The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-21
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in the sole task of keeping cool. Sleep
ing was the favorite employment, but
quite a few sought the neighboring
woods and lounged about some shady
nook with only enough clothes on to
keep them out of Jail. Even Colonel
Coursen and Chaplain Stahl went
about without coat or vest, and the
newly commissioned officers, but this
will not be believed, did not wear epau-
letted coats more than half the day.
GENERAL GRAHAM IN CHARGE
Tomorrow morning Major General
Graham, who was today officially or
dered to the Second corps, will take
charge of the camp. He will be as
sisted by Brigadier Generals Elliston
and Gunther. The Twelfth and Sixth
Pennsylvania arrived this morning
and are quartered on the same side Of
the field as the other two Keystone
regiments.
The Sixty-ffth New York and Sixth
Illinois and First New Jersey came in
this afternoon, swelling the population
of the camp to over 5000. A can
teen," under government supervision,
has been established on the grounds.
Beer is the strongest beverage that is
allowed to be sold and, incidentally, it
is the weakest that is bought.
one must make journey on a troop
train to appreciate the patriotic en-
thusiasm that overspreads the coun-
try The Thirteenth's trip from Camp
Hastings to Camp Alger was one con-
tnued ovation. The boys were simply
compelled to hang out of the car win
| dows and yell their acknowledgement
of greetings from start to finish.
Dixie, if anything, outdid our own
! state in the matter of enthusiasm.
! Just across the Mason and Dixon line
| in Maryland country school teacher
! who in some way heard of the coming
of the train had her pupils drawn up
! in a line in front of the school build
| ing armed with flags, which they wav-
ed with accompanying cheers until the
| train was lost to view. At Baltimore,
| owing to the fact no doubt that the
| train came unannounCed there was no
| particular demonstration, but the cas-
ual crowd that happened to be at the
| station at the time gave the boys a
CHEEKY greeting. AS it was it differed
from the reception given another
| Northern regiment on an occasion some
| thirty-seven years ago. Anyhow, the
| Thirteenth would have been Hospitality
received for didn't they ask about
| HuEhcy Jennings, "who is from our
| town."
VISIT FROM GIRLS.
A crowd of several hundred girls who
hraved the shifting trains in the rail
| road yard in Washington where the
soldiers were held up for half an hour
| with u refreshing nOnchalence, passed
down the length of the train shaking
hands with the boys, telling them to
"Eomcmhcr the Maine" and decOrat-
ing them with red. white and blue rib
bnns.They all said they We're coming
out to see the soldiers and bring them
cakes and things. Many of the soldiers
We're minus the cross bars on theil
caps when the train pulled out.
1t was long and weary three miles
from Dunn Loring to the camp. tired
as they were after the long ride anG
the days capcrs and burdened dOwr
with sundry packages in addition tC
the ordinary forty or fifty pounds O
gun, blankets, knapsack, haVersack
canteen and side arms, but the cheers
from the residents along the route, tn,
sightsccrs and the already enCampeC
soldiers who were lolling along thr
road kept up their spirits and KEEP
from their mind a contemplation %
how really worn out they We're. TIL,
pickinninies who fairly swarmed across
the fields and lined the roadside il
Opcn-eyed and open-mOuthed amaze
ment, proved great source of enjoy
ment and interest to the majority o
the boys. who had never before trav
elled a "black district"
The arrival at the camp was a seem
that an appreciative On-looker mus