The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-23
TWO LETTERS FROM CAMP.
Sergeant James Writes From San Francisco.
List of Ratons Given.
SCOTT WRITES FROM CHICK AMATGA
Nearly Half the Regiment Sick. Having a
Hard Time. Justice is Better

lStlCe is Better.
FIFrY.SECoND Iowa INF. Vol.
COMPANY c.. CAMP GEO. III. 1A0XAs
CHICKAMAUGA PARK, GA. Aug. Is.
READERS OF The REVIEW
will try and tell you all about our
camp here, what a fine time we are
having and what we do here in camp.
Well the boys are all sore at the way
they are using us. We all enlisted to
fight for our country, and to free the
Cubans, but not to come down here to
Chlckamauga Park and die from ty-
phold and malaria fevers. just to clean
up the old park. All we have done since
we have been here is to clean up the
park, and now we want to go home,
seeing that the war is over, and there is
only garrison duty to do, and we don't
want to do that
The Colonel and Doctor are working
hard to get us out of here for Des
Moines, as hard as they can on account
OF the health of the regiment. The SD
is IN pretty poor condition. There are
$50 IN the regiment sick now, and we
hare losing men very nearly every day.
think it is shame the way we poor
boys suffer.
We were ordered up yesterday morn
ing for grand Review at a. M. and
OF course all the able bodied men had
to go, but there not more than $50 men
out of 124S men who went, little more
than full battalion. The Third bat.
TALON just came in off the range the
night before the Review, and then
after the Review we were ordered to
pitch our tents and get ready to move
camp. We moved just out in the open
ing under the broiling hot sun, about a
quarter of mile. 1t is just awful how
we are used, and hear that tomorrow
we are to go to Chattanooga for bri-
gade parade, but our Colonel said there
wasn't man in our regiment fit to go
and he wouldn't try to take them. Of
course you folks don't know back there
in Iowa how they are using us down
here. 1 think if you did we would have
been out of this old park before this.
There is lawyer here in Company e
who got up petition, and is getting all
of the boys to sign it in order to get us
out OF here. He says that considering
the water we have to drink and the
weather we have it is a wonder we are
not all dead. 1t has been through our
company and every one signed it. he
says he is going TO stay with us until he
gets us out of here, but don't think he
will get us out, for we got orders this
morning to make a report of all who
wanted to so home and those who don't
to join the regular army. | guess the
majority of the regiment is in favor of
going. We are giving in our names
now, and are to be mustered out az
soon as possible.
The LIST Vermont is packing up to go
to their state camp.
The lst Maine goes next week to their
state, so don't think we are far off,
because we are brigaded with the lst
Maine
The I'd Missouri and Sd and 4th Ten
nessee want to stay in their two years.
Col. Bills, of the ID Nebraska wants
to set his regiment to Porto Rico.
guess they will find plenty who will
stay and do garrison duty, although
they thought it would be a hard Job to
get them.
The boys were tired out yesterday.
They were sore and didn't care wheth-
er they changed camp OF not, but we
have all of our tents about up again,
aid are digging bitches to run the
water Oft. My mess mate and dug
our ditch just before dinner. 1t was
hot work with the boiling hot sun
pouring down on us, about 1Oi IN the
shade today. We worked ourselves sick
and are lying in our tent now, bat am
able to write This letter.
Comrade Justice is around again, but
Is last able TO be, and that is al.
We have a5oat twenty aDle bodied
nen in oar eemqany able 10 attend
10 dates.
saturday g fed day when ~ litary
duties are laid aside. We expect to have
all lands Of sport that day. Well I viii
Close. hoping to see you soon.
Remember the Maine.
Oh, Yes.
Yours Truly,
VIM. j. SCOTT.