Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-06-03
CAMP NOTES.

About 1000 soldiers joined in the mem
orisl day parade
Hon. J. NJ. Bauserman, of Shenandoa
visited our camp last Friday. The boy
: were glad to see him.
Col. j. c. Baker is looking UNUSUAL
! well. Camp life Gems to agree with hin
The Second was fortunate is gettin
Lieut.. w. G.. Campbell as adjutant. II
is kind and considerate to all and perform
his many duties in prompt and militar.
manner.
Col. Baker has been looking TO
another site for camp. and it is nov
very probable that we will move to bette
grounds.
Some Of the boys are beginning t.
dream about the Cuban beauties. If they
are what they have been represented
some Of our young men may have nc
desire to get back.
Many of the boys have been yaccinated
and soon the salutation will be, "How's
your arm?"
The Second Regiment was mustered
on Saturday and all were reported,
present or accounted for
Crowds of visitors still visit the camp
and the attentions of ladies are highly
appreciated by the boys.
Geo. Cave, who had enlisted in Co.
A, but who was taken to Luray, upon a
charge of felony, has been acquitted.
1t is gratifying to note that there is a
deep religious feeling pervading the camp
and the moral tone Of the regiment is
very commendable.
Rev. Robert w. Patton, Chaplain OF
the second regiment, preached to the
soldiers on Sunday morning. Rev. DR..
Hoge conducted religious services in the
afternoon.
The boys, like all soldiers, never
satisfied with the pleasures which they
have, are impatiently waiting for orders
to move. The cars, the bareback, and
the coffee money are all ready, but still
we hnger waiting for orders.
Our boys had their first taste ofreal ser
vice on Monday. Three battalions joined
in the memorial parade. Some Of the
city companies INDUCED in pants of
spotless white Well-they had fore
taste of the rainy season. All were soaked
to the skin and those fellows with white
pantaloons, all stained with red mud
which turned dingy yellow, why they
just looked like-in fact, can't tell
you what they did look like.
The visitors to camp, on Sunday are
vari0usly estimated at from 10000 to 30
000 1t was a tremendous crowd. Many
of them brought boxes and baskets,
filled with good things for the boys. Poor
company \, they are too far from home
TO be sharers in these attentions. WIZ
our friends please remember that we will
not be ordered from Richmond for some
weeks?
If ever company 4. Second Va, In
fantry CALAMITY performed its duty, it
was on last Saturday afternoon. At
Chantilly, on the Broad street road, re-
sides Mrs. and Miss Blacker, English
ladies. They called for a company not
from Richmond. Company A. of the ID
under command of Capt. J. W. Nagrudel
promptly answered the call and soon
learned thatthey were expected to make
a charge, not on the swarthy Spaniard.
armed with Nauser rifles, but upon table:
groaning beneath their weight Of straw
berries, and cream and other delica-
cies. The duty was quickly performed
ina very gallant manner. The frs
Lieutenant who had had much experience
in charging upon ice cream freezers
caramel parties, &c, fairly distinguished
himself
After supper they had tennis, bal
throwing &c, winding up with a drill o
the company which every man en-
deavored to do his best. Should they
ever reach Cuba, they will all fondly
remember this occasion, while they en-
deavor with their teeth to masticate the
motto Remember the Maine"
The boys complain bitterly about a
deserter, who had published in some OF
the newspapers ofthe Valley accounts o
their camp which were not true. They
say that should he ever return to the
camp, he will meet with warm reception
The order seems 10 nave gone forth
that our companies are to be recruited tC
106 men each. This will give the patrio-
tic chance to volunteer and indicates a
much longer stay in Richmond than We
lexpected.