Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-15
LETTERS FROM CAMP HAMILTON.
New Mexico Boys Nicely Situated Regi'
ment Under Orders for Cuba Indian
War Dance Given by Territorial
D,o

War Dance Given by Territorial
Regiment.
Captain William Strover, Of company
q, 1st territorial regiment, stationed at
Camp Hamilton, near Lexington, KY,
writes to a friend in this city as fol-
lows:
We are all settled now and have our
complete. Our camp is sit
uated in a lovely place and is perfec-
ton. The country around here is SIM
ply grand, and you a imagine how a
fellow with IA years experience in New
Mexico feels to look over such a place
as this. Mrs. Strover has a room In an
old farm house near by, belonging to
one of the oldest Kentucky families,
and enjoys her stay here immensely.
The drills are very easy, only three
hours a day. The boys are comforta-
BILE; have ii wall tent for each three
men; floors are put in of hard wood,
and most OF the men have hunks and
mattresses.
W. belong to he list army corps, Sd
division and Sd brigade, and are quar-
tered with the I'd Missouri and a Mis-
sissippi regiment. Altogether we have
II, 900 men here and the camp stretches
for six miles along the railroad track.
Orders have been received for the regi-
ment to go to Georgia preparatory to
going to Cuba, but l do not think wa
will move for a week yet. I am enjoy
ing myself greatly here and do not care
whether we &C any farther or not.
The people are of the best and 1t Is q
treat for us to walk under big shade
trees and upon blue grass. I cannot Inns
agine a lovelier place than our camp,
and 1 shall regret leaving Kentucky.
In coming here u train passed
through Frankfort. along the principal
street, very slowly, our band playing
the "Old Kentucky Home" The peo-
| pie went wild and cheered themselves
hoarse.
Our division commander inspected
our camp the other day, and said he
never saw a finer body of troops than
our regiment, and they are, on the
whole, far superior to any other troops
here. The boys are all well and are hay
ing an easy time. Only 20 men out Of the
~ companies on the sick report. There
is some talk of mounting our regiment,
and | hope it is true.
Juan G. Sena's Letter.
Juan G.. Sena, a member of Captain
Strover's company, has also written to
friends in this city, and from his letter
the following is taken:
We reached this place the 2Sth of
last month, but I have not written be-
fore for the reason thai we are kept
busy. We had a nice trip, being on the
way about three days and three nights
from Whipple barracks. The boys were
allowed to get off the train at all sta
tons where stops were made, and
. lost no chance to see all that I could.
We came through Kansas, Colorado,
Missouri, Illinois and a part Of Ken
lucky, and they are great states. On
lIle way We CIOSoCo 1 AoA6S
the Missouri. Mississippi and the Ohio,
and / saw several steamboats, on the
water. This is a great country.
On reaching Camp Hamilton the New
York volunteers said they expected tt
see horns and tails on us, and they were
sure that we were Indians, horse
thieves, murderers and several other
kinds Of criminals. The other regiments
in camp are very friendly toward the
territorial boys, and from the fact thai
there are a few Indian boys IN the regl-
ment the New York boys invited US
over to their camp to give them an In
dian dance. The Indian war dance, as
the boys in the regiment thought one
ought to look like, a given, and In re-
turn the spectators gave us a free
lunch.
Lexington Is five miles from the
camp, too far to walk, but the fare or
the train is only 10 cents. The camp
to the boys from New Mexico, seems tc
be quite damp. When rain commences
to fall it keeps it up for "a hours, but W.
are getting used to 1t. When the sur
shines it Is hot enough to o beans.
James Reed has been quite sick, but
is now doing nicely and will be out In
a few days. I don't know how long we
will stay here, as there are several ru.
mors floating around that we are to be
SAINT tn Cllha in a short time,