Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-19
OUR BOYS IN CAMP.
Co. T., 18th Regiment, camp
Hastings.

serves that came from Butler cary III
the week also smoking cigars presented
nv Will Morris, the tobacconist. Many
thanks for same.
Wednesday afternoon seventy-hVe
men and three officers of Co Il were
mustered into the L. 5. service as
Pennsylvania volunteers The muster
ing in of the Division began Tuesday
and was finished to-day, conducted by
Major Thompson of the .. S Army
who was formerly in charge OF the
Grove City college battalion. Our prl-
gade and division officers have not as
vet been taken into Z. S. service, ana
Colonel Krepps of the Fifteenth beng
ranking Colonel, was appointed active
commander of the division. Ihis
makes us think ours will be the last
regiment to leave Mt. Gretna. We Will
hardly 20 before our Colonel, and he
will hardly go until everything else is
gone. Wednesday evening Wallace
Rimer, J. S. Dunlap, W. a. starr ana
NJ. s. Davis of the recruits brought out
by Lieutenant Scott and privates Bow
ser, Rundy and A. Graham and corpo-
raj Alden Kamerer started for Butler.
Captain Campbell of Co. T. Grove CITY,
also returned He is veteran of the
Rebellion We were very sorry to
part with our comrades especially with
Corp. Kamerer who was knocked out
by poor eyesight. Harry Mccullough
arrived Wednesday aft. and has been
with us since. Thursday afternoon Joe
Heineman passed around large box OF
fine marshmal,ow caramels. he SAID
they came from his girl. Now all 20.
Z has a sweet remembrance OF that
young lady whoever and wherever she
may be.
We have here a collection of rare
curios called the Irish Mess composed
of Ira Murphy, Howard Hazlett, Roy
MCINTYRE and Robert Adams They
live in'.Boar's Nest No /" and have
their heads shaved Nearly every one
| in the company has had his halr
clipped and is raising whiskers Butler
will see wonderful collection of nous,
taches, sideburns, goatees and fuL
boards when we get home again.
Red" Eckelberger has washed his
| feet and we are no longer troubled by
| bad odors.
Thursday we were thrown into
great commotion by the rumor that the
| ist. 2nd, 3rd, ,4th, 5th, 18th and 10Th regl-
ments had received marching orders
and were to be taken to Tampa Fla. by
water via New York The 4th and
| 10Th struck their tents that afternoon
and marched to the station. 1t was
reported that they would leave at nine
| in the evening No train came for
them and they lay at the station all
| night. all day Friday and are there yet,
| mad enough to mob or lynch any one
on the least provocation There was
| some mistake in those marching orders
| but we don't know how nor where.
| We thought our time to leave old Penn
| sylvania had come and all went to
| writing ''goodby' letters. The canvas
dys in front 9f the atef6te ats f6tef teetse tesef Had5f
| and shipped away, an indication that
our time for leaving Mt. Gretna is not
| far distant.
Yesterday Vance Stroup was orderly.
This morning Ernest Faher was select
ed as regimental orderly and Del
| Hindman as Gen. Wiley's orderly.
| The officers get Dell up at headquarters
| and then make him shave them all.
We signed the pay roll for fifteen days
| pay, our last as guardsmen of Pennsyl-
vania. We don't know VIXEN we will
receive our money This evening Gov.
Hastings reviewed the entire division
Hereafter there will be no brigade or
| division guards, as Gems Wiley and
| Snowden have do further control over
| us.
SUNDAY, MAY 10 Rain fell all
| morning and the sky has been clouded
| all day. Despite the bad weather there
| have been many visitors, among them
George Burckhalter and Loyal McJun-
kin of Butler and Harry Cummings and
Marsh Douthett, formerly of Butler
We are beholden to John S. Jack for
| a supply of tobies. This evening regi
! mental review was held in the mud At
| II this morning the 18th was collected
| in the Y. NJ G. A. tent and Chaplain
Hays conducted services. Before the
sermon Capt McJunkin read the U. 5.
army regulations to us, as Is required
| within six days after enlisting as volun-
teers Under the new organization Ser
geant Vanderlin is quartermaster ser
geant and j. F. Moore is now sixth ser
geant There six sergeants and six cor
porals. Dom Imsen, who was regimen
| tai commissary, is now drum major and
the quartermaster, Lieut.. Perkins has
charge of the grub department. Today
| the 4th and 10th regiments, which have
| been laying at the station in pavilions,
| etc. since Thursday. were hauled away
| to Chickamauga via Pittsburg. Part of
| the 15ths guns were given to the 10th.
| and we will be supplied with new ones
| before leaving.
Saturday came near being bloody
| day in camp Hastings and will be a
\ memorable one to some people. A Pitts
| burg boy named Sields of Co. G.. 18th.
| decided not to enlist and went home be
| fore mastering day The sneers and
| ridicule of his former friends drove him
back to Mt Gretna. He arrived Sat
| urday morning, his old company would
not receive him and in the evening, put
him on rail to carry him out of camp
| in disgrace. Had they gone no farther
| than this all would have been well, but
| they beat him with clubs, pelted him
with stones and tin cans, and kicked
| him about till nearly dead. At last ne
| was rescued from the mob and taken to
| hospital. The other regiments were
| greatly incensed at the hoodlum con
duct of the gallant 18th. The Sth.
and 9th. regiments collected, armed
| InCulStlNeS ititi SlhlbGt lD4 tiAS iyNh -
| quarters to punish Pittsburg's gallant
| pets. The 18th. heard of it and imme-
| diatly armed for battle. One 18th Off
| Ger was seen giving a revolver to prl-
vate. A desperate fight seemed imml-
ment, but the officers stopped the ad-
vancing regiments and ordered them
back to their quarters, which they did.
We are glad to say that no part of the
| 10Th. took part in these unruly proceed
ings. Wa we're ordered to stay in our
company streets and the excitement
gradually died ont.
MONDAY Last evening the Sd left
for Chickamauga Col. Mechling tells
us that seven of our Pennsylvania regi-
ments will be taken to Chickamauga,
four will be sent to various department
communicates along the coast as coast
guards, and four will be sent to Wash
ington, d. C, There are great num-
Der of cars here to haul us away in.
Rain fell all night long and when
euardmount was held this morning ii
was still drilling down. Geo. Burk
halter stayed over with us until today
he remarked this morning that sleeping
in a tent in wet weather was very
cold Job.
Sergeant Andrews visited his brother
in Allentown, Pa, over Sunday, and
Sergt. Collins filled his place while
absent.
Services are held in the Y. NJ. G. y.
tent every evening, they are well at
tended