West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-08
The "BOyS in Blue Way Down in
Dixie in the Land OF Cotton.
Personal aud Political Points on
Principle and Patriotism Picked
Up and PencIlcd Down by Our
Special Correspondent.
CAMP W ETuERILL.

"''N w w" va WJ hAVdo VI Nuto
town and country, and Camp Weth
Grill in particular.
The frat thing, | want to get
after you for Publishing my private
letter to you, in your last weeks
ISIS ie, for OF course | did not wish
to expose you fellows, particularly
DR.. Pratt and Jim Flynn. Then,
again, that letter will be sure to
cause my friends to think that /
am as fine a judge of liqior as W.
q. Z. Breckenridge and Senator
Blackburn are SAID TO be.
IL is told OF them that on one
occasion they were invited in by
old Thomas Pepper, in Lexington,
to sample some fine old whiskey.
After tasting it, Senator Blackburn
said. cts very fine whiskey, but,
Mr.. Pepper, | a taste a little iron
in it," Mr.. Breckenridge tasted
it and said, Every fine, but, Mr..
Pepper, l am sure | can taste
leather in it." Greatly puzzled,
Mr.. Pepper caused the keg "a ten
gallon one) to be emptied, and
found a carpet tack with a leather
washer on the head of it. Now,
my dear fellow, | am sure | don't
want to win IA reputation among my
friends as such an expert Judge Of
liquor. But of course, we have
seen many things in South Caro-
lima besides corn liquor and coons.
The College girls paid our camp
a visit In a body yesterday, and as
they marched through our streets,
about sixty.6ve strong, they stopped
nearly all routine business for the
time being. They came in during
non commissioned officers school,
and 1T is safe TO say that the "non-
coms'' did not learn anything from
that days lesson. Lieut.. Silver
wood was conducting the ''non.
COM school, when the girls came
marching along like Mai. Elliott's
3rd Battalion.
The first man to slip out quietly
was Sergeant Pierce. then Sergeant
Cliff. Gordon. He was soon fol-
lowed by handsome Capt Sam Rice,
and before Lieut.. Sherwood had
time to realize what was wrong
with his school, he was talking to
the air in his tent. he would have
been outside too, l suppose. only
he was so busily engaged with the
lesson that he never noticed who
were passing by-and then Mrs.
Sherwood is here now.
The weather has improved some
here lately, and it is very cool, even
frosty now, and the wind blows the
dust everywhere.
One popularity Of this country,
is that it may ram to day and the
roads and streets will become al
most impossible with mud, but if
1T ceases to rain for twenty four
hours, the ground will dry up SO
quick that instead Of mud, we are
wading in dust.
The Greenville German Club
gave a German last evening, which
was quite a swell affair, so far as /
can learn. OF course was not
there, as only those who are for
tunate enough to wear the shoulder
straps ever permeate the atmos-
phere Of such exclusive affairs, as
n military ball, in the South. Had
| been fortunate enough TO have
worn q Serg0ant's stripes ia Com
pauy "a" as have ex S~srgeants
Piorson, Burdette and Simmons, /
might have been considered worthy
Of an invitation. But being only an
ordinary Sergeant IN the 3rd Bat
talon, and my Captain not the
prospective son-in.law Of the Gov
ernor Of West Virginia, OF course
none of US ever expect any promo
ton.
The rules OF precedence is sup
posed to govern promotions IN
military as well az civil orginiza-
lions, but when IT comes TO pro-
noting three men from one Com
pany, and i'm one Battalion, %
positions outside Of that Company
aud Battalion, rs hps been done in
the cases Of .Sorgeants Piorson.
Burdette and simmons, it seems TO
us that there must have been a
great deal Of political wire pulling.
Toe first promotion DO the Rcgi-
ment came to Sergeant r.. G.. PIER
son, Co. a." promoted 10 Sec
ond Lieutenant, over First Sergeant
g.. G.. Pierce, Of Co. Oh" This
promotion could have been over.
looked, from The fact that Sergeant
Pierson was a msm Der Of the State
Senate, and the Governor was prob
ably thinking Of the vote be might