The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-05

anxious mother was numbered among them.
urdaunted by the beating rain, the visitors
crowded the street cars and plunged into
the depths of mud at the fair grounds. The
Eumbo" covering of the race track was
cnurned by many feet into sticky, nasty
mass. of mud, and many a skirt was soiled.
get to the camp The soldiers were de-
lighted at the sight of their fair visitors.
girss!" in the same spirit of a woman who
suddenly finds herself facing flower gar
den.
while we were running through Indiana
on the trip home said one soldier. Il saw
a woman climb a back fence and run to the
railroad track to wave her hand at us. She
was dressed IN an ola wrapper ana was
barcfooted, but | said to myself, God bless
that Hoosier woman She was the first In
diana woman l had seen. These olive
skinned, dark-eyed Southern women that
Indiana women. Actually / thought that
woman who climbed a fence and ran to the
track to welcome US home was the most
beautiful / had ever SEEN"
At least five hundred indianapolis people
braved the bad weather yesterday and went
to the camp to talk with the boys. The
sentiment of the regiment is that the cordial
feeling the Indianapolis people have shown
for the ne-hundred-and-hfty-s Is
that there are no indianapolis companies in
the regiment. They will never forget 10
bless the people of this city. the soldiers of
the acknowledgements say.
Pathetic scenes of meetings between the
soldiers and their friends and relatives were
enacted all over the camp, and in contrast,
the sound of merry laughter came from
many tent. The boys strolled through the
company streets with their sweethearts.
ignoring the rain. The mothers, fathers and
friends of the sick soldiers were compelled
to get passes from Lieutenant Garstang be-
fore they could enter the hospital tents.
and the lieutenant was kept busy writing
more than five minutes with the sick. Ev-
cry one had brought baskets of delicacies
with them and a solemn promise was ex-
acted from each one by Lieutenant Garstang
that they would not give the sick soldiers
anything to eat and would not talk much
to them If the lieutenant had accepted
all the fruit and other dainties offered to
him after he told the visitors they must
not feed the sick soldiers he would have
had his tent full. Early in the afternoon
he saw an old woman sitting on a stump
back of his tent. crying. He OWNED imme-
diately the trouble.
madam" the lieutenant asked.
Yes. sir" she sobbed.
Haven't you seen him?"
"Only for five minutes"
The lieutenant led the weeping mother to
the tent where her son was lying. and told
the attendants to let her stay as long as
she wanted to- Late in the afternoon she
sons hand.
It is the opinion of Lieutenant Garstang
that the general health of the regiment has
much improved since the soldiers settled
down at the fair grounds. But the fever is
still in the blood of the men. and a few
new cases are appearing every day. Pri-
vate Griunel, of Company K, was taken 10
the hospital Yesterday He has typhoid
There are now four very serious cases of
the fever in the camp hospital. Every
thing possible is being done for the sick
soldiers and the facilities are the best The
regimental surgeons very grateful to
those who arranged the camp hospital The
diet kitchen will to-day be relieved of cook
ing for the attendants of the hospital. A
new kitchen will be made for their accom-
mediation.
The pay rolls for the regiment were sent
to Chicago yesterday, and will arrive at the
army headquarters there this morning. 1t
is expected that paymaster will arrive
at the camp by Wednesday at the latest
1t is believed the furlough of the regiment
will begin Friday or Saturday.