The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-30

The Tennessee men are not under the
best of discipline. and when one Of them
gets drunk he generally wanders into
the Minnesota camp. Lieut.. Grant had
an encounter with two of them last night
and might nave got the worst Of it had
not some Company D boys come to his
rescue. The Southerners are entirely diff
ferent from the other soldiers here. They
all seem to be squirrel shooters, and
they can probably fight to a finish. There
is some blue blood there, Adjt. Polk be-
ing q, grandsone4 of President Polk. The
Tennessee chaplain is quite a character.
He Travelled with a circus ten years, and
his kline of a life seems to just suit
him.
Lieut.. Byrnes, Of Company I, has be-
come so Weather-beaten that his Mime
apolis friends would hardly know him.
-. DR.. Richie of st. Paul is one of the
most versatile men in the regiment and
the boys are wondering how they could
get along without him.. Just now he has
his hands full getting his glee club in
shape, as there are so many good singers
to be found in the different companies.
This afternoon he found time to visit the
City of Para and vaccinate the guard.
Private Colwell. Company A, who had
his collarbone broken in the football
game Saturday, is improving rapidly. lie
has a nurse part of the time, Mrs. Pow
ers, wife of a San Francisco doctor. He
has great Ia1Cn III her, DIS Sic lOIO AllAil
before the game hat he would be in
jured. When Colwell was lying faint and
weak in the receiving hospital the first
thing he wanted to know was how the
game came out. When told that it was a
draw, he sank back with a feeling of
relief and said: That's all right; I was
afraid they might have beaten U.S."
Charley Wiltberger, the hostler, expects
to join Company L as a private, now
that he has disposed OF nearly all the
horses. His latest trump play was to sell
AGjt. Garcelon's vicious beast to "a San
Francisco doctor at quite an advance
over the purchase price. Wiirberger took
Maj. Beams horse over to, the Preside
this morning, but the beast was so wind
ed when it got there that the govern
ment officers would not look at him.
Roy&Roberts, Company A, has been
nickEamed the baby, he being but elgh-
teen years old. =.
Harry Luxton often drinks his gravy,
claiming that the only thing is to get it
inside, no matter how you do 1t. r.
DR.. Fitzgerald calls Capt. Bjornstad, of
Company H, the ideal soldier of the regi-
ment.
Lieut.. Bunker has been nicknamed
Mary and Lieut.. Morley is called Lizzie.
T. Daniel Frawley made another visit
to the camp to-day.
Lieut.. Clarke. of Company F, was re-
leased from the hospital to-day after a
CCIiIlIl6IlGnC OIL TWO weeks. -
Ed Conway, formerly of Minneapolis, is
a frequent camp visitor.
Chickamauga Park, Ga, Special Cor
Observation-Disclosures half the men en-
joyed themselves last evening by taking
in the concert at the. Y. M. c. A. tent.
The following programme was rendered.:
Overture. 16Oth Indiana regirnental band.
J.. L.. Swihart, handmaster; "Hypnotism,"
Private +. l.. Tannehill, Company I, I'd
Ohio; comic song, Corporal F. II. b.
gcrdus, Company 7, 81 Ohio; manual OF
arms on tight rope, Private Victor Patti
naLde, Company L, 18th Minnesota; duet,
Privates Baker and Wright, Company l..
list Pennsylvania; selection, 1GOth Indiana
regimenta lband.
The recruits in charge Of Pcivates Sim
clair, Cook Van Praag and Cory arrived
at CEickamauga yesterday morning and
were taken frtAn the train and marched
to their respective companies. It was an
easy march and rome of them fell from
the ranks. They were allowed to pass
the day as best they could. and in the
evening were assigned to tents and were
put to work pitching them.
Privates Elmer Ro1dle and Waterhouse,
of Company E. and Kelly, of Company G..
are in the guard house awaiting their
court martial. The two former were
found sleeping at their post and the latte.
was found Intoxicated on guard.
- Chick.