Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-12-07
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were received and none were re,
ceived and none were sent out by
General Snyder.
Beginning with today, the affairs
ofthe division will be put into
shape as soon as possible so that
the headquarters can be taken
away by the first part of the week.
1t will take, however, several days
to wind up the business of the
quartermaster's department and, as
stated yesterday, Major Hemphill
will attend to this before leaving.
While all the regiments in Camp
Poland had special dinners yester-
day, a large number of soldiers
were in the city, the guests of
friends, and not only were the
officers away from camp, but a
large number of non-commissioned
offers and privates were in the city
and the popularity of the soldiers
was attested by this fact.
The churches in the city were
also we'll attended from the regi-
ments and the men all enjoyed the
special Thanksgiving music that
was rendered.
THIRTY-FIRST MICHIGAN.
Of course, yesterday being
Thanksgiving day, the men were
busy only in enjoying their dinners,
which, in each company, were pre-
pared with extra care. No drills
were held during the day and it is
probably good thing, for most of
the men would have had to plead
physical disability" after partak-
ing of the large amount of turkey
and cranberry sauce"
One of the companies, however,
company A, took dinner at the
Flanders hotel in the city, and the
boys all enjoyed themselves huge
ly. After dinner, Chas. McNabb,
as special courtesy, sent the boys
one hundred fine cigars and, of
course, these were appreciated and
enjoyed.
Chaplain White held thanksgiv
ing services in the Y. NJ. c. A. tent
yesterday morning and quite a
large crowd was present. Music
was furnished by some of the MEM
bers of the regiment and it was
very pretty indeed.
A guest in the camp yesterday,
enjoying the good dinner prepared,
was Arthur R. Howell, OF Detroit,
a prominent ,queensware merchant,
who was passing through the city.
A number of the men who re.
ceived their discharges few days
ago, left yesterday for their homes,
not even waiting for their Thanks
giving dinners. Some o the others,
however, did wait, and will leave
today or tomorrow.
FIRST WEST VIRGINIA.
There Is no doubt but that the
First West Virginia regiment will
get away tomorrow. The Southern
road has all the cars In readiness to
move the troops. The regiment
will get away in five sections, the
first two consisting of freight. 1t Is
the intention to load one of the sec.
tons this afternoon and the other
one early tomorrow morning.
All the sections will get away by
noon, or as soon thereafter as pos.
sible on tomorrow. The desire is,
if 1t can be done, to load freight and
men near the camp and avoid any
delay or trouble in getting away.
The Tooth Indiana regiment at Co
lumbus, will have a good dinner
ready for the Snakes" when they
get there Sunday, so the first meal
at least will be a good one. No
change in the order of movement
over that in yesterdays paper has
been announced.
The following, taken from a re-
cent issue of the Columbus Enquir.
er-Sun may prove of interest, as it
refers directly to this regiment:
Three car loads of Krag- Jorgen-
sen guns, about $500 in number,
have arrived in the city and will be
distributed among the men of both
regiments here during the week.
1t was generally reported among
the men yesterday that orders had
been received to begin preparations