The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12
WITH BRYAN'S REGIMENT.
Third Nebraska Regiment Settling Down to Business at Camp
Cuba Libre, Florida.

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ments. Sickness is decreasing in the
camp, but few deaths have occurred
and those were from cases Of typhoid
fever in the above-named regiments
The surgeons claim that the fever
germs were in the mems systems wheH
they came in camp.
On account of the heat the regiment
will not drill much during the day till
it becomes acclimated.
The first regimental dress parade
took place Sunday night. Our band Is
being rapidly drilled into ~presentable
shape, and when it appeared on dress
parade it was loudly cheered by the
Second Mississippi and the Rough
Riders, who are encamped on either
side Of us. It was especially cheered
when it left the field playing Dixie"
Major Harrison, who has charge of
the equipment of General Lees CON-
mand, the Seventh corps, just received
notice from Washington that especial
attention would be paid to the equip
ment Of this corps. The Third Ne
braska and the Rough Riders are the
only fully equipped regiment here, and
there are now about Is, 900 men in
camp.
Many men of the regiment for the
first time saw ocean merchant vessels
last week. Three. torpedo boats and
the dispatch BOAT Dauntless, formerly
a tilibusterer, put in here recently. The
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last three months, and the crew states
that it has seen every important en-
gagement, except the destruction of
Cervera's fleet. The boa is now being
o~verhauled, preparatory for more
service.
The camp is rapidly being put into
shape, so that the regiment may be as
comfortable as possible. Many of the
tents now have wooden lOors n are
being fitted up in other ways, 50 they
may be Is homelike as possible. No
one expects to move from here for
two months, as it will take that time
to get the corps in shape. At this
writing the boys are as enthusiastic
as ever, n are enjoying camp life
Immensely. H. E. c.
The Jacksonville, Fla, Times-Union
and Citizen in a two-column article,
July Is, contains many kind words for
the Third Nebraska. In one Of the ar
ticles Colonel Bryan's regiment is called
1.-The Silver Third" The paper says:
"The name of the Silver Third has
been given to the Third Nebraska regi-
ment, commanded by Colonel William
J. Bryan. The fact that Colonel Bryan
commands the regiment might be suffi-
cient to give some such name to it, but
there Is still a more potent reason, al
though the two are probably linked to-
gether.
The officers of a regiment always
wear the name of it on the collars of
their coats, and the customary method
is to have this in gilt lettering.
There may have been an over-loyal
tailor that made the suits for the Off
GERS of the Third Nebraska, but at any
rate instead of the lettering all being in
gilt the figure 80 shows up prominently
with a silver hue, in contrast to the
gold tinge of the letters 'Neb.'
This is not exactly at the ratio Of
16 to l, but perhaps it is as near as
could be adopted under the circum-
stances.
"a seven-pointed star, made in silver,
having been adopted as the insignia Of
the Seventh army corps, it is stated
that every officer Of the Third Nebraska
intends to get one at the earliest oppor-
tunity.'
NOTES CULLED.
One Of the companies of the Third Ne
braska regiment contains ~forty-eight