Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-09

| complaint In regard to the character Of
| the food supply, and there was difficulty
| in getting good drinking water. or to find
| adequate bathing facilities.
| On the LIST of June the company broke
! camp at o'clock in the morning, and at
| IL o'clock started on their march back to
! Rossville. route for Tampa. The rAgi-
| ment was embarked on Pullman sleaning
/ cars at o'clock that evening, and at 10
| o'clock the train left for Tampa On the
| journey TO Tampa sections of trains were
| run so close together that there was daE-
ger of collision. When the regiment left
Chckamauga Private S. c. Hilder OF Com
pany d was left in the division hospital.
In shelter Tents.
The regiment arrived at Tampa June 4.
| and pitched shelter tents on the sand about
| 100 yards from the beach of Hillsborough
| bay. From that time until the 9TH the
| company was occupied with routine drill
| duty. On the 9th of June telegraphic or
| ders We're received for the discharge of Prl-
waite Charles A. Rainey, and the discharge
was granted. Or the 11th another tele-
graphic order was received revoking the
former order for discharge, which had been
granted. and the second order WAS OF no
effect and has since been countermanded.
On June l. Lieut. L. T. Boiseau was de-
tailed for duty with Colonel Black chief OF
engineers. who was at the time engaged IN
organizing the Volunteer Engineer Corps.
Private W. H. Moves was also detailed
as clerk to Colonel Black On the 18th
Moves was returned to duty with Com
pany b, and that afternoon the regiment
marched TO Tampa Heights for practice in
battle formation. On the 1cth reveille was
sounded at o'clock, and from about >
O'Clock until $50 the time was spent in
practical drill in battle formation
When the horses and mules in the gov
eminent corral stampeded at Tampa and
went through the camp of the LIST Regiment
of the District of Columbia, the entire regi-
ment was called out, Company ID being
formed under arms with perfect discipline.
On the 18th of June the entire regiment
was inspected by officers detailed from the
brigade headquarters. and as result of
this inspection Company ID received the
second highest mark of any company in
the regiment
Skfrmirh Drill.
On the 10Th they again moved from
Tampa Heights for skirmish drill On the
following day each company was furnished
with blank cartridges for the purpose of
familiarizing the men with the operation of
their arms by actual practice On that
day the battalion commander cvmplImented
Company ID for its proficiency in The drill.
and particularly upon the manner in which
il made its charges
On the I'D and 23d the regiment was
again at Tampa Heights for practice. On
the I'D Capt. Hodges was detailed as a
member of board of survey TO examine
into the condition of certain travel ratIons
in the hands OF the commissary, which &C
cupied him for two or three days.
Private Hilder, who had been left in the
hospital at Chickamauga, reported for duty
with his company on June 81, and June
p he was transferred TO the Volunteer Sig
nal Corps a ffrst-class private. Private
Owens. who had been sick at Tort Ayer,
also reported for duty on the I'D On Sat
urday, June %. there was another regi-
mental inspection and Company ID was
again compiimented by the commanding
officer On June "a Sergt. William ID. Jack
son and Pr1yates l.. 7. Baker e. H kauff-
man. l.. E. McCauley. William Niemeyer,
H. Piefert and Ross w. Wise were trans
ferred to the Volunteer Signal Corps as
frst-class privates. On June Is Lieut.. Bois-
eau was returned to duty with his COM
pany.
At Port Tampa.
On July the company received orders to
move to Port Tampa on July 2. About 7.30
am on that morning Company d was or
dered into Tampa to relieve Company X in
loading the freight cars with regimentai
baggage This work was completed about
$50 o'clock the men working very hard
and having little rest. At IL O'Clock the
regiment went on freight cars for Tamps
where they embarked on the Catania Com.
pany ID being assigned to deck A on the
side. which was considered one
OF the best situations on the steamer. About
IL O'Clock OF July the aCatania pulled out
of the slip and into the bay. starting on
their journey. Corporal Osborne F. Towner
WAS reported sick The Catanta arrived on
Key West July B. As both Corporal Town
er end Private Owens were very III the
regfmentai commander arranged for their
transfer to the general hospital at Kcy
West. and they were returned there on The
seme DAY. scorposai nowner died on the