Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-02
OUR BOYS IN CAMP.
Co. E, 18th Regiment. Camp
Hastings.


predecessors. Everyone is taking a
rest, no setting mp exercises this morn
ing and no drill, only general review
this evening. Even the cooks are tax
ing a rest, coffee being the only thing
prepared today We are eating the
contents of the barrels and boxes which
our kind friends in Butler sent and
which arrived Saturday We are not
going in on "a feast or famine" pro
ceedure but intend TO make the good
things last as long as possible Butler
county butter and the many kinds OF
delicious homemade preserves are in
deed welcome improvements to dry
bread or hardtack
Among the contributors to our store
or goodthings were VIM. Walker and
wife. r. p. Scott, w c. Thompson, Miss
Black. Mrs. w. D. Brandon, ]. B
Mechling, C n Boyd, J. s. Wick, Alf
Wick, n. B. Jacobs, J. n. Stewart, J.
n Hyle, Wm Colbert, Adam Kamerer
c. G. Christy, w Albert. c. A. Hite
Wm Kirkpatrick, L. S McJunkln,
Andrew Brymer, Phil Heines, G. c
Stewart. J. r. Lindsey, r. c. McAboy
S. d. Miller. VIM McClung, Thos
Bester H D Byerly, J. y. Moore, j.
o Martin, G. Wilson Miller, Col
Thompson, Rev. Limburg, and W. ii.
Goehring, the old veteran. There we're
many other packages which were not
marked with the names Of the donors,
but all contributors known and un-
known TO Co E,have the sincere thanks
of the whole company. By the time
| this is published resolutions formally
expressing our thanks to the givers and
appreciation of the gifts viii without
doubt be unanimously adopted.
Thursday last Cos. E and G, or the
greater portions of them, were on pro-
| vost guard Capt McJunkin was pro-
vost officer for the day. At night the
guards at the quartermasters depart
| ment and storage cars and the Chau-
tauqua grounds were given loaded
| cartridges and those at the little build
ing known as Chautauqua Postoffice
were armed with loaded revolvers also
However neither roaming beast nor
| marauding man required their use.
On Friday Jack Thompson returned
from Butler, with balls and bats and
many stories of his trip. He also had a
| box of homemade candy which he dis
| tributed. He seemed little confused
about the candy, sometimes he would
| say it was from his girl and sometimes
from the '9S girls of High School Are
all the '9S girls his girls? To our base
ball armament we have added gloves,
mask, and more bats. We have had
two battles with CO. G and worsted the
| enemy badly in both. q is not in our
| class when it comes to baseball. Poney
Moore, McFann, McCandless, Graham,
Smith, Buckhaiter, Mcintyre, Thomp-
son, Allshouse, Livingstone, Will Fab
er, Armstrong, Sam Scott and your
scribe compose Els team Roessing and
| Adams are our star umpires. A game
will be played with the Cavalry, Dec
| Grafton Day. OF course we all feel dis
| sapointed that Memorial Day is at hand
| and none of Co E can boast that his
grave is to be decorated.
Saturday Capt McJunkin received a
| check from the State for $1346, IS, Co.
| Els pay. We are glad to say that near
/ ly two thirds of this amount goes by
check direct to Butler, go if our friends
| at home do send us small mountains of
good things. we can send them a little
| cold cash in return. One thing we
| thought hardly fair although Adjutant
| Gen. Stewart sent an explanatory letter,
we signed the payroll for fifteen days
| and were paid for only thirteen.
At guardmount this morning out of
| Co. Els detail of six men, Roessing and
Ritter were selected as orderlies and
Mckee as color guard, which speaks
volumes for the soldierly appearance Of
our boys There were about forty in
| the guard to select from. Gen. Miles
is now member of Co. E. He is a
Scotch terrier, full of fight, and has
whipped Dewey of g and Sampson of
d. Little Will Sutton led him about
by string Memorial Day.
Several members of Co. + who are
SONS of veterans of the Rebellion are at
Lebanon today taking part in Memorial
| services there. This morning three
companies OF the 18TH, (E was not one
! of tnem) made raid through the woods
on the mountain northwest of us to
capture some speakeasies which We're
| alleged to be operating there. About
three hours later they returned very
| tired and without any captives.
This afternoon we burned all the
| brush and rubbish that had accumulat
| ed between camp and the railroad.
This was necessary as a sanitary pre-
caution and adds greatly to the appear
| ance of the place. Capt. McJunkin is
| regimental officer of the day and he
| sees that the camp is policed properly.
AT guardmount this morning Fred
Shelter was selected as orderly.
| Glen Hutchinson of Butler is with
| Co. II of the 18th, and Claude Ziegler
| of the South Side is with Co. & of the
| 18th. Hal. L. Plante who was with Co.
| E last year is now in q of the 14th.
| Will Heron, who has relatives in But
Ter, is in the 10th Regmt., now on its
| way to the Philippines. Harry Morrison
II ,rx ~ L. ;c%n l,
| Co. ID of Clarion.
Rev. Worrel of the Second Presby-
terian church is visiting us. this after
noon.
At this writing the ballgame between
Z and the Cavalry is in progress, the
score tied, to in the sixth inning
JOS Heinemans coaching is the feature
We are badly handicapped by the alb
sence Of McFann, Smith and Scott.
TUEsDAY-The ball game last eve
ming was won by Co E, II 10 10 When
the Troop boys went to bat in the ninth
inning the score was II to 4 against
them. BY hard hitting they made six
runs and had a man ON second when
| the last man struck out
We continued our Memorial Day
celebration of burning brush, etc, this
morning and our camp is now a model
of cleanliness.
Rev. Worrel spoke in the Y. NJ. G. A.
tent last evening and will make another
address this evening to all in general
and Co. E in particular.
Last Sunday Chaplains Long of the
18th. Burnet of the 18th, and Hays held
Memorial services in the big pavilion in
the Chautauqua grounds. The boys are
making good use of the hymn hooks
and literature presented by Prof Mack
ey. A very pretty little volume en-
| titled Daily Food" was presented to
each member of Co. E by the W. G. T.
| U. and Protected Home Circle Of But
Ter. The book contains two verses from
| the Bible and one from hymn for each
day in the year.
| Capt. II. II. Cummings, of Tideoute,
| Pa, came over from Harrisburg this
morning to see his son Charles He is
attending the Republican State Con
vention. We expect other Republican
visitors during the next few days.
| Shortly after dinner, Newton Black,
one of Butler county's State delegates,
| found his way into Co f : street. Later
in the afternoon Mrs A. T. Scott, the
| Lieutenant's wife, arrived
We have just come in from our
| monthly-pay muster-in, something new
10 us all, officers and men On the last
| day of each month each regiment will
be paraded and inspected by its com
| manding officers, after which each man
will si0n the uayrolI We NAV not he