Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-26
LAND OF COTTON
New Mexico Soldier Boys Trip from
Kentucky to Georgia Described
by One of Them
FAME OF BIG FOUR REGIMENT
Will Not Be Mustered Out Until Expiration
of Term of Enlistment-Heal of Men
Above Par-Oompany G..

lal regiment from Camp Hamilton, nea
Lexington, Ky, to Albany, Ga, Franl
Dettelbach has written home as fol
lows:
Albany, Ga, Nov. 1.-THE trip from
Lexington did not affect me at all. w
got orders to move last Friday, and a
once began to pack. We got up and at
breakfast at 4 o'clock Saturday morn
ing and rolled our blankets. We wer,
told that We would leave at 10 o'clock
the order for pitching tents came at Z
and then the grounds had to be policet
and cleaned up. BY 8 o'clock we wer,
ready to move.
We had all the tents and equippag'
packed and on the freight cars, and al
the wagons and mules loaded. The on
ly thing the men carried with Their
were their blankets, rolled into a long
roll and slung over the left shoulder
when we all ready to go there was moi
a passenger coach in sight, and they
had to be brought from Louisville. We
waited all the afternoon and still ne
cars came. We had nothing to eat fol
| dinner except what we bought, anG
there was very little to buy. We had q
sandwich of corn-beef and hard tack
| and a little coffee for supper
Well, the cars We're to arrive at
o'clock in the evening. That time ar
rived and no cars came. The freight
trains bearing our camp outfit hadlong
gone and we began to feel pretty blue
Finally, at midnight the passenger cars
| came, and we We're the tiredest lot of
soldiers When we got aboard o evel
heard of. On boarding the train l at
once fell asleep, only to be awakened at
2 o'clock to go on guard at the door of
the car, where | remained until 4. When
relieved from duty my seat was again
taken and L slept until we'll in the MORN
ing. On waking the second time we had
passed Louisville and were well on the
way south.
The regiment went from Louisville to
WASH III oNCl llC LOuloNlllI ~ 4NdSll-
vile road, and then south over the same
road through Nashville to Montgomery.
At the latter place the train vas transl
ferred to the Georgia Central for the
remainder of the journey to Albany.
We arrived in Albany at 9 o'clock Mon
day night and slept in the cars until
Tuesday morning. We passed through
Il good deal of country and had a nice
trip.
This town is the worst place we have
struck yet. l asked one of the inhabit-
ants if the weather was very cold in the
winter? WELL" he said, 81 don't
know, but we have a right smart cold
spell once in a WHILE" and that is the
of an answer all of the boys re-
ceived no questions asked. 1t has been
raining and cloudy ever since we have
been here and I do not believe there is
any sun in the country, at least l have
not seen one yet. There is a good sized
river right back of the camp with all
kinds of fish and cells in it. We have
been pretty busy so far, and have not
had a chance to go fishing, but so soon
as there is an opportunity l am going to
have some of the fish.
There is only one brigade in camp
here: composed of the I'd Missouri, Sd
Mississippi and the territorial regiment.
The brigade is under the command of
| tlip rn 1jnl CNnrnr11 Jroy- .xl H.
is known as the Sd brigade.
I'd division, LIST army corps. We are in I
the land of Gotten and sugar cane. 1
have cheWed several pieces of cane and
the negroes bale cotton; there |
is also a cotton seed oil factory here,
which the boys are going to visit so
soon as there is an opportunity. I Wis |
ted the water works the other day. The
engineer took me all through the plant. |
The water comes from an artesian we'll, |
which throws the stream about 25 feet
the surface of the ground. The
water is piped to a large cistern nearby, |
IND from there is pumped into a big
steel tank holdin" so, 900 gallons, 100 #.
,bove the town; from the tank it is dis4
ributed over the city. The pumping
liant comprises three pumps, two of
hem he largest l ever saw and only
lsed in case of fire. The other, which is
# good size, is kept going night and
.ay. The normal pressure on the mains
$ go pounds, and the fire pressure is 95
The engineer was very much
urprised when | told him that the
in Santa Fe was 100 pounds,
nd the fire pressure 200 pounds.
All the boys are well and send their
SO DOR as I have had time to
xplore a little more, I will tell of what
have seer and learned about the
Duth and southern people. s
THE TERRITORIAL REGIMENT. t
Shortly before the territorial regiment t
1T Camp Hamilton, the Lexington
unday Leader published a long article
the regiment, which was very COM
limentary to the men composing it, t
nd from which the following extracts
re taken: {
During it's brief career the list terri I
rial regiment, now quartered at Camp
amilton, near Lexington, KY, has re- /
lived more favorable newspaper COM t
ent and attained a greater degree of
1viable n~otoriety than many of the /
regiments which fought at
le front and won the war against :
pain. 1t is doubtful if any military or
in the service of the United
ates is better known than the LIST ter
torial, and the War department seems
to push 1t into further dis
1ction by marking for 1t duty in the
lonies that have lately crept under
e protecting folds of the stars and
ripes.
Regardless of the outcome of the