The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-24
GEN. M,KEE's BRIGADE.
Punishment for Two Sentries Found
Asleep at Their Post.

Asleep at Their Post.
Correspondence of the Journal.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamauga Park. Ca,
June 22.-At this writing Gen. William j.
Mckee is permanently located in his own
quarters. and this morning he ard his staff
took breakfast at their own table, thus for
sa.king the mess of the -hundred-and-
fifty-eighth. Lieutenant Davis is General
McKee's acting assistant adjutant general,
and Captain F. r. McCrea is still acting
brigade quartermaster. Captain Warren c..
Fairbanks who was ndisposed for a day. is
well and has assumed charge of the COM
missary department. He has big grocery
store to handle. Some times he has to go
down to the general commissary at or 8
o'clock in the morning. Each brigade is as
signed a time when it must be at the sta
ton, and if not there when called some one
| takes its place and the tardy brigade must
wait till all the others have drawn The
recruits of Company K, Martinsville, came
into camp yesterday, and this morning are
getting into the harness. The following is
the list:
Company KERRY Avery, Joseph B. Bar
nett Dennis A. Barnett, Joseph S. Mercer.
Jarvis j. Balm, Jerry E. Gwin, James E.
Scott. Charles Ritzler, Jesse Wampler, John
c. Baker, Charles 1. Balm, Frank Fowler,
Thomas R. Wilson, Wiley Stewart August
Younger, William H. Edwards, Robert Ma
jor, Harvey Hutton, Percy Calvert Matt
G. Monical, Charles Liemerer. Benjamin F.
Davee, Harry Askew, Edward Woods and
Edward Hoover
All the new recruits are being put through
the preliminaries They are being vaccinat-
ed and learning the facings to march behind
one another, and all the first lessons in sol
d1erlng: They are also learning what the
word obey means One man was overheard
to remark that after this war is over there
VIII be many a man who will obey without
grumbling when his foreman speaks to
lie" ~
Private Ed Helm, of Company A. thinks
he has right to object He is a big, strong
fellow and has been detailed in the commits
sary department since coming to camp Now
ne IS detailed to cook This morning he. was
obJecting, and said he did not come down
here to cook. He was advised to cook rs
badly as possible in order TO get out He
said he had tried that and it did no good
So he intended to try playing sick and see
II he could not get an excuse
Private Charles Cox of Company l. was
found asleep on his post last Monday night
He was tried by court-martial and given
twenty days at hard labor A sentinel in
the First West Virginia was found asleep,
and a court-martial gave him six months
hard labor and took away two months pay
In the case of Private Cox it is supposed
that the>fac that he was an interior guard
mit1gated his sentence Inasmuch as this
offense is punishable by death, both/m
did. 80 ivy
The assembly tent donated by the citizens
Of Indianapolis has arrived; has been put
up and the chairs unloaded and placed in
II 1t is placed just south of our camp near
General McKee's headquarters This will
prove pleasure to the boys who have had
no place in which to assemble, and have
mad TO write their letters while lying on the
ground. The tent is appreciated by the bows.
Mno aIl return thanks to their friends in
Mrs Harry B. Smith and Miss Ethel
Smith, of Indianapolis. and Mrs Edward p
Thayer, of Indianapolis, are now staying
close to camp and take their meals with
Colonies Smith and Thayer at the regimen
tai mess They tried staying at the inn. but
1T took too much of the day getting back
near the camp. One night at the farmhouse
was enough for them, and it was finally ar
ranged that they should stay in tents near
the lines of the camp and eat at the head
quarters mess.
William Steinhauer of Indianapolis, has
been returned to duty. He has entirely re-
health OF this regiment is good. This morn
ing only tnlrty-seVen men reported at sick
ctIi, an average Of three men to com
pany- Twelve men are in hospital, eight of
riously sick.
Major Skunk. chief of engineers on the
staff of General Poland, met the officers Of
the regiment TUESDAY evening and gave
them talk on the formation of battle lines
with especial reference to marching in an
enemy's country. The talk was very inter
esting, and right in the line Of what is now
being studied by the officers and practiced
by the troops.
A large bathhouse has been built lust east
OF the First West Virginia Regiment. 1t
Will accommodate $50 to 300 people at once
Inc water will be filtered. and the men can
take a hot bath in a bathtub. This will be
great luxury to the boys. who so far have
been compelled to go to the muddy Chicka-
manga creek. J. N