The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-29

down the lines. 1t is necessary for the cook
to arise before daylight, and his work is
never done. A few nights ago a group of
stragglers coming into camp late found the
sanctimonious recruit bending over sick
man and aiding him. 1t was all modestly
done, and, besides, the boys found he had
been up for hours, arduous as was his own
duty in the kitchen, with this sick man.
This was good story. too, and it spread
down the lines To-day Private Elmo Kellar,
preacher-cook, is as much respected in that
company as the captain himself, and when
he holds his religious service for the COM
pany in the evening there is a little knot
of sincere lads gathered about him. The
glory of the battlefield may not be for
Private Kellar, but it's an even bet that
there will be glory somewhere and some
time for this character of Company l..
Chaplain Weaver, of Marion, is another
good character of the regiment, and some
day l am going to tell the story of his eX-
periences in the wild and woolly Western
mining camp, as it was drawn out from him
in g. chat under the trees yesterday. The
chaplain, it will be remembered, is the man
who not only has endeared himself to the
boys by his ministrations but also won
their admiration by the manner in which he
handled the sixty cantankerous mules foist-
ed on the regiment Yesterday at the divi-
sion review orders were given for the am
balances to follow the regiments. Having
no ambulance, Surgeon Kyle and his as
sistants sent out one of the springless army
wagons, drawn by a four-mule team and
packed with straw. Then the suggestion
occurred that if those wild mules became
frightened it would go hard with the sick
men in the improvised, jolting ambulance.
All, Chaplain Weaver was just the man to
look after those mules and keep them to
their PAGES! The eyer-obliging chaplain
mounted the drivers seat and away went
the ambulance, numbering over gnarled tree
roots and plunging into little gullies, the
hospital stewards clinging for dear life to
the sides of the wagon. The chaplain,
somewhat deficient in knowledge Of brigade
movements, did not know just where to go,
but wherever he would see a man fall he
would dash after him, generally TO be
beaten by some of the swifter ambulances
belonging to other regiments. AS the good
Samaritan he had little occasion to accom-
plish much, as his regiment was quite
lucky, having few men drop from the ranks.
Three ladies from Minnesota, wives of Of
ficers, had come out to the field to witness
the review of the 1900 men. Movements
changing so much, and bringing the troops
to such distances, the ladies implored the
chaplain to let them ride in the wagon, and,
being a gallant man. he promptly assisted
them up into the vehicle All went well till
the mules saw something they wanted away
off across the field They went after what
they wanted faster than the chaplain was
willing to go, and, tug and tug as he might
on the reins, the mules went the harder,
till, by and by, the ladies from Minnesota
were bouncing high into the air, and faster
and faster all the while, the chaplain try
ing to divide his attention between apologize
ing to the ladies and controlling the mules.
Lieutenant J. l.. Glasscock, of the Lafay-
cite company, has been made ordnance Off
Ger of the regiment and his quarters are
regarded as a model for the other officers.
He is fond of flowers, land any time tea
cup full of wild roses or wild posies, gath
cred from the fields, may be found on the
little table in his tent. The regiment is
represented By every profession and trade
known to statistics, except that of shoe
maker, and shoemaker would stick to his
last all day in this camp if the boys could
only entice one here.
One of the Company Fl boys, of Warsaw,
received letter from his sweetheart yes
terday and proudly boosted that it con-
tained thirty-eight pages of some real sweet
things. A squad of men who are not so
fortunate in having sweethearts so prolific
in words and tender messages tied the hap
by boy to a tree till he read the letter over
a second time, not aloud, however, for that
might have inflicted punishment on the tor
turers as well. When last seen he was still
reading that letter, and his tormentors
promised to make him read it thirty-eight
times over before they turned him loose.
The division review and the success of
the ndred-and-fifty-eig Indiana
in it caused citation among the regimental
officers, who were none the less proud of
their own regimental success than they were
of the manner in which Col. Harry B. Smith
handled the brigade. The men assembled at
7:45 o'clock in the morning, the announce
ment having been made the night before
that Major General Breckenridge would in
spect Brigadier General Poiands division
The ceremonies took place in the open field.
near the Parker House, and adjacent to the
quarters of the First West Virginia The
affair was so large that the brigades had
to be formed in two lines, and after they
were formed the general and his staff, in
Guiding the very tall Col. John Jacob AS
tor, galloped down the line at a rafting
gait and then came up by the rear The
brigades participating were as follows:
The First, including the Thirty-frst Michi-
gan, Third Pennsylvania, One-hundred-
sixtieth Indiana; the Second, including the
observation-disclosures iXty-eighth Indiana. Sixth
Ohio and First West Virginia; the Third.
including the Fourteenth Minnesota, Second
Ohio and First Pennsylvania. 1t was $3.50
o'clock when the brigades reached the field.
and it was $3.50 o'clock when the men
marched off. Nine thousand men in line
looked like a big army to a man unaccus-
toned to witnessing such maneuvers. Cen
eral Poland's division was complimented bv
the major general. The brigadier is regard
ed as a very fine soldier, and a very fine
gentleman with it. There is considerable
need of a division hospital, preparations for
the establishment of which are now under
way. Maj. Fred Charlton of IndiananoIis
is at the head of the division medical de-
partment, and have been informed that the
surgeon in charge of Camp Thomas has
taken a liking TO him on account of his
skill and bearing. 1t is probable that whom
permanent assignments are made Major
Charlton will be higher in rank than a reei-
mental surgeon.
The d-and-fifty-eighth had few
cases of sickness yesterday An anpIicstion
is to be made for the discharge Of one mar
in Company l. on account of disability.
request has gone up the line ASKING
permission for Major Rich's battalion ~
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