Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-08
ANOTHER MONONGALIAN
AT Chickamauga-George M.
Brown writes Home.

Ter writing that IL might be well to
Remember-Few of his old friends
here knew he was in the army-Like
the balance of the family he knows
what he went for and will stay until
he gets it-He is a son OF Granville
Brown. OF Halleck.
WADEsTowN, July T. Editor New
DOMINION: / enclose letter for
publication from my brother Geo.
III. Brown who is now at Chicka
manga. He has been in Kankakee,
Ill, for two and one half years and
enlisted there, so that many of his
Monongalia friends do not know
tnat he is in the army. He is son
of Granville Brown, Of Clinton dis
trict. Very truly,
Mrs. MARY L BENT.
CHIcKAMAuGA PARK, Lyle, Ga, July
/. lS9S.-Dear Sister Mary: received
your letter day before Yesterday and the
package yesterday. | certainly appre-
ciate all you sent very much, but was
especially pleased with the needle case.
| couldn't have named anything more
desirable. The latest gift we have re-
ceived from kankakee friends was a
testament for each man of Co. l.. from
the members of thePresbyterlan church.
Tell little Ila often think of her and
want to come and see her when the war
is over The orders came few davs
ago for 10 regiments to prepare to move,
including the Third Illinois, but we
haven't had the word to start yet. We
may get orders at any hour, but you
may still address me here and if we go
south our mail will follow u.s. I have not
forgotten the little mountain state even
though l have been out of it 215 years,
and while | am serving Uncle Sam in
the Third Ill. regiment / am glad to
hear from my West Virginia friends and
glad to give them all the information |
can about camp life.
For he benefit of the soldiers and
also of their friends at home | desire to
say d word about letter writing. While
all of the BOYS in blue realize and APP
preciate the sympathy given by their
friends they are always pleased to re-
ceive an encouraging letter more than
pitiful discouraging one. Don't tell
them how sorry you are that they en-
listed it is too late now. Don't tell
them your troubles; they have troubles
of their own. Don't tell them about the
nice parties you are having at home
| they can't attend And don't tell them
about the nice cakes and berries you are
going to have for your Sunday dinner;
they can't be there to help you eat
them. II you really do take an interest
in them and want them to be good sol
diers tell them how glad you are that
they have enlisted in good cause
write them something cheerful, some
thing that will make them feel that they
are fighting for the cause of righteous
ness, and something that will make
them feel like bracing up and pressing
onward such letters will have ten
dency to keen them in good spirits, and
in good health, instead of making them
home sick
The monotony of camp life is often
broken by amusing and sometimes ri
diculous incidents and happenings. For
instance, it is customary upon the APP
proach of an officer to the guard house
for the guards to line up and come to
present arms, and it is the duty Of the
sentinel on post No. to notify the rest
OF the guards by calling: Turn out
the guard, officer of the day approach
ing" Upon one particular occasion the
sentinel yelled: Turn out the guard,
the main guy is coming On another
occasion the corporal instructed the
guard to be on the alert and that the
officer of the day would likely be around
at such an hour Upon being later than
expected the sentinel saluted and said
"See here officer, the corporal told me
you was due here an hour ago, must
report you for being late" However
we have the consolation of knowing that
the jokes are not always at the expense
OF the privates as you will see by the
following: Dress parade which we have
every evening and which is simply
review of the regiment, is often the
cause OF loud applause from the specta-
tors providing the exercises are satisfac-
tory. On one particular occasion when
we had some special visitors we of
course all tried to do our best. The
Colonel sat little straighter than u.s.
ual and at the conclusion of the manual
OF arms, we received loud applause.
From some cause the Colonel could
not bring his horse on dress parade, so
stupid CD mule was used as substi-
tute. The donkey seemed to be very
well contented until the cheering began
in his rear, but you can imagine how
ridiculous it looked, then, when the old
fellow pricked up his ears and ran off
with the Colonel. Subdued laughter
could be heard going down the
lines, but the boys had too much re-
spect for their Colonel and were becom-
ing too much accustomed to discipline
to make much noise in ranks, and when
he finally got his steed under control he
rode back slowly and took his position