The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-08
COMPANY F,
A Good Word For the Sec
ond Regiment.
THE BOYS HEARTY AND HAPPY.
And Ready to Eat Everything
That is Set Before Them.

Ill assurance by the papers that it
'ould be too late after the 9th of
october to find them there. But they
re still there and liable to remain some
ime. They have had daily rumors Of
,oving to Macon, for a month past.
'ut the investigating committee ap-
ointed by the President, found them
o nicely situated last week, that it is
ro bable they may be kept at Knox
lille until they 60 to Cuba or are dis
hargsd.
Did you ever wait for a train to 60 to
ome big event and have it reported
half hour late" "two hours late" "be |
lere at two O'clock" ETC., and finally |
ind it had been abandoned, and your
rip lost. This has been the situation Of |
he boys in the Second Regiment. They |
to go to Cuba in short order
when they left here. They had the day
,et dozens of times at Chickamauga and
waited anxiously and patiently until
hope deferred, made the heart sick, and
the Chickamaugs water tried the rest of
their anatomy. But patience has
been getting in her perfect work, and
outdoor life, and wholesome food has
go changed the boys that you would
not take them for the came set one saw
at Chickamaugs. They are contented,
hearty, rugged set of men whom you
would not want to run up against.
At Chickamauga offered to buy the
Company foot ball, but the boys
laughed, and said all they wanted when
they got off duty was to rest. To-day
they have foot balls, base balls, horse
shoes, punching bags, boxing gloves, and
are ready for wrestle. foot race, OF
any exercise you want. One day last
week one company deployed and took to
the hills, all armed with sticks, and
came back with twenty six rabbits and
four turkeys. We hope they thought
the turkeys were wild, and they said
they looked very wild when they saw
the boys coming and card the yell.
Rabbit hunting by Company is be.
coming very popular.
Last week the weather turned cold
and disagreeable, the nights being quite
severe, much more 90 than in Belle
fontaine. and many of the boys caught
cold. Bert Fulton took an old tin buck.
ct and made q stove for his mess, and
nearly all the other messes bought
sheet iron stoves, 90 they are getting
along comfortably. Company F hai
more stoves than the rest of the regi-
ment. The Government ia now talking
of sending stoves to them, and is asemb
ling the tents in groups of threes, will
the open ends of the tents pointing to {
common center, the space between te
be built over and each stove to bt
placed 30 as to warm three tents.
Visited the division hospital Tuesday
morning and found Water Seckles O
Belle Center improved. His life wal
daspaired of the Saturday before, but b,
told me he felt better; the Surgeon said
"tell his folks he is on the right roat
now" He was very weak. He wal
still improving when left.
The other boys of Company F wert
discharged from the hospital last week
Ernest Thompson going back to tn.
Company, and Emmons home on leave
Saturday, after drawing 10 days rationi
(26 tons) for the brigade, Ned Campbell
went to bed, tired out. The Surgeon
came over and found him with higt
fever, and took him to the hospital
saying he had been looking for that, ane
had been trying to get Ned to stoI
work and take treatment. Sunday hs
pronounced it case of typhoid fever
but advised against our bringing hin
home. The Colonel and all the othel
officers did the same, saying, the change
of climate had almost invariably worked
harm. Cousin Florence Payne was de-
termined to 20 and take him to bel
home, but I felt that after her sore trials
in the loss of her two dear girls, il
would be too much of! an imposition
and Tuesday We took him up in the city
to DR.. A. B. Tadlock's home, the Doc
tors wife being Mrs. Campbelps cousin
We could have left him in the regi
mental hospital if there had not been st
much uncertainty about the regiment
moving. Monday and Tuesday hi
fever was lighter and pulse better, anc
we have hopes that he is simply throw
ing off the Chickamauga poison, o
which almost every one has had touch
Sunday evening Hal. came over to th'
hospital to see Ned. with a bad colo
caught on guard duty in the storm o
the previous week, and the Surgeon
ordered him to q cot, as his face wa
flushed, indicating that he too haC
fever. The Doctor said, 1--WE have neve
been able to get Hal into the hospital
but we will keep MIN day or 80, now.
Hal looks as stout as an OK (or camel
and with the exception of his cold
ready for anything. He said he wal
going to slip out yesterday, and 60 bacl
to the company.
Harry Stilwell sprained his ankle and
tore the llgaments loose, Saturday
slipped on wet ground. NedRiley and
Ed. Burns, his mesmates, say it will b,
long day before he reports for duty, al
he carries accident insurance, and they
are going to sit on that ankle every tim,
it looks like getting we'll, and take hi
accident money for mess supplies.
Every morning the whole camp il
policed, every scrap of paper, apple
peeling, or what not picked up, by {
company deployed with their bayonets