Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-17
COMP ANY E NEWS
From Chickamauga
Especial Correspondence
CAMP THOMAS, MONDAY. June IL

Although rather damp this morning
we are all feeling we'll, there only be-
ing few aches from lying on the damp
ground. There was no drill this morn
ing as the street needed a good cleaning
after the rain, and those who did not
have trench around their camp were
busy nearly all the morning digging
one so that now we are prepared for any
amount of rain that might fall. 1t
looked like rain all day but we had
none until about 8 80 p. NJ. and then
only little. The weather is mnch
cooler and we rather enjoy the change.
The afternoon drill was another "sham
battle" but this time it was betw cen the
third battalion and from all accounts
the second or our battalion came out
victorious. Capt. Badger was officer
of the day. The first watermelons
came into camp today and although they
were very cheap. only 20 cents for a
} large one, the boys "went very light
with them, some because they had no
money TO buy and others were afraid
of them. A little later they will be here
; in great quantities and if we stay here
} we will have many good feasts OF
''watermelon fine"
The boys are getting more discon.
tented here every day now and are
anxious to 60 some where to "get at
the Spaniards and edo them up' so thai
!, their homeward journey will be soon
} We have decided that army life is no
) what it is "cracked up to be-" We
have good many things to complain
of but most of all is the old complain
snot enough to eat" If any of ou
. friends at home know what "Slum Gul
lion'' is they know what we have abou
. nine DAYS in the week, and then anothe
dainty dish is ''salt horse" and "sov
belly. When we have that we have
3 whole slice of bread and something tie.
call coffee 'plain" to 60 with it, n
potatoes, butter or milk. Once in
while we have beef, either roast o
o. steak, but it comes in sample packages
I'd only one small peice to each man, jus
at enough to make us good and hungry
s. with the beef we have potatoes. If W
could have enough of this kind OF
dinner and often enough we would b
all rioht but as it is it is all wrong an
some one is making "good thing" OF
of what we "dont get, but we have n
r;oht to "kick" as it is the rule in som
of the regiments to put n man in In
cu,rd house for seven days if he con
Mains of his food. If it were the rn
with us | am afraid they would have
enlarge the guard house.
Those, of us who are lucky enough
have few "coppers" (and there al
very few of us) to buy eggs ana a 1e
other little things get along all r'g"
those who have little more ''moncy
buru'' 90 to Lytle or the Midway al
rot n ..porter House" two or three li'h
= week. The rest of lis have 10 1--we
\ the regular course of bread co'ie
j. onions salt horse, tomatoes, SUM 3,
lion otc. with an occasional smell
hoof Haven't we good right to klc
And the delicious coffee we get goes
"A h,-.a with some of us as caster OIL US
y - whom we were children. 1t IS lssu
to MS Green so we have to roast H. Il
when it is served to us too strong W
'po only a little brown sugar. 1t IS no' w. ".
IL nood house wife would call col'
p,t then there isn't much use in k'ck'
&c 1rnc1e Sam is running the thing d
It. what Company e said would not ma
- ,,,,ch effect on him, but we feel oc'
IL. ,h.p VIC have had something 70
.hout how nice he uses us. 10
ew iNv think for moment that we Will any
!, in rs starve to death on what we nave
nee nee ~ono If us are getting fat Some II,
'M. ,ost as much as 20 pounds since W.
Of Olympia. l think if the e'"'e r Jl v y
tbe p; mona had, instead OF giving o"rn ,. = :
~ a month, put the same "",1"' ,, al,
'"'' ratons for their boys we "ou." .,at
r: better pleased, but it Is ev'"'n, n''. ,nn't
-'-- ,es,t al think alike. But l wo"'
Al on+h;ny w more abont it this time as
ID cook just informed us 'na' ,'' W. "v, o,i,
have fried onions for o'n'cinl" ',
w aro dish with us. We are 'n""' "
.ha, .', there are none of Company II y
No. 10. in hospital. ~, ,,o GRO,
Nea- The machinery is now on TN. ~ s.n' !"
one ,t ,hc foot of our s'eo' l'i
/, DfX ..,,I water.