Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-05-25
FROM CHICKAMAUGA.
Welcome Words From our SOL
der Boys.
4 Letter From Captain w. j. White.
Boys all Well and Able for Duty.
Well Supplied With Everything but


Water and that viii Soon be Plenty.
CHIcAMAUGA PARK. May 22--I have a
little leisure time this evening so | will
annoy you some.
don't get lonesome out here for have
no time. Have been on the go for about
l6 hours day. The buglers begin at
about 4 AS A. NJ. and from then on until
taps at 8 80 all is ''bustle and HUSTLE
When We get settled down to camp life
in earnest | think we will have more
time. We have bad some great expert
ence, but OF course you have read about
that in the papers. five find harder
place in Cuba than the last night at
Camp Lee WAR will be H. indeed.
For more than six hours the men stood
in the cold, drizzling rain in mud shoe
top deep, waiting to be loaded on the
cars. Then we were side tracked at
Chattanooga, Tenn, % hours, and when
we did get to Chickamauga Park it was
about dark, and not wagon could be
had to haul our baggage out to camp,
so we camped for the night without
| tents or cover of any kind. Our head
quarters was under some trees in
grave yard. The next day we marched
out into the park about three miles to
our camp ground We are in historic
territory. The famous jays Mill was
situated at the edge OF our camp, Reeds
Ford is about 800 yards away. and
Bragg's headquarters for the Goth day Of
the fighting was within our camp.
| Chickamauga creek is near camp and is
our bathing pool.
The greatest drawback here is lack Of
water, There is spring at one end Of
the park, large enough for the whole
army but it is five miles from our camp.
We get some water from wells and
springs and get the rest from Crawfish
Springs, above mentioned. This lis in
deed historic ground. The Park reminds
me of Mountain Lake park. The under
brush is cleared out and the trees are
scrubby like they are at Mt. Lake. 1t
must have been awful during the war
when it was all thieket.
We don't know how long we will stay
here or where we will be taken when we
are moved. There are tonight in the
Park about 40 900 soldiers, but we don't
see many of them. When we go out Of
camp we find regiments here and there
in the woods, but it is rare time when
you can see the tentage OF two regiments
at once. Our brigade consists of the 1st
West Virginin, 9th Ohio and 158th In
diana. The states are scattered, and no
two regiments from the same state are
allowed in one brigade. We have nine
regiments in our division and but two
OF them are from the same state so
far as | can find out. You cannot re-
alize the enormous amount of supplies
it takes for an army unless you could
see the depot supplies here. The trip
down was a sort Of a 4th OF July process
sion. What a contrast between now
and 80 years ago. The southern people
seemed to be more profuse in "whoop-
| ing up northern soldiers than southern.
We never hear any politics mentioned.
In facts there are no democrats or re-
publcans but all are Americans. | have
had splendid health, and in fact all our
boys are standing it first rate. We have
fewer people on the sick list than any
regiment / know of. Some Of the regi-
ments have men overcome with heat
every day, but none of ours have fallen
over yet. Remember me to any friends
you see.
Very truly,
w I WurTr