The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-02

sion trains ana from adjacent towns,
al! eager tosee Uncle Sans regulars.
but things have changed, and this
Saturday night finds a different army
sleeping on the battlefield of Chick
amauga, an army numbering thirty
five thousand souls, and a vast diff
ference between the regular enlist
ed soldier from the fact that the
regular soldier is expected to be
moved at the will ofthegovernment,
whereas the volunteer offers his SER
vices from a patriotic standpoint
forsaking his business and pleasure
for the protection of his country.
These thirty five thousand volunteers
commenced arriving here Monday,
May 18th, so you can torn an idea
as to the number of trains necessary
to transport them. Never in the
history of the world can there be
shown parallel case where troops
concentrated on battle fields after
lapse of thirty five years wherein
brother fought against brother, and
at this time the enemies of the past
years join their enemies and one and
all in union are preparing for the
coming conflict. The volunteers are
here from all parts of the United
States and passed through historical
places, never to be forgotten. Those
coming from our parairie states and
the rockies arrived via the Memphi,
and Charleston railroad, passing
through the battle field of Shiloh,
Bridgeport, Ala. and Wauhatchie,
Tenn. Those from the Central
states came here via the Cincinnati
Southern Ry. crossing the historical
Tennessee river five miles North of
Chattanooga, passing by the Nat
ional cemetery, which numbers
among its silent inhabitants an un-
known army of four thousand souls,
and eight thousand whose names
appear on the short marble stones,
whose surroundings are made beau
titul by the hand of nature and the
generosity ofourgovernment. Here
they lie beneath the fragrant magnolia
and honey-sucLle, with tablets
placed at short intervals with the
beautiful words of OIIara:
"Thc mutlleddrums sad roll has beat,
The soldiers last tattoo;
No morcon lite's parade shall meet,
That brave and fallen few"
Our New York and PENNSYLVANIA
regiment arrived via the Southern
Ry. coming through the Shenandoah
valley, passing Gen. Sherman,
headquarters five miles from here.
in full view ofGrant's headquarters,
known us Orchard Knob, and Gen.
Woods headquarters, known As
Fort Wood, ON the lett of their
trains could be seen Gen. Bragg,
headquarters located on Missionary
ridge, and on the right old Lookout
mountain was glistening in the morn
1
ing sun as if in holiday attire, well
coming the coming of its friends and
foes of thirty five years ago. The
members of the fourth Pennsylvania
regiment inform me that at every
stopping point en- route they were
given free lunches, fruit, etc. and
that by the time they reached the
city OF Cincinnati, eight hundred
different packages had been put on
the train by kind and considerate
hands, for their comfort. One of
the privates also stated that at every
station and cross road it was the
duty of every soldier to catch as
many dogs as possible and bring
them along, so that upon their
arrival here one car numbered
among its occupants seventeen dogs
and l Judge good many of the
Irishman's heas. Everyone here
is anxious to learn something about
our Atlantic and flying squadrons,
but all feel satisfied of the final out
come and that Spain is already
reading the mysterious hand writ
ing on the wall. "Mene, meme,
tekel, upharsin."
e, Yours truly,