The evening times., 1898-09-17

District OF Columbia. There were fifty
from Washington mustered in at Camp
Wilder. in Company G, Sixth United
States Volunteer Infantry. Among them
were DR.. Jolly, George Ellis, Phil S.
Davis. j. II. Carroll, E. b. Arnold, w. l..
Bailey, ]. A. Baxter, l.. S. Schiller j. l..
Cumming, H.. Davis o. *. Dalrymple,
c. A Gill; John Johnson, G. Ii. Long, j.
B. McDevitt A. w. Mills, w. f. Myers,
Sigmund NeWfield, j, H. O'Brien, f. h.
Owens w Picoff, w. Schollard, James
Stewart, w. E. Tyler and NJ. IL. Young.
The Sixth United States Volunteer In
fantTy is in the Second Brigade, First Di-
vision Third Corps, and is under Brig.
Gen. Breckenridge.
Col Tyson, commander OF the Skin,
Is strict dsciplinarian and good solder.
Company q is under command of Capt.
Hicks, who is earnest and painstakins.
First Lieut. Maloney, of Knoxville. is
quiet, unass uming and thoroughly drilled
ohter. Second Lieut. SiZer is an earn
est officer and makes the boys hold their
heads up'and 'straighten up their forms.
Sergt Ballard, a Knoxville printer, is a
faVorite The Sixth Is composed mostly
of Tennesseeans rom Knoxville and the
mountains in that vicinity. There are
also quite a number of kentuckians. The
Washington contingent lo:ms the greater
part of Company G, and, owing TO the
able instruction of Lieut. Maloney, that
company isathe equal of any in the regi-
ment G is the first company in the Sec
ond Battalion, and was the last recruited.
The Washington boys left the Penn
sylVania station at II a. m. on July l0,
and arrived in Knoxville the next morn
ing at a IN. Incidents in camp life at
Wilder were few. II was a pleasant place
with plenty of good water and the tail,
thin mountaineers OF East Tennessee en-
joyed themselves as if on picnic Those
who lived in the vicinity had their
friends 10 see them often, and on Sun
days we had numerous visitors and di-
vine service by Chaplain Philips.
We broke camp at $3.50 a. m. on July
! 30 for Chicka nlauga, where we arrived at
Il p. m The day previous TO breaking
| camp the regiment marched into Knox
| vile, where 1t was presented with Il
beautiful flag by Gen. Wilder, of that
| place, a hero OF the civil war. the boys
appreciate the gift highly and had ii been
their privilege TO have marched to the
| front under it they would have given
good account OF themselves. The Sixth
has broken camp six times in two
months While hostilities We're going on
We drilled about six hours a day.
The Sixth is now encamped on Snod-
grass HILL made famous in the civil war.
! Ii is considered one cf the pretties1 and
| healthiest sites in the park, having good
| spring water and natural drainage.
/ Owing 10 the surplus lumber from the
camps OF troops mustered out the boys
| all have Iioored tents now.
| Chickamauga Park is an interesting
| spot for a visit, but grows monotonous
| when reviewed as regular thing. There
are monuments and tablets erected every
! where, locating the different commands
and fatalities in this vicinity during the
| stirring events of September, 1888.
There was a sham battle yesterday be-
tween the Second Kentucky and the Ninth
! New York on the same ground occupied
by the One Hundred and Twentynfth
/ Ohio in actual hostilities on September -,
/ 1863, about 300 yards from our camp.
! There are but few regimtns In the park
now. We are expected TO be the last to
I leave. We are occupied in guarding the
/ hospitals and Government stores, and
: paUolinG Lytle, a railroad station, where
| numerous "shacks' have been built TO
administer 10 the wants Of the soldier, and
| which has its midway
| There are great many sick in the
hospitals. The Sixth has comparatively
| few. There are none sick TO speak OF
1 among the District of Columbia men.
| When we left Washington We expected TO
To go direct TO the front. but this is as
far as we've got, with the prospect OF
going 10 Cuba sometime in the future.
The men have some kicks The fare
| is both scanty and poor, even for SOL
4 diers as we are frequently without sugar
for our coffee. Some of the doctors are
very sparirg in their attentions Our mail
is often missing, and papers sent us sell
dom reach Us
The boys seemed more contented while
1 hostiities were going on. While they
mourn the fatalities and Yicissitudes of
the gallant First District of Columbia,
| they envy their experience and home
| coming.
! We have had considerable experience
| in camp life having to sleep out fire.
| quently. we have had good deal OF wet
weather here and a heavy dew falls al
! night. J. OBJ.