The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-12
FROM SOLDIER BOYS.
Letter From Scott Telling of Their
Last Days at Chickamagua.
ONWARD TO PORTO RICO
The send Has Been ordered to Porto Rico
The Boys are Enthusiastic to go
And Wipe Out the Spanish.
CAMP THOMAS,
CHICKANIAUGA, PARK.
lYTLE, GA. Aug. 5 1898

CHICKAMAUGA, PARK. Z
LYTLE, GA. Aug. 5 1898
To REVIEW:
Dear Friends, will drop you the
last farewell letter, the last letter will
write from Chickamauga Park, but
will try and write you when we get
quieted down in Porto Rico.
The boys are all excited and tickled
to death because we are to get out of
here. Last Monday our general, Gen.
Wade, was called to Washington, d. G.
He is commander of the second eXpedi-
ton to Porto Rico. He takes six brig
AIDES with him, and they are as follows:
First Brigade, LIST Rhode Island, 4th
Missouri, 22nd New York; Second
Brigade, LIST North Carolina, LIST Ala
bama, LIST Arkansas; Third Brigade,
lst New Hampshire, LIST Vermont, 80
Iowa; Fourth Brigade, lst New Jer
sey, LIST West Virginia; Fifth Brigade,
I'd Texas, LIST Connecticut, LIST Delaware;
Sixth Brigade, LIST Maine, Sd Tennes-
see, LIST Maryland. All together $4,000
troops.
We were the fourth to be paid off and
fourth to leave for Newport News. Va.
where we take the ship for San Juan,
Porto Rico. We drew the rest OF our
mules and wagons this forenoon and so
more drivers SO that now we have our
wagon train ready. We had the report
last Saturday that we would .be in Des
Moines inside OF month, but guess
not yet.
Wednesday, August Sd the Sd battal-
ion went up to Lyle, a mile away from
camp, after Gov. Shaw and Adj. Gen.
Byers, but they have not shown up. l
guess they must have went on to Porto
Rico to head us off, but the governor
can't head off Uncle Sans boys.
heard today that the 51st Iowa was
to 60 to the Philippines and the 10th
and 50th at Jacksonville, Florida were
going to Cuba this fall. Ha, ha, the
old reliable SD has the best place OF
them all if we only beat the rest home,
which think we will.
We are going down there. and take
Porto Rico and then come home-just
one days work after we get there, if
the old SD gets whack at the Span
iards. We are going to wipe the Span
iards off Porto Rico, peace or no peace.
lhope we will not be ordered back like
the 5th Illinois. They got started twice
for there, and were ordered back, but
finally got away.
1t rains here the most of the time
now, and we don't catch much drill.
The I'd battalion went out to the
range Tuesday and got back today.
We were alone with two battalions for
four days. We send as high as 10 men
from our company on guard day. The
Sd battalion won't get chance to try
their rifles, except on Spaniards.
The old brigade had review yester-
day before Brigade Gen. Maddox, of
the old brigade, which consisted of
the lst Maine, LIST Mississippi and SO
Iowa. Gen. Maddox will never get to
review us again though.
We were mustered in for pay last
Sunday morning. Brigade Gen. Mad
dock mustered us in. We had our arms
and stood up in line, and when he call
ed our names we stepped two PAGES to
the front and came to order arms.
was over to the I'd Nebraska last
Sunday to see friend of mine, John
Mari. The I'll Nebraska is fine regi-
ment. They ought to go with us, for
it is a we'll drilled regiment.
was sitting in my tent yesterday
morning after drill, and who should
come up but Lonnie DeWolf, a son of
Mr.. DeWolf, who used to live in Deni.
son. He is in the 1st Arkansas, Comp
any F. He also goes with us to Porto
Rico. He says the Denison boys look
natural. He looked just the same to
me. He wanted to see Gov. Shaw
when he came.
Company d has a pancake stand.
The cakes taste good. They say they
are gong to take it along with them
and leed us on cakes in San Juan. They
sell two for sets, but they are good Just
the same.
hear the 51st has great many sick,
we'll, SO have we. If we stay here long
we will not have any to drill. We
lost another man in Co. G the other
day with typhoid fever.
They say there is only Sc in comp.
any going. Capt Ringing, of Co. | has
been sick week, he has furlough for
thirty days to go home, and there are
many of the sick who are getting fur.
loughs home.
Private F. Gleason, of our company,
who has been sick ever since we have
been here,is discharged with pension.
He was pretty sick boy with typhoid
pneumonia.
Private b. Cross, who was transferred
to the signal corps, LIST Corps, which
left a short time apO for Porto Rice orot