The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-30
5TllENEST VIRGINIA REGIMENT.

4. h.
CAMP GEORGE n. THOMAS,
CHIcKAATAUGA. PARK. Ga, May 2G.--;
AnsyAnnantas In camp with all his ener-
giles and sensitive nerves strained 10 the
utniost,polnt OF Imaginative untruthful-
ness, pictures to the people OF the coun-i
Try through the, columns Of the Pitts
butgh Dispatch OF Saturday last, a tale
VI horror equal to, if not greater thnni
was ever inflicted OF, the Cuban recon
comrades or Armenian refugees, but,
fortunately for the good name OF this
great nation, exists only IN the iniasIna-
tive brain Of Robert A. Goshurn, the ,au-
!, thar OF the article, How any one could
picture such a state Of affairs. even with
the most depraved mind, while sojourn-
ing. among the happy and cSnteTted
boys in blue in the beautiful park, is q
mystery 70 all who have heard OF the ar.
5ticle referred 10, and we all look on It
with ridicule. The following is q. por-
ton OF the article pllnted In the Dis
/ patch, over, Goshorn's signature.
1.-THE First West Virginia Regiment
have had a hard time of II to-day. The
well from which-it secured It's water
I. supply went dry and they were c1mpell-
ed to carry 1t a distance OF seven miles
from the Chlekamauga river. There
were not enough vessels ct hand to
: transport water for the entire regiment,
and Colonel Spillman allowed all OF his
i men 70 leave camp and got the river
to Ill their canteens Some OF the poor
fellows were SO anxious to bring back
large quantities OF the aqueous fluid
tthat;the washed out their army shoes
4 and returned with them filled with the
needful article" ~
The First West Virginia regiment Is
situated In one OF the most pleasant
groves OF the park, just on the edge. Of
the old earth works thrown up and &C.
cupled by Prices Confederate battery In
the beginning Of the three days fight.
The. grove is on high land as well as the
whole park and amid the stately oak.
pine and gum trees makes pleasant
place indeed. for an encampment. Our
front reaches to the cross roads near
where Jays mills were situated, which
= s NdS 'aHotleT sbIdtS6IS spoIhts hhhi"b hiS
great battle.
The well spoken OF as going dry was
idle but few hours on Saturday under
z going repairs. and Is located less than
5 fifty yards from the front Of our regl-
ment and lees than 100 yards from Com
pany Ms headquarters. which Is the
u next to the last company in the rear OF
the regiment, and this well ina. Goshorn
has dry has been furnishing water for
three regiments in this vicinity In
= abundance, and at DO time, has this well
been Idle on account ofsbe!ng dry. Then
he speaks OF the boys carrying, water. a
3 distance of seven miles from ,Ch!cka-
manga river. and vessels being Gcarce.
3 and The soldiers Carrying water in their
shoes. Surely this man must have had
on unusual Siege Of nightmare. There
/ is creek by the name Of Chickamauga
less than one-quarter of a mile. from our
regiment, where the boys so bathing.
among the water lilies, and an abund-
ance of water flows, sufficient to supply
and army OF several hundred thousand.
There Is not one regiment In the entire
army, that would have 10 go seven miles
to quencn their thirst or take bath.
1t has been remarkably fine weather
Hlnce we arrived here and there are but
2 few cases Of sickness in camp. We have
only one man In the hospital from sick
ness, Musician Echols, and one from
rupture received while at Camp Lee,
Private Lydic. There has been several
i cases OF dysentary but none Of a serious
J: nature, and Judging from the evidence
we are safe in saying there could not
have been better location selected for
gathering together this vast army.
Col. J. +. Hooton. OF Moundsville.
spent several days this week with his
son, Lieutenant Hooton, and the Com
pany NJ boys. The colonel was much
pleased with our camp life, and the boys
were all glad to grasp his hand and give
him a hearty welcome.
AS"canteen" will be opened this after
moon by the regiment in order to ac-
Y commodate the boys In securing tobac,
co, etc. The surplus goes to the regi-
ment fund. Joe Schirtzlnger, Of Com
pany, NJ. will hive charge OF the "can-
teen" and will rank as sergeant.
A rumor from headquarters tonight,
stating the possibility of this regiment
leaving In the near future for the Phil
ipp1ne Islands, was the cause OF great
enthusiasm. :.
: The law against killing squirrels and
game In the park has been the means
OF several OF the boys in the regiment
i sleeping In the guard house.
LOUD cries Of poison" take It
away" sit will kill me-" etc. caused
quite commot!on in camp last night.
and those who turned out to see what
was the cause Of the alarm found that 1t
g originated in tent No. 3. Some one had
Z the nightmare, caused no doubt, by eat-
ing strawberry sho.cake bought from
one OF ,the,m many peddlars about camp.
One OF Company Ms boys was lucky
enough to own a IS bill. He went to a
peddling wagon and got two pies and
three cakes, and offered the S 10 be
e changed, but the peddler was short Of
change, and Musician Stulz was ahead
(. the cakes and pies, then he tried another
wagon and got three stra wberry pies on
the strength OF the S.. Then he loaned
the S. to Sergeant Parkinson and he
Il filled up on fish sandwiches. and the So
Is still unchanged. and the boys are
looking for more wagons without
change.
The First West Virginia Regiment OF
X. Volunteers would Hike tc ask through
the IntellIgencer why Governor. Atkin-
son does not see that the regiment gets
4 its pay for service to the state. Many
OF the men left their homes on short
notice, and some with families In stintcd
circumstances, and the governor should
( see to It that the men get what Is due
them without further delay.
The Violin. Mandolin and Guitar Club
screnade1 Major Skaters headquarters
$ifiast night. Many officers were present
from Heterogeneous. c. y. z.
THE SAN JUAN BATTLE
! DescrIIed Inv Dan Mendel in a Letter to