The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-07-01
ckickanlauea Pnrk, Ga,
June 18th, ISIS.


Ihave an hour TO spend as ]
choose and will send you a feW
items. We are drilled very hari,
Ave hOurs each day. and are on
dress parade after supper for forty
five minutes
Discipline i very strict. When
the bugIe blows in the morning
for Us TO get mp II We are one min
ute late We are marked absent and
have extra Work To do Or 4 fine 20
pay.
Drill call in the morning Is al
seven We drill . minutes aud
rest ). alternately. until onr two
hours and n half j. ap. then recall
sounds and We proceed one mile 10
the shower hath
We received our uniforms yest.-r.
day. Have no; revived any pay
yet, but the pay rOiis are being
made cut
Yesterday " hile Resting Cur first
five minutes our coI. called All the
companies in to quarters. formed
Us into two rOWs, columns d twOs,
and called u to attention. He
said, my boys. We leave hen. in
the first division or corps that
leaves Chiekamsuga for any point.
We must improve our time. Tar
get practice begins tomorrow
Then tine boys went Wild and
eheened for twenty minutes
don't believe We have a man in
our regiment that Is not anxious
10 60 to the front.
Chiekamauga Park Is on top Of a
large mountain.
We do not drill on Sunday ex-
espt dress parade.
A friend and visited SnOdgrass
Hill, on top Of which i a tower %
feet high, from where we could see
Lookout mountain, Blue Ridge,
Missionary Ridge and many Oths
places Of note
We can hear nothing but hang,
bang from the rifies- We aim to
get . We can knock = Spanisrliis
eye out 500 yards away.
Tie other day one Of my CON-
Fades and i visited the FOuFth
Ohio. We did not tell them where
ne were from and i said to one Of
them, have you ever been down To
Sc the First Ky boys: He said
EO. ! told him that il was report
ed they were no good and wOlI d
not fight One said don't yOu for
get but what they will fight They
are h-E 10 fight and are always
serapPing among themselves
We came on dO5Sn to the Third
Wisconsin and / said the same TO
them and they made about the
same reply 50 Keutueky has the
name Of having brave men wheth-
er il has or not.
There are about $500 soldiers in
camp here
The government has placed can
non in the place they were plant
ed In o. Old cannon are piled
up in places like cord wood Can
non balls are piled up fifteen feet
high
We are faring very we'll We
have about all Ne want to eat and
all the water We need- Health in
camp l. very good The Fifth ILL
nOis suffered more than any I've
regiments here They lost i've.
Two have had their arms amPa-
tAted from vaccination, and one
died from the amPutatiOa-
The soldiers from WisrOusin are
the largest men on aan ,ysEzge
ever saw but can't stand this sOGth-
err climate quite - we'll as Ne
Ksntaekians- Each regiment has
. Young Mems Christian AssOcia-
tiOn, vhsre Ne get Oar statiOnary
free We have ehurrh Al the Y,
NJ c. A teat Zach night Ths
Third Wisconsin has an eyang@
list that will prsaeh for them IN
I'll they are ordered to th- frOat,
They have class meeting every
Sunday. yOa TOaId b. surprised u
knOS hO~ many soldiers there arr
Who are Christians There Is
scarcely = night bat Uhat sOas
Oos eOafsssss Christ and startsOaI
anew. The la,ii<s at ChattasSlga,
Tenn Christian Ends4vOr SSeisty
visit cur ts1ts and 'cOanssI -.
1hieh Of course VsspPrseiais .sEy
much
Hoping u BE in Santiago. Gaia
PHILIPPINES. ar some other ssaP0Et
the lezf tine I uriis I ali ekoss.
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