home. Now, Roy!
Corporal Johnston must have made hit
somewhere, because somebody writes that she
Wonder what makes our non-commissioned
officers so hard to wake up in the morning.?
Private Steffens says he can not see how
castor oil is ever going to cure him Of ma
larial fever
Sergeant Gregg sleeps eleven hours a day
s and then keeps poor old Clarke awake half
Private Grandma Smith has bought a cot
to sleep on and says he would be happy if
Corporal Bauman would quit hiding his pipe.
The quartermaster issued straw to the com.
Yesterday 81
soft bed last night except Sergeant Gregg
and he rolled out onto the floor. He woke up
this morning singing "Massa's on the Cold,
Cold Ground
Everybody is splitting cotton these days.
They closed up our regimental canteen and
all you can hear now is: "Oh, how dry I
am
If Hoffman don't quit kicking, Red Allen
says he will start football team with Art
Private Caulfeld expects a box Of good
things from home today and Sergea Mt Bar
Der says he is going to move over to Csul-
Jack Clarke says he has a cinch on going
to Puerto Rico whether the Twelfth goes OF
not.
has not shaved for three weeks
We are being inspected today by the medi-
cal director. we wonder if that means to
go to Puerto Rico or not
The L company boys are making some fine
scores onsthe orange these days, in fact We
lead the Thirdsbatalton on high scores.
capt. f1enIllHBfF anu flrSt sergeant Shfrk
were out shooting again the other day. They
searched Tor that same old log
Lieut. Drake Is range officer now during
the absence of9Lieut. DAILY.
ArtificepStlver seems to be having varied
luck Hedgot fcked by mule and now he
says his appetite is failing him since the
canteen closed,
The following, were the scores made by the
Company L firing squad today: Corporals
Bauman 49, Clarke SO, Privates Silver 81.
Myers 26, Hoffman %, Marsden Is, johnson
90 and CORPORAL Kane 90
Second Cook Harry Block says he hopes we
will go somewhere pretty soon, but prefers
Minnesota. That comes from his looking at
that photograph so often.
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