Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-25
A UTAH VOLUNTEER
find, Life in Camp Loss Romantic Than For
mehy He Thought 4 Was
FOOD IS GOOD, BUT COOKS SPOIL H.


cams blue coats anu Ii"ftHi'i" '''''
.uulpracnts for the same. IT, rldlng at
anchor IN the bay Of sun Francisco.
the sun II sinking to rcst IN the cast
rather d peculiar habi, tn sun seems TO
have gotten Into here iu Frisco, but
everybody and everything seems To-
contract habits here. Even directions
have changed places. 90 that / have TO
so north whenever | wish 90 70 south.
Even the north star has forgotten IT,
place and the west wind blows from the
east. But of course eastern people
have no interest In the wind and sun
Of this place. what I started uut a.
say was that the sun is sinking IN thr
east and the whole hay and city ~
Hooded with a liEht Of gold IN kiun-
dixie. Yesterday our new commander.
Lieut.. l.. 4. Foster. told uH he wanted
our tents down. rolled up and marked
before breakfast In the morning OF
course hiH wants IN this respect Were
grntined. The boys were routed out
AZ hnif past three and operations be-
ran 10 once We were 90 march 90
the wharf and nli our personal effects
with "a days rutlUua had Co Boz carried.
and ~ our knapenCk had not been a..
sued. We were compelled 60 roll every
thing In our blankets and sling them
over our own shoulders ~ o'clock
We lined up Tor OUT hog and coffee, and
/ at We took W. the line march It's
/ four long miles from the Preside 10
the wharf, and I'm not sure but they
/ IS IRE German miles az that Every
mans pack weighed 800 pounds before
| hr got half way. and hy the timo the
! dock was reached I'm mistaken II
/ they didn't weigh ton.
| liut We were happy Everybody was
! happy Even the daily tpilcrs and
! drudreH on the street look clad ne they
] hnWicd out their rood-byca and wish
| Tor good luck Mothers. daughters.
! awgg thonrts ana children smiled their
/ God bless you nF they waved their
hands and dkgrchlofH ana nars.
| and old cruHty business men cracked
| their faces with glad laughs. on tho
! Whnff, corps N Rcd Cross worker.
/ God bless 'cm. mot us with "a thousand
/ lunches, ana great cans of stonminu
/ cpuec. We didn't DO "a Ting 10 'gm
| Everybody shook hands with every
body the band played. tho rans
plank was hauled In aud We drItiol
I out into the stream. Everything aud
everybody o. lovely our quarters ore
rnmcwhat crnmpcd but thcy are really
/ bpttrr than ] expected our new Oili-
I ccr lieut.. Foster is gentleman aud
y soldier, and our chief cook II a
| Chlnamnn, hut ! must close this let
tor 0r u won't get posted before we
reach Honolulu.
Gen. otis VIII come abroad nj nine
/ IN the morning when we will honvo
anchor aud pass through tn Golden
/ Gate. u IL thought thCn we viii leave
,,,o.moihlnE else; psth1ns our shoes.
/ Who knnwHG HESStfM. G. ".
ON board Rio Janelro. July %. 1895.
u had q good home and I lcft' ieft'
! left had u good home and I lcfti" II
the time o. which many OF our boys
DO their HIP. hip, hlppon. ana they HAYS
I my full sympathy Volunteer ilfo IN
I not what 10 has been cracked up 90 be-.
IN theory aud practice II ~ two dlt-
fcrnt propositions. ana the boy whose
heart thrills and burns with patriotic
/ zeal AZ home with a full stomach and
u down pillow. finds his love Of caun,
/ try somewhat quenchcd when Il comes
q volunteer camp NE. ! fay volun-
iecr camp NE In contradistinction to
tho regular army lie. Tor there ~
wat difference, and an In the lattrr's
! favor Regular soldiers do not stand
around ami shiyCr on account 81 m
lnHuNlrlUncy Of clothing; nor do they
wear Hhuddy uniforms that wcr' mado
tar some one three times their size.
/ They DO not eat their H1w ana beans
I peppcryd with sand. nor drink invalid
coffee, tasting Of The rag IN which IL
wnr boiled, and hair the tim, unHweet-
! encd. Volunteers do this or 90 with.
out, and nt times they do both
within the past two days Uncle sam.
mile has igHuHl ~ our uniforms, and
| right good ones, too, 90 now We have
but ono RiCl tp register. and that IL In
connection with our food. We do not
object a. our treatment In this rcspcc,
/ with any Idea % having II remedioi
but Just because We can't help %. We
didn't happen 10 be- born with crawa
/ u al 40 o nj
We're not bum on the camel plan, and
have no extra stomachs 90 M up In
| DAYS Of plenty to tide us over when
for some cause or other, there ~ not
! enough. We were not taught In our
/ youth 10 SWIM an kinds ~ any old
stun. and 80 now we Just have 20 kick
l There isn't one man In our whole en-
campmcnt who can get along on the
I ratlons served US by the govern
ment and retain his health.
u write this after maklug
/ careful inquiry, and l am sure there
Il not one man among Us who does
not go down IN the city every few
he feels that his health depends ON
| a. Coffee, oatmeal, salt bacon and
bread N a pretty good bill " fare for
breakfast when properly cooked ana
] served; but when the bacon u fried
| IN a salt crisp and the coffee Il tied
.
/ meal ls uucoOkod ana unsWeotcned, Il
! becomes case of help your self TO the
I mustard. Beans, potatoes. beef and
! pork, and coffee o Ia rag, would not
] be bad Tor dinner n the sllp wasn't an
| mixed together and burned before US
| lng. In short. The food furnished by
| the government would be passahle II
served up In any kind OF proper style.
| and II thcr was some way ~ eating
| u without the sand that drifts and
| covers everything Tut ! guess ! had
| better dry mp or III b. detailed 10 do
| kitchen duty, and heaven knows |
| would rather 80 90 the guard house,
| think We Utah recruits are very
/ fortunate, all things considered. We
now have most an Of our equipments.
| and orders 20 be rrndy TO strike tents
| at n moments notice, II IN undoratOod
| that we win go on board the good shin
| RIO Janelrn tomorrow morning and
| that we VIII pass out ~ the Golden
| Gate the next day. Al tho boys are
ready and most of them have been
! down town Tor the last time. There
mny he and there no doubt a., some
! hDmc-slck boys among the lot, I would
/ hate 20 think otherwise. but II would
! be- hard 20 toll who they are. Every
! body seems well and NIL are over
ioyed at the prospects of sailing 70
/ soon.
me Red Cross people have won an
| our hearts. I am writing this In the
| Rcd Cross tent. A New York boy r.
painfully scratching 90 hlH best Rlrl on
! my left ana az my rEht hrlFht
! Wyoming lad Is writing o hi mother