Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Camp Life at Chlckamauga.
DIVINE SERVICES BY THE REaI-
MENTAL CHAPLAIN VERY
IMPRESSIVE INDEED.
Recruits Arriving For Company L and
The Fifth Acknowledgment
Hutton Talks of Incl
dents in Camp.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

of the Ledger.
WITH THE FIFTH MISSOURI REG
INTENT OF VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
CAMP GEO. Fl. THOMAS, CHIoKAMAU-
GA PARK, GA, June Ill have just re-
turned from chapel services conducted
by Regimental Chaplain Coleman, OF
Kansas City. Many imposing cere-
monies have been witnessed within
the gilded walls of the city churches
tonight, but / am sure none were
more impressive than the short SER
vice held by the Chaplain in front of
his tent over in the officers street.
To see that crowd of uncouth and
rough looking men show such rever-
ence to their Maker was unnatural to
the place. While the services were
being conducted one could hear the
Second Arkansas band playing lively
quick-step at their camp, not a hun
dred yards south of Us. From the
direction of the famous Grigsby rough
riders camp, about the same distance
to the west, came the shouts and whip
snaps incident to stabling the riding
and wagon stock for the night, and
from the parade ground could be
heard the enthusiastic shouts of a
victorious soldier ball team.
ALI of these sounds, intermingled
with the challenges and calls Of the
men on the guard line, tended toward
making scene not soon to be for
gotten. And the services were well
conducted. Chaplain Coleman Is a
man of God and enters in his labors
with the army boys with an arder which
cannot be without good results. He
has struck a sympathetic cord in the
hearts of the men of the Fifth Mis-
souri, such as could not have been
touched in the ordinary path of Chris
tian work. He talks to soldier as a
soldier.
Quite little surprise was sprung on
the boys of Company L yesterday
afternoon about 1880 O'Clock when
Acting Colonel Morgan informed
Lieutenant Mckinley that seven
recruits for the company would arrive
that afternoon from Mexico. The
Lieutenant detailed me to go to Lytle
and meet the new boys, who finally
arrived at 5 o'clock. see list of the
crowd in Fridays LEDGER. Another
one, William Kimball, of Vandalia
arrived this morning. 1t looked like
it would rain when the larger party
arrived, so I had to hurry, and when
the boys finally arrived at the camp
they were perfectly willing to rest.
After they had eaten supper they
began to inquire for quarters. Quar-
termaster Sergeant Jerry Fowles had
q man carry the "quarters' for the
seven of them up the street under one
arm. The "quarters'' turned out to
be four dog tents known as shelter
tents. They weigh almost nothing
and are about 21s feet high at the
ridge and slope to the ground, where
they cover a space of about 6x4. The
six feet is the width and not over 81
feet are available for sleeping pur-
poses, so it may readily be seen that
the new ones were started in with
quite a bunch of the much mooted
hardships, but I thihk they slept pretty
well and turned up at revielle with az
much dirt and gravel in their hair az
the oldest soldiers In the company.
Quite a laughabIe incident occurred
a few nights ago. Our company was
called On for a corporal and private
for "a hour guard duty at the Third
Corps headquarters, situated about 9
mile south of here. Corporal Johr
Reid and Private Isaac Paul, both ol
Mexico, were detailed for the duty
and reported to the Sergeant of the
guard station there. Corporal Reit
was put on as Corporal Of the guari
and Private Paul was given an isolated
post at what is known as the white.
house, a few hundred yards distance
1t may be well to state here that the
White House is occupied by a majol
who served in the late war and quite
q number of officers wives ant
daughters board there.
Along early in the evening Corpora
Reid had occasion to go to the White
House, presumably to see If Paul wal
asleep or not. When he reached thu
front of the house he was challenges
by deep voice which sounded yer!