The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-18
DISSATISFIED At THE CAMP
,n,pRS ARE DISPIRITED BE-
c,rSE OF BAD TREATMENT.
x,t Ealf Enough Food I!as Been Civ
On them, and Ihey Are Ill very
Poor Condition.

Garcia volunteers, writes 'H0 M""on
Evening News the following interesting
D .,on,t Of the C nditior of affairs there
and the treatment of the soldiers
MR. GUERRY's LETTER.
CAMP NoRTHEN, GRIFFIN, GA, May
&, The people of Georgia have not yet
Loaned the true situation in camps here,
NOR do they know of the dissatisfaction
o.dla,k of enthusiasm that is evidenced
everywhere in the camps The newspa-
.or correspondents here know the true
aitrahon, but as none of them are en-
listed and have to depend on the camp
commander for their information they
hove not drawn true picture of the sit
uaton.
14I,pal and several other correspondents
This morning | protested that they were
MT doing the soldiers justice in publish
inc stories Of their desertion and not
niTinc The conditions which caused the
mem 70 leave the camps. They said that
+ba, well knew the lack of enthusiasm
forethought, but that they could not al
ford to offend the post otcers, as they
wonId then be cut off from much inter-
astjDg news. had it from the mouth
ofoDe of the men that he had drawn a
frna picture of the situation, and, out of
show of patriotism, bis paper refused
tOpubIish it.
the dissatisfaction among the men
has been growing since the day we arYiv-
ed here when, though we were among
the frs, to arrive in camps, we had to
stand in the sun, in ranks, tor nearly an
Four. waiting to be assigned a street.
We we're two hours late in arriving here.
the men were hungry, the sun was hot, !
and many gIumbled as they stood and |
waited for captains to 90 TO headquar- |
tiers and look up the officials Matters |
were not meuded when it was announced |
that four and five men would have to |
sleep in the small tents where two men |
were sheltered during the state encamp- |
ment,
| have never seen enthusiasm such as !
was displayed by the soldiers when thew |
first arrived cool down so quickly and !
disgust take its place. The INADEQUATE |
Joke, and the promises that were made |
to the men that there would be plenty to
eat when the government took charge of |
the post have rot been realized. If any !
thing, the supply of rahons furnished by !
the government is smaller than was that |
Of The state. The situation is growing |
serious, and the men will desert in a |
body before they will stand it much |
Ionge,. To be patriotic a man must be !
wei. fed, especially when his country |
is one o.! The most resourceful in the |
world
WHAT CAUSES DISSATISFACTION
FOLLOWING are some of the reasons why |
the men are dissatisfied:
FFSt-Ihey were promised army ra- |
uonS which is enough to feed anyone. |
80 tar there are several articles of food |
on the list of army rations that have not |
been supplied at all.
etcJnu-NO orders were ever issued to |
the men as to what they should bring e. |
caN2-aS to what they were expected to |
onDg n the way of clothing and sup
plies. They depended on the newspa- |
perS, where it was announced that i'm |
medIateIy upon the arrival of the men |
equipment. 50 far not a single article |
vi ,hing or equipment has been fur
uiSned the men. They do not know |
where they will get them This lack of !
oir,lought on the part of the proper |
authorities has placed some of the men |
"a ne embarrassing position of having |
70 stay IN their tents while their clothes |
1@lsLed from line IN the sun, whose |
rays which fell on the tent were not tenn
Pe~d TO the shOrn soldiers,
IliId-SOme of the companies have
oeeh forced to move their quarters as
many ~ as two or three times, and after
Oney mad worked hard and put their
SLoeIS In good condition, fitted up wash
0aSInS and were well settled. they
u a1 uot IKE the idea of having to move
"U7n me order was made necessary by
zoe Voc l@ct that some If the officials had
numbered, The soldiers have not vet
'7@I ueu not to reason why
A. Iourth-Ihe news is being circulated
IuIou2hout the state that the men are
U.:oSeIung, while the causes of the deser-
'ion are not given
ruin Chief among the reasons for
o'S'"tStacti n is thatthe men often have
70 =, 'eaVe the tables without having had
'De'T appetites satisfied.
,,, - speaElng Of the matter today a com
o assumed officer said to me that he look
t :" 'oI many assertions. and that under
tIe present conditions he could hardly
S U'@Lne laem, though in the present in
1 o%nl aesertion would be a most serious
i n9 Some of the officers are spend
W. VIZ ulGney out Of their own pockets
fs ,I' "9ich to keep the men properly
To lin, ""u TO keep them from oneu rebel
ar- -Nno'ler cause for dissatisfaction
wb;o II Ipe men is to see the good things
-'0I 1ne post commanders have to eat.