Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
HEALTH OF OUR BOYS GOOD.
Ihey Dtsiiked to Be served With Large
ehnDks of Alabama Dirt and Have, In
consequences, discharged Their Slack
cocks-'Remember the Maine"-Etc.

consequence, discharged Their 3lac
cocks-'Remember the Maine"-Etc.
COMPANY M" FOURTH WrscoSsrN RpcrxpN,
CAMP SHIP, ADMISSION Ala. Nov. /. 1895.
i FRIEND MUNsoN:--Since writing m,
last the hearts of the Fourth have beer
saddened by the first death in the south
the victim being Capt. r w. Dawson
OF Company +, OF typhoid pneumonia
captain Dawson was lately promote,
from first lieutenant and was exception
ally popular both with his company anf
bis brother officers His compan,
bought hiLi beautiful sword at n.
Time OF his promotion, but it was SLOW
In coming and was not received mt;
after he was confined to the hotel. Wber
the presentation was made the unfortu
nate man wept like child and the las,
words were directions for the care and
comforts of his company. He died
saturday morning. His devoted fathe,
and sweetheart came at IL O'clock the
day previous and were only able to force
partial recognition from the d,ipo
man. The entire regiment escorted the
remains to the train Sunday at o'clock
p. m.
Typhoid has been on the increase. in
the regiment and for fear the location
nad something to do with it, our camp
has been ordered changed and every.
thing dlsinfected. The bows eroan over
the prospect of cleaning up another
camp but the health of the regiment is
above everything else. There are twenty.
four cases OF typhoid in the Fourth. but
most OF them are light. Half the num-
Der come from Company /. Stevens
Point, and Company K, Washburn.
Lieutenant Teehy, OF the latter compaov
IS one of the patients. The poor drain
age and the close proximity to the first
regulars are thought to be the chief
causes and these Objectionable features
OF this camp will be entirely done away
with in the new camp, and with chan oa
In location and thorough injecting. no
alarm is felt about the further spresd of
the disease The health of the Fourth
has been little less than marvellous and
1t cannot be expected that this will al
ways continue. The health of COMPANY
nj continues good. We have nothing
worse thar case OF rheumatism and
few bad COLDS.
The weather is considerable mi,dar
The nights are cold but the days are
warm and beautiful. in the morning
and evening an overcoat is comfortable
aud indispensable, but in the middle of
the day the men go in their shirt sleeves
and even q shade is prefernb during
the noon day meal. This has onlv been
the case, however, for the past few DAYS
There was time wher it vas cold al
day.
The extra tentage and stores are here
and when the tents are pitched in our
new location, it will be after the nlan
suggested in my letter of week before
last. The rations are I'll right except a
hort ga in M at W. Lave a p,nmise
for so".fthing better in this respect.
however. The Fourth are lot kickars
IN the bad sense of tho word, bat we 90
IN the theory, which / believe to be we'll
founded, that the government is always
anxious to provide for the health and
comforts OF her soldier bows, and when
there is anything thei, due that the
boys are not getting, is the officers
duty to call attention to the fact, end
this the officers of the Fourth will never
ha backward in doing. While the com
ANY officers are very modest lot te
aeimental officers are not SO.
Company M has one advantage. We
have some splendid hunters. You NAV
not be able to find it 10 the geography.
but Alabama woods abound with game
We know 1t to oe fact, because everv
time Lieutenant Brenizer and onr SER
geants go out hunting they cone back
loadtd with game and we have fresh
meat for t~o or three DAYS We hav
been obliged to dispense with III ees
vices of our colored cooks and P Yates
D3elle and Shreve re now boxing after
the culinary department.. OF course we
expect to get outside of no small amount
of Alabama dirt while here, but we dis
like to have it served up in such large
chunks, so the colored gentlemen had
to 60.
The play entitled Remember the
Maize" drew a crowded house of soldiers
at the opera house, Monday evening,
and when General Lee referred to the
men of the COS and deplored the fact
that sections Of our country should be
arreyed against each other in deadly
conflict and thanked God that united
country was ready to fight under the
same dag the applause was deafening
from botE the north and the south The
northerners talk freely of the civil war
and the part they took in it, but have
yet to hear single remark that would
give offense to northern soldier. There
is much of value to be learned from
brief association with the southern
people and much in their favor too
They are good entertainers, hospitsble,
and one would judge them to be loyal
friends. They are great Sabbath OBJ
servers. On Sunday every thing is
closed up tight. The stores, barber
shops and everything is closed and the
saloons haveno back doors. Those that
we come in contae. with are the better
class of white people; the business and
professional men. A very brief stay
here will, L think, convince anyone how
little he knew, from reading, about the
so-called trace problem"
The papers have done great injustice
to Maj. King, our chief surgeon, where he
is purported to have told the private
soldiers to "go to the devil" when they
complained of their ratioLs. Testimony
was gathered from the evidence he gave
before the investigating committee and,
moved by this report, at least one city
went so far as to sign protest against
the major. Nearly ever man in the
company from that locality have signed
paper in commeldation of Major
King. There is no harder worker in
the Fourth regiment than Major King,
and he works nearly night and day to
keep the camp in good sanitary con
dition. Besides his work at the hospital
he makes his daily rounds insp citing
the streets, tents, kitchens and drains
Instead of criticism Msjor King deserves
nothing but praise for what he has done
for the health of this regiment.
News from homo, whether found in
letters or the papers, is read with great
interest and the boys appreciate the