The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13

could not arouse the boys to any extent.
and so evening mess came, and proceeded
listlessly, too. Afterward handful of the
men went down to take their daily bath.
The First Ohio has established a canteen
a hundred yards from the Indiana camp
and its beer. brought from Cincinnati, is
an anchor hope to forlorn Hoosers who
thought good beer was a tabooed exotic IN
this warm climate. And it is a good. big
satisfying glass for nickel. What SUI
preme air of contempt has the soldier for
the weil-meaning keepers of his conscience
up North who would do away with this
solace! Think of going into the barroom OF
the Big Tampa Bay Hotel, as several officers
of the e-hundred-and-fifty-se did the
other night, and, after calling for beer, 81.
Louis beer. having the waiter say, we
haven't anything but Indianapolis beer.
WHAT exclaimed the crowd. Bring US
drink so much, although they had their fill
of the Indianapolis company's brand.
Colonel Studebaker's men had, their first
man to fall asleep on guard last night.
The enormity of the offense was great, but
the man had been ILL., and out of pity for
his condition he was merely given a severe
what a close call he had, for this is an Of
tense punished by death in time of war.
TIC. have escaped with a long period of i'm
prisonment would have been mild punish
ment. The lecture given the man and the
stress laid on the offense afterwards by the
officers are calculated to have beneficial
effect in a disciplinary way. The offender
was from Company G, of Goshen. His rec
ord as soldier has been good otherwise.
d-ffty-Seventh has been exemplary
for soldiers. The spirit of contentment
which prevails through camp is extremely
gratifying to those in command. while the
continual good health is a matter of rejoic-
ing. Not q great deal of leeway has been
given the men in the natter of visiting
Tampa, and they have been much the better
for this. Not one-fourth of the sensational
ARRAYS that have taken place in Tampa
have reached the outside world In the last
fortnight, on account of the press censor
ship. A few nights ago a riot of unusual
proportions occurred in Ybor City. Cuban
community, suburban to Tampa. Two regi-
ments of regulars, mostly colored men.
cleaned out that place, as we'll as Fort
murders and casualties. In row at the
port this afternoon a shack was demolished
by gang of coloreG soldiers, the proprietor
shot and the place burned to the ground.
On board a transport going down the bay
a few nights ago the Ninth Cavalry, col
ored, and the Sixth Infantry, formerly of
Fort Thomas, KY, were quartered on the
same boat terrific fight between the
white and the colored soldiers occurred, and
dock a provost guard was placed on board,
with instructions to shoot the first soldier
that started another row.
One of the officers who went down the sea
with the transports and returned told me
to-day that the delay of the expedition in
getting away was due to the discovery that
if the expedition ever reached Cuba it would
not have a horse or a mule alive by the
time it reached there. Practically no ac-
commodations had been made for the stock,
which was damned on to the boats in
reckless fashion. Many of the animals be-
gan to die within few hours after the
boats were loaded with them. G. l.. r.