The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-11
WHHEEIINa DAILY NTEIIIGEN EDNEsDA MAYll 1905
COMPANY .Mn BOYS.

Interesting Letter from the inieiiiEencsr
Corrsspondent-Compsny u the tank.
ing Company of the srimtni-goirs OF
happenings TN Camp.
CAMP LEE. Kanawha CITY. May a.
When reveille sounded at $3.50 this morn
Ing the boys tumblcd out to ind a bright
morning. with the sun throwing It's
warm and welcome rays on camp for
the first time in three days, and the
mud and discomfort OF the preceding
three days are fast Disappearing. The
Company NJ boys stood the bod weather
with but few complaints and but two or
three have reported sick. Yesterday
WINS the worst day we have Ind since
Camp Lee has been organized. A cold,
drizzling rain set In Thursday night
and continued until late last night.
Considerable excitement was caused
In camp by a troupe Of Turks passing
by just outside OF the picket line. They
had two full sized bears and two very
large monkeys, the troupe consisting of
three men, one woman and several chill
dren, and when they were sighted by
the boys In camp there was a break
through the lines by several hundred
and 1t looked for n while MS II the troupe
would be handled pretty roughly, but
Fun was what the boys were after, and
the leader Of the band had the bears
give q performance.
There has been no flying" in camp
since Companies NJ, G and c set down
on It In such, q forclble way u few days
ago. It Is safe to say there Will be no
more flying"
Two fights occurred yesterday. one,
the first, was between members Of COM
pany G. A. ring was formed and they
were allowed to fight to q finish. The
other was in Company G; q dispute
arose between two members and n OF
them pulled q gun. They were prompt
ly hustled OH 10 the guard house, and
the man who used the gun got eighteen
days In the guard house and extra duty.
AL the commissioned officers and
non-commissloned officers who ATTEND
ed the reception rendered them by the
governor are unanimous In pronouncing
the reception q success and say the gov
ernor treated them In q royal manner.
After the reception q special boat
brought them back to camp ut 1880
q. m.
The following members Of Company
NJ who failed to pass the physical ,eX-
animation have returned home: l.. Co.
nant, c. Dunlap, r. S. Erskine, II. B.
Pitcher, c.. N. Scroggins and 7. Kllnge.
r. s. Erskine was turned down on ac-
count OF his wearing glasses and c. NJ.
Scroggins had a scar from being kicked
by a horse.
Company NJ had more than Its quota
and some Of the boys had to be placed
I'M other companies. Those known to
your correspondent were P. Manley, Of
Wheeling, who Is now a member of
Company X; Privates Smith, Stilwell
and Wyatt are now members OF Com
pany G. and have been made first, sec
ont and third corporais IN that COM
pany and are much pleased with their
captain and officers. They will all be in
the same battalion with Company NJ,
commander by Major Shaffer, Of
M~oundsville. Company N was the first
company examined on Friday and had
the least percentage Of any company in
the regiment turned down.
The examination was thorough and
none but the most robust and healthy
men were passed. A man had to weigh
120 pounds stripped and non were
passed who could not do service with
out the use OF glasses. DR.. Baguley, Of
Wheeling, was the chief examining
physician.
The following is a complete muster
roll Of Company NJ as It was mustered
into the federal service: Captain,
Humphreys; first lieutenant, Hooton;
second lieutenant, Conner: sergeants,
Nelson, Salter, Conner, Yoho, Parkin-
son, Lutes; corporals. Fry, Evans, Nc
Gill, kull. Taylor, Savage, Purdy. Con-
: ner, WE, Keyser, Thomas, Downly
E. L., Crawford; musicians, Stultz,
iEchols, Artif, Wade, Wagner, Purtie-
man; privateS, AuteIi, Barker. Basset.,
Bertrand, Brantner.. Camp. Carpenter,
Chantton. Conner, W.. H., Donley J. NJ,
Dryden, English, Edwards, Ewing,
Flanagan, Fugus, Goodwin, Cloudy,
Gamble. Hughes, Humes, Huber, Hem
retta, Heiskell. Israel, Jones, Alton,
Jones, Robert c., Knopp, Koch, Lam
caster, Legge. Litton. Lydick, Lewis,
Marquis, McGrave. Mangold, Mosier,
Morris. Miller, Martin. Norrington. F.
r.. Norrirgton. Jas. A., Pickard.. Price,
Potts Price. Reilly, Rustemeyer, Stro-
Bile. Sweeney. W.. c., Schurtzinger,
Slippner, Sweeney, ]. NJ. Tidd, Will
Jams, Wright. Wood, ziegenfelder.
Since writing the above Private
Woods has beer taken to the hospital
suffering from indigestion, and Is re-
ported better this evening.
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