The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-09-21
CAMP MEADE
MIppLErowN. Pa

Mhs EDLIDh- = 40 L4Lct DalLdA-
ion, composed Of Companies A c.
M and B. have been moved from
our former camp 70 high hill
about three miles from Middle
town, and are doing provo duty.
The location is a very pleasant one
and the ground is quite rolling.
but the grand scenery Lvarcomes
all other obstacles. For a distance.
of ten miles on either side We have
most picturesque view Of the val
ley along the Susauehanas and IN
the far off distance we can sec the
range of the Blue Mountains whose
towering peaks seem like clouds
rising to the sky. and is one Of the.
gfandest scenes of nature that the
eye would wish to behold, and We.
only wish We were an artist and
could paint its many beauties up
on canvass that We might n after
years look upon its beauty withs
pleasure. and rememl5sr it as p
pears to as to-day, othed a It's
variegated foliage. and presenting q
most beautiful picture, one that
will never fade from memory, for
It is magnificent. and would capti-
vate and impress itself upon the.
memory Of all
We are having q very nice time,
and the guard lines are open, and
we visit the different regiments
near MS when not on duty, as we
serve on provo twenty four hours
and then have twenty -four hours
for rest, but of course all Of Com
pany B do not enjoy this rest in
the same way We have q beauti-
full woods near our camp, and
good many of the boys seek its
shade and indulge in a friendly
game of seyen-up and other sports
to while away the time.
L see in the Weekly Review a
communication from Camp Meade,
which makes a charge that is false
in every particular No more gem
tlemanIy or Ieaient officers ever
commanded company than We
have, and granted more privileges
to the privates that compose said
company, and I am surprised that
ones Imagination would carry them
A - Z
SO far as to cast any refe ct1ons upon
the conduct of our officers, whose
sobriety and integrity is above re-
proach, and I can truthfully say,
that the charge of imbibing in in
toxicants by our officers is false,
but can not say as much for some
of the privates thar compose our
company ;but were IN hopes that the
desire for strong drink would be of
moderate natures andEs that their
appetite in this direction might be-
appeased:
Now as to our starving, true we
do not have the delicacies most Of
us have enjoyed at home, but I
~
dare say some are having, as much
as they ever had, but still kick for
more, for they expect the earth just
because they are working for Uncle
Sam. We have beef, beens, pota-
toes, rice, coffee and bread, and
have seen very little bareback SO
far. I confess during the past
week while it was cool, we did suf-
fer some from the cold, but today
we were supplied with another
blanket and oyercoat and can now
Withstand the cold.
There are a good many in our
regiment who have become dissatis-
fed, and a number in Company B.
and they want to lay dsHn arms
and return home. i am sorry to
see this, for they have enlisted for
two years, but of eousse that is
their own business. but they should
have looked more fully into this
matter before they were mustered
in and not send up a howl OF dis
abstraction, but some of them will
no doubt get toreturn home, and I
hope they may, and that they may
make. a financial success at any
business they might engage in, for
[ would like to seer them dQswell,
but would like thaITanks of our
company whom onr people haxel
taken SO much interest in remain
to the last, and be muster
ed out with honor and distinctions
We were taken by surprise this
afternoon by the End battalion de- !
ploying skirmishers through the
woods adioining our camp and |