Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-30

wishing that they might be trans
fcrred to some place outside the State,
where service could be seen. Those
no asking for furloughs would he
| thought of, as the price eff the rail
road fare would appall them.
The two staff officers, Adjutant
| Wade and Quartermaster Dutton who
were i'll, Thursday. were feeling some
| what improved, though far from Well
| Friday. An are more or less weak
| ened from the eXhausting weather.
| Nine men We're at the hospital.
| Thursday night, nearly all suffering
from a bowel trouble caused by the
warm weather. ana the water. Many
others are slightly i'll. just enough to
make them feel disagreeable. which is
greatly increased by the oppressive
weather.
They nave a new name for the cam
pllsn hats, which are now called the
emergency hats. Everything about
the camp has an emergency" name
hat should receive their share of at
/ tention.
While on drill, Friday forenoon.
| the canteen had not been ordered
brought out. ANA in consequence the
men longed greatly for water. The
water wagon drove up, as in every oc-
| casion there is man tn supply
| an article that is missed. one man
| supplied the vessel for drinking the
water from. by making a crease in the
top Of his hat ana filling it with water.
As there WAS nothing else to drink
from. all accepted this idea ut once.
ana every man whose hat was clean
enough to allow had refreshing
drink. OF course this mode of drink
ing would seem rather hard and dirty
at home, but there is nothing like he
coming used to dirt if you don't wish
to mind it. The hats We're ut once
dubbed emergency" hats.
Water was one Of the most !oneed
for of all things, and many of the
mon went for swim in the afternoon.
going in squads in command of Il mon
com"
Lieutenant Mcrheters was the officer
! Of the day. Thursday night. ana by
his vigilance nine men passed the re
maining hours after they tried ia pass
the guard. in Tho guard house. The
lieutenant did not have any chance to
sleep throughout the night, but kept
| at his post. and more than one man
can blame him for causing the guard
to he so viGilant, that they had to pass
the night outside the guard lines
sleeping perhaps With only the sky for
a roof.
The nine men who were placed in tn
| guard house passed busy forenoon,
and one in which they had ali the cX-
crcis->to keep them feeling THAI they
would appreciate night when it ar
! rived. They We're set about to police
the grounds. which they did under the
WatchfuI eye of an officer. After all
the grounds had been cleared of all
rubbish. Major Newcomb thought il
would be Il good idea to have all the
street that runs to Western avenue.
from the camp, n distance of nearly
half mile, brushed up. When
the noon hour arrived, not 4,
stone Of any size could BE-
found but there We're nine men whose
backs felt as large as mountains. This
is what is known as the "Newcomb
cure" and it is said to he an almost
positive cure for all cases of discon-
tent Of the kind that makes a man for
get duty, and yield to temptation.
The inventor Of the cure says it is but
the first dose that he gives the men,
thus far but in case they decide to take
another treatment he has a patent on
it and will administer the treatment
; In case two treatments are not enough
for the guard jumping disease. he has
a prescription from n celebrated army
officer that will cure the man or xii
him So look out for DR.. Newcomb'.
/ third treatment of the dread disease
1 A gun rack has been built for the us,
t Of the guard and it looks very mucl
, better The guard like it much bette
a than the old way of stacking arms.
Eight men of Battery b, went to tn
$ range and shot at 100 yards, Friday
n making a score of 1856