Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-19
CAMP POWERS.
Three Battery Soldiers Taken to the
City Hospital.
A Quiet Sunday With Few Visitors and No
Church Service.

soldiers say the greater part of army
dier who is the most patient waiter Is
the best soldier. All know that the
paymaster is coming-sometime All
know that the 1st Regiment will go
home after that sometime arrives. All
in the batteries also know they will
receive orders either to move, or to be
quartered differently before the snow
covers the ground. No. they don't
know the latter. but they suppose
that is the case.
Battery A is making preparations
to remain for time. They have had
few floors to their tents. nearly all
having had mother earth for a floor.
Now they are laying board floors
which will keep them out of the water
in case heavy rain should fall, as is
to be expected at this season of the
year.
In this respect the camp has been
fortunate since the return Of the regi-
ment, as few heavy rains have fallen,
and no storm of any consequence has
occurred ta
The condition of the sick men of the
1st Regiment. is if anything improved.
Sergeant Sullivan of Company c, who
has been in the hospital for some time,
was returned to his quarters, Satur-
day. His place in the hospital how
ever, was filled by Cunningham of Co.
X. who will be remembered by the Au-
gusta people as the orderly of Lieut.
Hubbard of Co. X who was the re-
cruiting officer located here during the
summer. T.
The daily sick call on the past two
mornings has been about the same
proportions as on previous mornings.
On the contrary the health of the
batteries is apparently not improving
as many are i'll, some being seriously
so, with slight fever. Three of the
patients of the battery hospital were
taken to the City hospital, Saturday,
as they were so i'll. They are Corporal
Gilbert of Battery C. Corporal Good
win of Battery D, and Private Hackett
of Battery B.
These men with the men of the 1st
Regiment who are in the City Hosp-
tai, were reported to be very comfort
eabl. Sunday evening, with the ex-
ception of two of the 1st Regiment
men who are considered seriously Ill.
1t would not be "a bad idea to have
some of the money raised for the good
of the 1st Regiment sick, ex-
pended for those who are i'll in
the artillery service. as many SER
iously need some of the dainties that
could be bought with the money.
Among other things that are needed
is ice. and not Dit can be purchased
for the benefit Of the sick. Several
of the men are so seriously i'll
that their temperatures reach as
high as los.
The visitors at the camp, Sunday.
We're not SO numerous as previously.
The weather was partially at blame
for this, for never was a day seen
when there was more kinds of
weather. Fair as day in June in
the morning. rainy little later in the
day, and finally as foggy as London.
1t was planned to have a church SER
vice in the afternoon to be
conducted by Chaplain Cummings Of
the 1st Regiment, N. G. S. NJ. The
service was to have been held at
O'Clock. but at that hour it looked so
much like rain that the idea of holding
the service was abandoned. The US
ual dress parade given earlier on Sun
days. was also given up.
According to the morning report OF
Sunday, it is seen that tbout 800 men
of the 1st Regiment are on duty at the
camp. The exact figures Of each COM
pany of Sunday. cannot be given, but
Co. of Lewiston. has the largest num-
ber in camp. having 80 men while the
| smallest is Co. 3, which has but few
over 40.
Company C is carrying dead man
along its books just at present. Pri-
| vate Mbbetts who died not long ago,
was the first in the company, and then
he was transferred to the hospital
corps. The day after his death the
hospital corps was transferred back
to the companies. and in the list was
Private Tibbetts who was dead.
According to the report from Mon
tauk the Signal Corps will be given a