Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-26
Wednesday, October 26, 1898.

the city. The officers and men who
were called upon to testify, did not
show any spirit Of complaint but at
the same time they unhesitatingly
made known their grievances, in the
hope of having them rectified.
In the reorganization of the Seventh
army corps, the Second South Caro-
lima has been placed in the Second
brigade, First division, and from the
last has been advanced, / understand,
to the Fourth regiment in the corps.
The men are consequently now buying
the seven, pointed star with figure
"2" inside red, instead of blue eaam-
eled setting.
A couple of weeks ago petition
was addressed to Colonel Jones by
prominent men in Columbia, asking
that he resign and resume his duties
as citizen. Although the men knew
that Colonel Jones had no intention of
resigning, they thought it splendid
opportunity to express their regard
for him, and counter petition was at
once circulated, and, I understand,
signed by every man in the regiment.
Colonel Jones is a splendid soldier,
genial, courteous gentleman, and
during the short while he has COM
manded the regiment, he has so en-
deared himself to the men that they
deemed it an honor to be allowed to
express their appreciation of him.
Private R. Sprouse, of company B,
from Cherokee county, is very sick in
the Third division hospital, in jack
sonville, with typhoid fever.
Corporal Francis M. Cooper, whom
reported in a former letter as having
been accidentally killed while en- route
from Columbia to Jacksonville, has,
instead, fully recovered and returned
from one of the generous 30.day fur
loughs that Uncle Sam allows his sick
boys, along with sleeping car trans.
porlatiou both ways, continuance of
regular pay; supplemented with an
allowance of so cents day extra for
board.
The boys of the Second are great
foragers, as the farmers of Columbia
learned to their sorrow. At Panama
Park they had less scope in which to
exercise this talent. So many other
regiments had preceded them, and the
country is naturally barren. But on
the way here, when the train would
stop, or was going slow, crowds would
rush out and take, by right of conquest,
every thing eatable in sight.
At one stop litter of pigs was start
ed up, and in a few seconds a large
crowd was excitedly chasing them
hilher and thither. The pigs made
good run, but were outtlanked; and
before the train started number were
caught. A little further on we stopped
again, aud an indignant old darkey
boarded the train and demanded his
property. He was promised that the
pigs would be sent back 10 him at the
expense of the boys-lhat is, such of
the pigs as could he found alive.
Tonight, as l passed our company
camp fire, saw d number of innocent
looking mounds of ashes, under which,
quietly roasting, know there were just
as many-potatoes maybe. Squetling
around the fire, or sitting on camp
stools, and wrapped in blankets, each
man was keeping his eye on the pile
under which was roasting his particu-
lar potato. The big boys were swap
ping yarns and telling jokes OIL one
another TO uproarious laughter. This
is an ordinary camp scene, and at
"taps" they will "turn in" on the hard
wood doors that we brought from
Jacksonville, and sleep as sweetly and
as peacefully as though on beds of
down. A. d.