The evening times., 1898-06-06
SAMPLE CAMP AlGER MEAL
Breakfast Menu Of the Eighth
Ohio This Morning.
TOLD THEY ARE "wELL FED"
when the Troopers Object They Are
Given Some Startling Infovns-
tion-Company RefuEes to Drill.
DfstinGuished VisttOrs Yesterday.
The Times Dcnations Appreciated.

Here Is the menu for this mornings
meal for one Of the well fed regiments
at Camp Alger. the Eighth Ohio:
Two biscuits. hard tack.
One small piece fat pork.
One spoonful potatoes.
One cup coffee.
This is a sample of what all the regi-
ments get and better than many Of them
had this morning. The men kick abou,
the food. but are informed that they are
weIl-fed.
Company B. Eighth Ohio. objected
strongly on Saturday night and finally
refused to go out to drill unless some
thing were put in their stomachs. They
we're allowed TO stay IN.
The officers are doing everything posi-
BILE to obtain good food for the men and
persistently demand that the regiments
be given enough to eat some of them even
going down into their own pockets and
supplying the men with extras.
Probably l40oo visitors visited Camp Al
ger yesterday. They swarmed every
where and enjoyed themselves.
Secretary and Mrs. Day, General Gros-
venor and Congressman Mcdowell of
Ohio visited the Ohio troops yesterday.
Senator Mark 4. Hanna also was a visit
or. He prowied around the company
streets and enjoyed Icing stared at. Lat
er. when the coIonef of the Eighth Ohio
called out the ClarG to receive his visit
ors, Brer Hanna smirked along In front
of the presented fines with his much-car-
.ooned head shining bare in the sun.
The donations Of groceries and ice sent
by The Times Yesterday were greatly ap-
preciated by the-boys In the hospitals.
At the Sixth Mass. cffusetts the four pa
tients turned over IN bed in their glee
when they saw the needed articles arrive.
Butter. sugar. rie.. ,elly. etc, necessarias
which they had not tasted for weeks, were
supplied them for ai1fer and the later
meals.
Springmann's express is doing a splen-
did work in delivering donations free at
the camp and hundreds of poor fellows
have had life made sweeter by the arrival
Of boxes of dainties from friends
Much excitement was caused in camp
last night by the sudden disappearance
of member of the Eighth Ohio from a
stand after he had partaken literally of
cream and cake. He informed the stand
keeper that he was without money and
ran until captured by several guards. He
then put up fight but was placed in the
suardhouse.
digging rife pits this morning and fight
ing behind them The other regiments
are busy with squad and battalion drill
When the First New Jersey Volunteers
came to Falls Church they discovered
that Lemons was with them. Lem
ons" Is numbering. grinning pickaninny,
who cared for Major Alters horse at the
Sea Girt On. j. camp. and when first dis
covered on the road South was started
back to Newark, but Lemons crept in
to the freight cars with the horses and
made a Mowgli of himself until he was
safely landed.
Now" said Major Alters, I'VE would
rot give him away for the whole of Gu
ba."
Lemons Is twelve years old, and
spends most of his time in front of Col
onel Campbell's headquarters. The smile
Of Lemons" is as bracing as a brass
band and discioses the ''blue gum," which
$ considered among the more ignorant of
the Southern negroes to be effective
against everything OF evil omen.