The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-01

the cemetery, that all of the funerals
pass here.
Every day we see the procession go
by carrying some poor soldier to his
last resting place. One day we had
three funerals, one of them being two
comrades whose remains lay side by
side in two collins on the came caisson.
Many are they who have given up their
lives for their country and not on the
| battle field either. Privation, expos
ure and bad food are the causes of
these deaths to d great extent.
Our food is of the plainest sort, the
usual meal being beef stew. black cof-
fee and bread. This is varied of course.
but when 1t is considered that this
must be cooked all at one time over
an open fire it will be seen how much
chance there is for it to be not quite
as nice as it should be. Then, too, the
water is fearful. Some of it is so bad
it is almost yellow and there are but
few men here who wouldn't give
good price for drink of water fresh
from the pipes in Salt Lake.
THE HOSPITALS.
The hospitals are filled with sick and
tents have had to be utilized for some
of the patients The ladies of the Red
Cross society have realized the need
for more hospital room and a large
frame one is being built near our camp.
This is being built by the Red Cross
and will be completed in a few days.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.
The boys are having little change
from the steady drill in the afternoon.
Instead of drilling in the afternoon we
are usually formed in column and
marched along the beach or visiting
some points of interest. The other day
Lieutenant Stacey took US to Fort
Point and thence around the beach for
quite a distance and back to camp. 1t
was very interesting trip and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
We have one or two men in the bat
terry who. with their ready wit and hui
NOR, always keep the men laughing.
There is a happy crowd in one of the
tents and that place is always in a
turmoil. They call their tent the bear
den" and have nicknamed themselves
accordingly. One is known throughout
the camp as the painter" another the
reptile" the scorpion" etc. Each
one answers to the name as readily as
by his own name.
The other evening the PAINTER" gang
went TO town. They strolled into a
music hall where a girl was singing
on the stage. One of the gang walked
straight down the aisle, and, taking
a position in front of the girl, began.
sole survivor of Custah's last fight,
an Use bad man. 1 was bornd on a
sand bar. and nussed by a COW whale"
The girl on the stage broke into a fit
of uncomfortable laughter and had to
leave the stage. while the audience
laughed and aDDlauded until the place
was in an uproar
This same man, who is a born wag.
says that when he gets out of the
army the first thing he will do is to
stay out all night, just to be in bed at
taps. The next night he is going to
burn a light all night to get even for
having to put his lights out now at 8
o'clock. He says he has become so
that he hates the trumpet worse than
poison ever since it began to wake him
UP in the morning. I'm fact" he says,
Il hate it so bad l wake up in the mid
die of the night to hate it," But he is
the iolliest man in camp, and always
cheers us up with his fun.
CHRIS .LUND ADMIRED.
We are now thoroughly clothed, and
the battery makes fine appearance in
line. Every man has his leggings,
trousers, blouses, hats, overcoats, etc.
Sergeant Lund. our six and a half foot
chief of section, makes a fine looking
soldier in his new uniform. The girls
about here look with wonder and adj
miration Ucon the TALL well DEVELOPED
soldier in red stripes. chevrons and blue
clothes. It amuses the big, goOd-na-
tured sergeant to see~b little woman of
five feet glance slyly IN at him in
amazement as he passes. But Lund is
basheul fellow, and is never seen in
the company of anyone but men.
We have no equipment whatever, AMI
it looks nownas if we are not to have
any! But NOW that peace is practically
assured and fighting is no more re-
CURED 1--WE will bless the day We shi0
away, from the regular army, o.
a c. ALLEN,
Sergeant Battery C, Utah Volunteer
Artillery