The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-23
CAMP LETTER.
News From the Boys in Tents at Camp
Alger,

Alger,
Dunn Loring, Aug. 22-Thinking that it
may interest many of the HERALD readers
send you the routine of our camp life. 1t
is as follows: 5:15 a. m, call for revele
$50, roll call 5:45, breakfast 6:15, police
and sick call 6;3O, drill school of company
7:30, recall from drill $. guard mount; $50,
drill school of battalion ; 0:3O, recall from
battalion drill 10, company drill, aiming
and pointing; H. recall II, dinner 8 p. m.
dress parade $3.50, supper 8, roll call 9:l5
call to quarters; $3.50, taps.
The secend battalion Of the sth Regt.
marched to Dunn Loring on Friday instead
Of having the usual drill.
Co. i was out on fatigue duty yesterday,
making roads for the teams to haul out
supplies and tents.
1t begins to look rs though we will have a
prolonged stay at Dunn Loring. 1t is rumored
that the water supply is not sufficient for the
two divisions at Middetown. More wells
will have to be bored,
The probability OF being mustered out is
the main question among the boys 1t seems
to he equally divided in our regiment. About
half the boys want to go for garrison duty
and the rest want to be mustered out of
service.
The changing of guard mount from 6:3O in
the evening to in the morning was good
move and all the boys are satisfied with it.
/ The regular weekly inspection was held in
our regiment on Saturday morning, at ten
O'Clock, and passed with the usual good
| records
Three months ago last Thursday we ar
rived in Virginia and the boys are hoping for
a change to some other place.
Major General Butler having been com
missoned to go to Cuba, Brigader General
Goblin takes his place. Col. Hoffman takes
Gen. Goblin place as brigade commander,
while Lieut. Col Watts assumes charge Of
the regiment
Brown duck fatigue trousers have been
issued to all the members of the sth Regt
They are much cooler than the blue ones.
We expect to receive coats of the same
material in few days. Some of the boys
are well supplied, having two blue uniforms
and the fatigue suit.
All the Shenandoah boys are well and en-
joyng camp life.
Lieut.. Lishman returned to camp last even
ing. He was home on a nine.day furlough.
Tent No. 4, occupied by Corporal Hopkins,
Privates James, Troutman and Gibson, was
the scene of festivities Saturday evening.
Ferd. Gibson having returned to camp after
spending seven.day furlough at home, he
brought with him 75 pounds of baggage, in
Guiding cake fruit, cigars and many other
delicacies. Talk about your good time If
we hadn't one that night nobody ever had
one We are all right for a few days again.
! Ferd. has the record now of bringing more
provisions back to camp than any member of
the company. He had to hire a team to haul
them to camp.
James Manley returned to camp on Friday
evening and says he had a good time while
on furlough. He is anxious to see the HER
AID when it comes to camp.
Corporal Hopkins is anxious to go to Cuba,
and would have been delighted to go while
the fighting was ON.
Grant Troutman receives quite a lot of
mail these days He received four one day
and five the next. Grant has quite few
friends.
Steve Lindenmuth received a box of pro-
visions on Saturday evening and John Fogel
also got one. 1t was delivered by Ferd.
Gibson.
The Shenandoah boys are glad to see so
many recruits going from their town, but
would have been better pleased if the recruits
had gone out three months earlier.
Private James Gibbons should have been
an orderly ON Wednesday. He presented IA
fine appearance on guard mount.
Tent No. 4 held picnic ON Sunday.
Priyates James and Gibson went over to the
18th Pa. Regt and invited privates william
G. Bees and Harry Gwynn, and John Baker
of Co. II to attend it, which they did. We
would have been pleased to have the parties
who sent the provisions and fruit with us to
enjoy them.
Our colored cook is a good man and the
boys are pleased with his line of cooking.
Private William ID. Williams was on water
detail yesterday. 1t is no snap, is it, Will :
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