The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-04
At CAMP THOMAS.
Harry Dorman Says Things Have Been
Painted Too Black.

Painted Too Black.
Missoula, July 3.-One Of the most
sensible letters received from the BOYS
of Troop F was by Harry Dorman 10
his brother. Charles, of this city. 1t is
a cheerful. manly letter, and is free
from the complaints that have charac-
terized some of the communications
that have been received from Camp
thomas recently. The following ex-
tracts will prove interesting to the
friends OF the troop in Missoula and
elsewhere:
someone appears to take delight in
wiring discouraging accounts of the
boys camp life to the friends at home.
nave read several accounts myself
In the papers of the boys being almost
in their graves. when, outside of a few
VINO have ~dysentery, they were never
in better health. OF course, there are
lots of little things hat could be bet
ter, but. taking everything into con-
slderation, the troop is i'm A. No.
hape. We have lost one horse since
our arrival here-from the heat-but
Iots or the troops have lost five or six.
The Illinois cavalry have lost more in
a day than We have in all. We moved
camp yesterday-100 feet farther from
the road-and IL was a sight worth
seeing. The whole regiment moved nj
once and did it in half an hour. This
appears to be the rainy season, for IL
mas ralned every day for 10 days. and
II rains in this country.
w started out TO drill the other
morning and walked up the road a mile
and a half to a wood, when Captain
higgins asked IL we would like TO taxi
a practice march to Craw Fish Springs.
three miles distant. Everybody an
swered yes, and we started off at the
regular army cadence of 100 steps 10
the minute and marched all the wav
10 the springs and back without a
man being any the worse for his trim
The boys whistled and SAM songs ali
the way over and back.
We have had three regimental in
spectlons since our arrival, and at each
of them Troop + has carried off tho
honors for appearance. We have a
ball team, made up of Miles city, Bill
lihss' Butte and Missoula. that has de-
Ieated everything in the park until
sunday, when it was defeated by the
"a Arkansas by a score of 9 to s. 1t
was one Of the best games of ball 7
ever saw. When 1t was over the bows
on both teams knew that they had been
playing ball. The game was witnessed
by about 5000 soldiers and everybody
was interested all the way through.
Most of these Fasteners seem to think
that we from the West do not know
anything about the game of ball. bur
they are learning differently. A week
e last Sunday the boys playad
against the Kentucky boys, and at the
end of the sixth inning Kentucky with
drew. one of the Kentucky officers
was heard to saw: "Thosen fellows
play ball like wesen do in the East
The boys have played 10 games ana
nave lost but one. so you can imagine
what Kind OF a game they put up.
IF you have time. send me the Ana
conda standard, as it would be very
acceptable. From all accounts, =
who is with the Butte troop. is writing |
some very discouraging reports home 10
his folks. If you happen to meet those
people tell them that the boys are all
o. X"
Enclosed i'm the letter from which the
above extracts are taken is the follow
copy of the last general orders is
sued at Camp Thomas: First call for
40 . m: reveille. 3: break
last. 5:l5; stables, $40: sick call, $40:
drill call n assembly. :: fatigue call,
); recall from drill. $3.50: recall from
l1:45; first sergeant's call.
ll:5O: dinner, II m: fatigue. u. m.
recall from fatigue, 3:15: drill call and
assembly, $50. recall from drill. Z:
and water, $40: supper. $50;
guard mount, 6:10; assembly, 6:l5: ai-
iutant's call, CPS; first call for retreat,
':35: assembly, $40; retreat, 6:45: tat
too. 81 call to quarters, $40; taps, 9:15.