The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-18
SAW A SOUTHERN ELECTION
Wichita Mans Account of BaIlotins
in Georgia.

An interesting letter from Captain S.
y. Brdgman, dated at Camp Mckenzie,
Georgia, giving a description q the City
OF Augusta and now city elections are
conducted in the South, as they come IN
der his personal observation, while being
connected with the Second Army Corps,
stationed in the south. The following is
the letter:
Camp Mckenzie, Ga, Dec. 5. ss.
Ny Dear Frend:-I owe you an apology
for my delay IN answering yours, mailed
me Immediately after the election, and
while I was stiH at Camp Meade.
But in explanation Will say that my
closing days at Camp Meade were very
busy ones. The depot commissaGy, Cap
tain Hyde. his chief clerk and his COM
missary sergeant. che three most import
ant and useful men around the depot.
were all taken sick just before the move
ment Of the troops to the south begun,
entailing an unusually large amount Of
work upon me, without taking into con-
sideration the additional labor OF ration
ing out 30. oo0 men and all subsistence sup
plies, quarters, equippage. etc The move
ment Of the troops begun from there
properly. November 10. and was ccmplet-
naming until all stores, subsistence sup
plies, property. etc. were shipped out.
and the business Of that camp closed UP,
which was all completed by November
%, the date on which we left there.
Leaving Harrisburg a. 2:40 p. m, on the
afternoon of the date above given over
the Pennsylvania railroad for Washing
ton City. arriving there al $50 p. m after
a run Of two hours and fifty minutes,
where We put UP at the Ebbitt House,
4Taving previously been informed that
that hOlstery was headquarters for mill
tary men, and attaches OF the army. TO
whom it made special rate. which in
our case proved 10 be exactly $500 per
day, what a poor son-of-a-gun without
soldier straps or other claim 70 military
favors would have TO pay. did not as
certain But I shall not complain Of what
It cost me. II was my first VISIT TO the
nations capital and what I was permit
ted to see "a description Of which would
not be new 20 you. 50 viii not attempt
IT'D amply repaid me for the outlay. I do
not believe a true American citizen can
afford 10 die without having first seen
Washington.
Leaving Washington at Ills a m. on
Thanksgiving morning for Augusta. Ga.
to which point my brigade had preceded
ne.
Mr. Burt and myself took our Thanks
giving dinner in a Wagner dining car IN
the state Of JEFF Davis. excuse me. Viz
sinfa). After a ride Of over 500 miles we
arrived a. our deSsina ton. without acct
dent OF incident at a. m. Friday. No
ed TO the commanding general for assign
merit to duty. Augusta IS a delightful
winet- resort. situated upon the west
trunk OF the Savannah river. with It's
beautiful broad streets and magnificent
shade trees. It reminds ne very much OF
Wicil5ta- II in your ina gination you
could turn Wichita half-around. putting
the main part OF the city and College
hill on the west side OF the Arkansas.
make the SOL 81 me Hill about three
fourth sand. to ene-f5urth red clay. and
cover Il with magnificent forest tres
Of the varieties natural to this section.
chen make ali residence streets exactly
Ike Mari1et street from sam AmIdon's
corner north. except that you must add
al least one-third 20 the v5dth - Market
street. and replace all cottonwood trees.
With large spreading eluls, tsN stately
pines and beautiful Oseauders. which even
no.w tuoe OleanderS mean are stu pos
sessed u all their foliage Just rs in sum
mer time and You VIII haze Augusta
pretty nearly. never dreamed nat tals
variety = tree grew % such proportions
a. il does here / have seen them on
some streets Of the city as large as Is
inches in diameter and fly q sixty fee,
nigh. Except Eo- the heat perhaps ~
SUMMER, I imagine tfss one - tie most
delightful % cities. me very ar Is fra
grant with the o5or 4 Pine. Oleanisr
and s5me Magnolia -
As q CIR WORK ftre we are pleased
wlth mat. Z has IosI none o. is a,--ac-
t.veness By the change We nave been
buster thaa ever. i --lat = possible ss-.ce
ccrnlnS here. A change n the manner
q supplying fresh bread 70 rSe troops
from rs1s corps bakery Sys1em, IN fore
az Camp Meade. 10 tle Establishment Of
Brigade bakeries IN ts,e varSo1s camps
occasioued by the scattering e The Sea
ond Oops and locating them n several
Different cities Ct the soucl. instead OF
At one point. as before. would lave added
duties alro0n.snS - a ha0isatp almost.
EXCEPT for Ire fact Tn. ze have beeen
relieved OF re duty % paying connu-z-
tons o burroughs. = Esu o. shs annex