The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-07-01
C. o. WEED
LOgan's Hustling Laundry
man Receives an Inter-
esting Letter From
a Relative i'm
UNCLE SANS ARMY
In the South. A Description OF Camp
Life, What They Do and How.

In the South. A Description OF Camp
Life, What They Do and How.
@. 0. WEED, Logan, O.--As we
have changed headquarters will
write you again and give some in
formation concerning war and the
souCh. We left Fl. Thomas, KY,
Saturday at 8 p. m. amid shouts of
"give it to them boys, remember
the Maine," etc. We took the l.. g.
w. Ry., and arrived at Louisville,
Ky, $40 p. m. and took supper
there. We arrived at Nashville,
Tenn, 80 a. m. Sunday morning,
a great city of interest, we stopped
In Birmingham, Ala, at 8:15 Sun.
day, where we had breakfast; we
stopped in all the cities of interest,
such as Montgomery, Jacksonville,
etc. Everywhere we were welcom.
ed by shouts of good wishes, en-
couraging remarks and suggestions.
We landed safely in Tampa dt 8 p.
m. Monday, after 4S hours fast
travelling; we marched from Tampa
to the camp grounds and carried
our equipments of about rs pounds,
the distance being two miles. Some
Of the boys were about tagged out
on account of heat and the load
they carried. When we arrived at
camp we were welcomed by every
one we met, especially by the re-
mainder of the 6th--most of the 9Th
is in Cuba at present. We had to
put up our tents and get in readi-
ness for camp, after which supper
was served consisting of pork beans,
hard tack and water; then we
made our bed on the ground by
laying one blanket down on the hot
ground and putting the other one
over us when necessary, which was
about IL o'clock. After we made
our bed the next thing on the pro-
gram was sweat. The boys rolled
and talked about heat until about
10 o'clock, when the seargent came
in and stopped it. AS a general
opinion war is not what it is"crack-
ed up to be-" But the boys obey
the bible in this clause which reads,
"Eat, drink and be merry for to-
morrow you may die." Some are
happy, some are downhearted and
some are crying to 60 home.
There are at present camping
here $4,000 men, consisting of cav
airy and infantry. We have one
boy in our squad, Fort Thomas,
(Which consists of 36) who wants to
60 home bad. On our way down
here we took on two carloads of
volunteers at Birmingham, who
were from Wisconsin, and at an.
other town soath of Biringham,tw
car loads of regulars. Our train
was a double header, ten coaches,
five of them soldiers.
am satisfied with my soldering
so far butI would not be a volunteer
for any thing. The volunteers get
poor treatment, not half enough to
eat, no blankets, no tents, or no
equipments whatever.
Boys If you want to go to war, GO
to a fort, and join the regulars
They are the only soldiers. We
drill four hours daily, and are hav-
ing sham battle which is very in
teresting and exciting.
This morning / was at Tampa,
which is two miles from the camp,
and visited Cuba town, and saw the
Cubans in their transaction of bust.
ness and affairs. / had to cross
Tampa bay where the boys spend
their time in fishing. We have
any amount. of amusements here
and everything to spend your
money.
Our camp is on a very nice spot
between two railroads, and among
pines and palms, and the ocean
breeze is very strong in the evening
There are hundreds of car loads of
supplies here switched off on tracks
built on purpose for Uncle Sam, who
is no doubt the best Uncle we have
Newspaper war and wal in reality
or readiness for war, is no more Of
a comparison than night is to day
Ed HOI,BERG.