Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-20
COMP ANY ( news
From Chickamauga
Especial Correspondenceo
WEDNESDAY,, June


WEDNESDAY,, June 10.
The people of Barre will think lnal
all my letters are a"kick" on one 'i'il'S
or another but do not mean them 10 DC
for we are not always kicking, but some
times we have good reasons for 1t Is SO
let it 90, as l think you all want 10
know Just how we are getting along anu
what we are doing. Once III Il WINE
we have occasion for llickimg-so thal IS
one reason why you get it through my
letters. But as | said before it is mol
always so and this is one OF the Few
DAYS when we have no kicking to 40 as
we have had three very good meals ana
have had very little work to do.
This morning after a general cleaning
up we had a very short drill, as we haa
another hard shower. The ground was
too wet for good drill work. This after
noon we had no drill, but about O'Clock
the Co. was "Fcll in for inspection
preparatory for the general inspection
which we expect to have tomorrow
morning at $50. Most of the day
has been taken up by a general "clcan
up" of street, tents, uniforms, guns etc
and fitting uniforms TO those who need
ed them, when we are fully equipped
we will have the following, a few things
we did not expect. Two pairs of shoes,
three pairs of stockings, two sets of I'M
derwear, complete two blue flannel shirts
two pairs of blue trousers, one blouse,
one campaign hat, one suit brown duck,
one pair of leggins, new haversacks and
canteens, two wool blankets, one blan-
kct BAG, one rubber poucho, new over
coats, one meat can, besides guns, belts
etc.
1t looks very much as though we were
TO 90 somewhere before long and think
as general thing the boys will be very
we'll pleased they are getting tired of
staying here as the life is very monoto-
nous They will be glad to get Eat them
but think the reason for their feeling
50 is that the prospects for going home
will be better, that is, if the Spaniards
leave enough of US to 60 home.
Since Sunday the weather has been
more like Vermont weather. cloudy
rainy and cool, it having raincd every
day, and the ground is so we'll soaked
tnat it would be some time before it
would be as dry and dusty as it was
before the rain if we should have no
more but it looks as though we were to
have this kind of weather for some time
vet. We wont complain if it does as all
the tents are well trenched and inside it
is as comfortable as we could ask for.
Some of the Companies are providing
themselves with board floors and as soon
as that happy day pay day comes |
think Co. f will spend little of their
money for the same. The lumber and
nails for tent costs but Sl.25 but at
present we could not buy the nails say
nothing abonl the lumber. But we eX-
pcct our state pay this week and the
pay from Uncle Sam about the LIST of
July SO if everything goes on smoothly
until then we will have money to burn.
Uncle sam has the reputation of feed
ing and clothing his soldiers better than
any nation in the world we can't say
anything in his favor about "feetling'
but from the abeve list you can Judge
for yourselves that we are well clothed
or will be soon.
: Lieut.. Meaker was Commar Ter of
the Guard yesterday.
Nearly all of us have been vaccina.ud
and some of the boys have "petr arm.
One brave soldier boy of Co. G. thought
it was the dollars DR.. Hamilton was
after and that he would be very likely
to loose an arm if he was yaccinatcd so
when the operation was completed, he
thought he would be smarter than the
others so he placed some tobacco on his
arm but the Doctor happened to notice
him and called him back and vaccinated
him on his right arm and put his arm
in plaster paris cast and sent him to
the guard house for seven hours at the
end of which time he was to return and
have the cast removed but he was his
own adviser so during the day he re-
moved it himself as result he is to be
put at "hard labor" for Is days. |
think the rest of lis will obey orders as
we much prefer one sore arm to two, as
he will have.
We expect a "coon cook tomorrow
to relieve the boys who have done so
well for us. They have decided that
they had rather drill than cook rs it is
a little two "hot'' for them and they are
willing TO have the "coon" take the
kicking for while. w. Ii. PITKIN.