Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-12
FOURTH REGIMENT ITEMS.
Captain Silbaugh Presents Facts for the
Friends and Relatives of Company"M,"
and Contradicts False RumOrs.

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Captain silbaugh Presents Facts for tn.
Friends and Relatives of Company"M,
and Contradicts False Rumors.
COMPANY an" FOURTH WISCONSIN REGIM ENT
CAMP SHIP, ADMISSION ALA. Oct.7, 1898.
FRIEND MUNsoN:-A few words te
your readers from the Fourth. We arr
more pleased every day with the climat,
and what we are most pleased with il
that the boys keep healthy. There il
no typhoid fever in the regiment mol
has there been, the Milwaukee Sentine
to the contrary Notwithstanding. This
report has occasioned considerable
alarm at home and we are sorry the re-
port got in circulation. We will moi
suppress the facts, and want the friends
of the boys at home to feel that they
can rely on the reports, found in the
home papers, that come from the com
pany. There is not a boy from the com
pany in the hospital.
Readers of the Sentinel probably no.
ticed where some Wisconsin soldiers had
rather exciting time on street car
near camp. Ths boys there were Han.
son, Danforth, Russell and Olson OF Co
IN" A negroe soldier and Tenr essee
man had some words on the car and the
colored man got off and began to shoot
at the car. They began to think for a
minute that they we're in the firing line,
and like the good soldiers they are, ali
ducked for shelter.
Trouble is quite frequent here between
the white and colored troops, bnt the
Wisconsin boys are cautioned to be care
full and not take sides either way and SO
have Lad no trouble whatever. The
rule is strict against soldiers carving
tire arms, but is not very we'll observed
by the southern boys. A regular started
out on the war path few evenings ago
near the Wisconsin guard house, and
Lieutenant Jagerson distinguished him
self as officer of the guard by following
the man into the bushes, and taking the
weapon from him after several shots had
been fred.
Two regiments of regulars have come
in since | wrote my last letter, believe,
and they are sorry sight. The Second
saw some very hard service around
Santiago, and there is not much of them
left. | visited their camp one day and
found but one captain in the regiment
One company had six privates and five
OF these enlisted since the regiment re-
turned to this country. One small city
in New York furnished Al men for this
regiment and one returned. They have
lost their records and don't know where
thei4 men are even. Half the time hey
cannot tell whether missing man is
dead, or in hospital somewhere in this
country or Cuba. or home on furloueh
"Yours truly" has been appointed
Judge Advocate of the Third brigade
Courts martial and the fall term of court
is now in progress. If your readers
know as little about courts martial as
| did when We begun, word concerning
it may be of interest. The court is COM
posed of one colonel, four majors and
nine captains. Several of these are law
yers. We have ten cases already for
trial with offenses ranging in import
ance, all the way from over driving a
mule team tn breaking a colored soldiers
arm. The Judge Advocate is the public
prosecutor, and also represents the pris
oner if the latter has no attorney, swears
the court and witnesses, prepares the
cases, and examines the witnesses. Our
efficient company clerk, Enoch Erickson,
took the testimony in long hand until
we succeeded in getting stenographer
Third brigade head quarters is some
distance from our camp and four horse
mule team and government wagon with
great high side boards call at camp and
brigade headquarters for the Judge Ad-
vocate and the officers of the Fourth,
who belong to the court, and take them
back and fourth.
An article in the Milwaukee Sentinel,
bearing date OF October 9th, says, 1.-THE
trial of the Fourth Wisconsin officers
was postponed owing to certain diIatory
objections made by one of the prisoners
to the personnel of he court. The
cases will come up later" This is about
as near as some OF the papers get the
facts. There has never been a case
against any officer of the Fourth aud
the case referred toll presume, was that
against Timothy J. Roney, a funny
Irishman, charged with about all the
offepses described in the Articles of War
He is the only Wisconsin man on trial
in our court and will make numerous
objections to the court.
A military quartet.e, two of whom
come from Company M, furnished music
in one of the leading churches down
town, Sunday. Vincent Ladman, one
of our Hillsboro boys, is detailed for
clerical work at corps headquarters down
town. Sergeant Don @. Miller has been
appointed one of the sergeant majors of
the regiment by Colonel Seaman. One
is appointed from each battalion.
1t rained steady here Sunday night,
Monday and Monday night
The Missouri boys worsted the Third
Tennessee badly In game of base ball,
last Saturday There is soon to be a
field day of the regiments and of course
the Fourth expects to carry off the
trophy.
Captain Dawson of 20. F, of Merrill,
gives party tonight to the officers to
celebrate his late promotion Captain
Boyer resigned aud First Lieutenant
Dawson has been promoted to Captain.
Allen, Morrison and Strait have been
transferred to the hospital and ambu-
lance corps and are no longer carried on
the company's books Noble and Wal
lace, our transfers, will not mess with
the company any longer than the 10th
Our band boys, Colcord and Closenit,
have been transferred to the band, so
the family is now cut down to 102.
That popular Individual, the pay
master, is in the city and will probably
paw us visit the first of next week
Information, apparently authentic, has
been received at headquarters that the
future destination of the Fourth would
be Porto Rico. I hope if that proves
to be true that we will be left here
another month yet. Respectfully,
JACKSON SILBAUGH.
Democratic County Convention.
The ClamOcrats Of Vernon eountv "a.