The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-25
MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS
The VERSATILE Pen Of Mr.. Bower De
scribees The Speed with which a
Military CamDE Moved and
Depicts lnG Scenes
from Lookout
Mountain.
CAMP THOMAS, CHICKAMAUGA

| SAMP IHoMAS, ClllCkAMAuGA,
August 10, 1898.
EDITOR Posi- Moving Il mill
tary camp is one of the most inter
esting sights incident to army life.
When the order was received for the
Fifth to move, everything was
hustle and excitement, but not con-
fusion. An hour before Reveille
(4:3O) some of the men werealready
packing up valued belongings.
After morning mess all the tent pegs
in the regiment were pulled, and a
man was stationed at each pole. The
camp presented its normal appear
ance-a sen of tents. But at the
one long note of the bugle, what a
change! In one instant where be-
fore had beenthe habitations ofthir-
teen hundred men, there now appear
ed a broad, flat eXpansc of canvas.
Within ten minutes every tent was
rolled up and being loaded upon
wagons; within an hour all the
mems belongings, the tentsand camp
accessions were moved to the new
site; within two hours the men were
looking out upon new company
streets from beneath their tents at Il
point two miles distant from the old
location. A wonderful example OF
the perfection of military life.
The soIdiersarc well pleased with
their new location. The camp is
situated upon Il knoll, with the
ground sloping either way from Re
gimcnlal Headquarters. The air is
purer, the sanitary conditions are
better, and everything tends to cut
down the sick list.
Never, since the grand review nj
the close of the civil war, was there
SO magnificent and impressive n re-
view Of American soldiers as that
which took place ON Wednesday,
August eighteenth. General Brcc-
kinridgc then reviewed the largest
and best cquipped army that has
marched under "Old Glory" for
Il generation, and probably for
a generation to come. Al eight
o'clock the General reviewed the
troops. As he and his staff passed
from regiment to regiment, their
presence was hailed with music.
Then began the march in review.
The cavalry led the way. Thous-
. sands of horsemen passed the stand
with lines without single break
then golloping off the field at double
time. After them camethe lumber
ing artillery, a display of mighty
power. The infantry made up the
greater part of the procession. For
hours the soldiers went marching by
in company front in almost perfect
ahgnment. Truly, it was grand
display, showing how the United
States could in Il few short months
show to the world an army excelled
by none. This magnificent army
was probably together for the last
time. Perhaps even before this meets
the eyes of your readers, the regi-
ments will be scattered, some to
their homes, some to other camping
grounds, others to garrison duty in
some distant cline.
Every one who visits Clicka-
mauga, course pays visit to Old
Lookout Mountain. Soldiers, who
are so fortunate as toreceive permits,
often spend a few hours upon its
summit. The writer was among the
lucky ones andspent a brief hour up
on the grand old mountain. The
summit is reached by gravity rail-
roads-inclines No. / and No. 2.
TIE inclines are marvels of human
ingenuity. The cars run up the
bluff almost perpendicularly. In
cline No. 2 is the sleeper, the grade
at one point being 81 feet in 100.
After reaching the summit Lookout