Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-07-01

His bland smile she'd a radiance over the
entire company. He has had some ex-
periencc in making civil law and is now
going to try to obey martial law.
Col. Jas. C. Baker now rides one of
the finest horses in the army. 1t is a
beautiful sorrel and belongs to Captain
Jackson of the 18th Regt. who kindly
loaned him to the Col. daring the war.
The boys were paid off, a few days
ago, for fifteen days by the y. S. Govern
ment. 1t was not much money but in
deed it made us feel ever so much bet
ter A man Thousand miles from home,
without a cent in his pocket, does not
feel like man. Many OF the soldiers
remembered their friends, at home, and
were glad to send them reminders, al
though they were somewhat smaller than
they desired.
Our camp is really all that we could
expect and honestly believe that il il
the most pleasant campin the south. A
part of tile day is indeed hot, not warm,
but it is followed by those delightful
saline sea breezes, which are so nice
that | cannot describe them. There s
something solid about them which
land lubber cannot appreciate until he
tastes them.
Camp rumOrs, il you can attach any
importance to them, now place us here
for some months. We are not going to
Santiago, or Porto Rico or Manila, but
are just going to stay here, and enter
tain the Jacksonville ladies, until the
regulars and their volunteer auxilliaries
clear out Santiago. and Porto Rico and
the yellow fever has died out, and then
we are going over to Havana and with
Gen. Fitz Lee at the head OF our corps,
we are going to serve notice on Gen.
Rlanco to get out, and il he does not
yield at once, we propose to execute the
notice summarilY. That's our program
which will be faithfully carried out, un-
less those people at Washington get up
another, of which you will hear later.
While our boys iondly remember tie
Virginia girls which they left behind,
they are not slow to make the acqaiL-
lance Of the bellies of the land OF flowers
They smile sweetly and when they ex-
tend an invtation to visit them at their
homes and partake with Them Of home
grub, it is indeed chilled heart that
can resist them. Your correspondent is
certainly not made Of that kind OF ma
terial, for accept all invitations, and
keep my engagements whenever the
rules of the camp will permit.
Before we were paid off, postage
stamps were an item with the boys.
Now we can write when we please and
our friends may expect more frequent
letters.
1t is reported that we W i'll be paid of,
for the month Of June, n ext week. We
will then feel like aristocrats living cff
the bounty of the general government.
Its now -rumOred that our brigade
will be placed under a regular army
oflicerand that either General Hasbrouck
or Gen. Keefer will take command.
Col. Baker will then take command OF
our regiment. There : another rumor
in which we are more deeply interested
to the effect that brigades commanded
by regulararmy officers will be detach-
ed from their divisions and sent to the
front first.
Brig. Gen Hasbrouch was expected to
take command OF our brigade ola Tues
day.
The Herald is anXiOusly looked for
every week. 1t brings us the news from
home.