Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-31
CAMP POWERS.
First Maine Volunteers Will Have
80 Days FurIough.
First Drills Show Effects Of Disease Sick
Men Dolss Nicely.

Camp Powers were made happy, Tues
day. by the joyful news that they were
to be soon sent home on furlough for
30 days. There was general rejoicing
among the men. For the last two
/ weeks Tuesday has been remarkably
pleasant day to the men. last week
they receiving the news that they were
\ to be allowed to go home. Next week
will be awaited anxiously awaited by
the men to see il they are still fortu-
nate.
Colonel Kendall received Geographic
orders. Tuesday afternoon. from Adju-
tant General H. c.. Corbin that the
war department had decided to grant
the men a 80 days furlough and that
they were to be allowed to so to their
homes as soon as practicable. 1t will
lake the quartermaster and other OFF,
4 GERS Of the regiment about 10 days, or
possibly more. to prepare to leave.
/ The orders from the department
state that guard shall be left to pro-
tect the regimental property. The size
of the guard has not been decided upon
by Colonel Kendall but it will be COM
manded by captain and will be Of
\ sufficient strength to see that none of
the property is carried away. It has
not been decided whether or not the
camp will be broken or the tents al
lowed to stand. In all probability it
! will remain as it Is.
1t is expected that the men will re-
ceive their last months pay before
leaving for their homes and when they
return to be mustered out all there will
| remain to be done will be to settle for
| their time in September and the Is
cents which is allowed them every day
for rations while they are on furlough.
1t will be tried to have the furloughs
for the regiment date from the day
that the men who came North on the
first hospital train would report for
duty and the men who came on the
second train will be granted additional
furloughs to. cover the time they
should report to the regiment and the
time the regiment will assemble for
mastering out.
The men were in hopes that they
would be sent home this week so that
they could be at home for Sunday and
as they found out that it would take
several days to prepare to leave camp
many of the enlisted men made appli-
cations for the furloughs to go home
over Sunday. In the majority of cases
'tthe requests were denied as the orders
only allow five men to be absent from
each company and those five are taken
from the old guard.
The weather of Tuesday was much
more pleasant to the men than the ex-
tremely cold weather of Sunday and
Monday. The men were perfectly
comfortable in the hot breezes of Tues
day as they were not nearly so hot as
those they have been used to. While
the people of Augusta who visited the
camp were complaining of the heat the
men were really enjoying themselves
and thought that Maine was an ideal
country to live in.
The cold weather brought out the
malarial and those who have not been
taken with it now are reasonably sure
that they will not have it. In any of
the men had it in their system and
were bound to come down with 1t the
cold weather would certainly have de-
veloped it, There are number of men
who are ill and will probably have a
touch of analarial before they get home,
still the physicians do not look for an
alarming increase in the number of
malarial patients.
There were II men in the hospital,
Tuesday, and IS were being treated In
quarters which was a large number,
more than have been treated by the
| reS1mentai OIhcerS. lueTe are lc"
cases of typhoid and while none are
particularly dangerous at the present
time, they may develop in a few days.
The majority Of the men who are being
treated in quarters are Ill with colds
and diarrhea which was brought on by
the radical change of climate and the
cool winds which they have endured
for the past two days.
The Augusta ladies have been par
ticularly kind to. and considerate OF
the men in hospital. They have been
very liberal in sending chicken broth
and beef tea and also jellies and other
delicacies which the sick men are In
need of. There is no surplus supply In
the hospital Of sheets, and nightshirts
, pillow cases and pajamas and the hos
u pital officials are in hopes that before
the present supply becomes exhausted
7, the hospital aid societies in the vari.