Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-31

" AZ. who were not at
M .:s..s:.s.:s7s:s all unwilling 1t
was the start of Names quota unde.'
the second call. to the front, where it
will form part of the army that, by
its size and presence, will keep peace
now that another army has brought
about that peace.
1T was just a week from the time
that the first orders to be in readiness
to depart for the South were received,
that the command got under way. Or
sders were received from the war de-
spartment, Saturday, October %, to hold
themselves in readiness for immediate
departure for Savannah, Ga, and the
orders said the further orders would
probably be sent to march on Monday
as they would be wanted to board the
transport in Boston for New York
Tuesday. All haste was made to be in
readiness. and had the orders arrived
TO go at the time first stated, the bat
teries would have been all ready. Btu
the orders did not come, and day after
day passed until Thursday, when il
was learned that the troops would
start, Saturday morning.
The train had been in readiness for
being made up. since Thursday noon
Gu thara would ha M 6alav on tbic lin,
The men at home were summoned, and
ON Friday night, all went to bed with
a thankfulness that they have not felt
before in months. Some are still far
from being satisfied at staying in the
service, though they will not ask to be
discharged. Yet they said if they
were to stay in the service, they would
rather be somewhere else than in Au-
gusta. Augusta is a good place, they
say, and they like the kind, obligins
people here, but it became monotonous
at last
1t was announced that the train
would leave Augusta little before or
little after the regular 10 O'Clock
train. This was taken as pretty sure
sign that it would be little after, as
there is no telling what will have to dc
done in the great amount of work that
devolves in moving all the tentage and
the like.
| Ttha mon aroca at their usual hour ir
the morning, and after a breakfast
rolled up their blankets and other be-
longings in their blanket rolls. All was
piled outside the tents, and down came
the tents leaving a barren field WIZ
nothing but the floors to mark tne
place where they had been.
! Ouartermaster Dutton and his as
sistants were busy men from earl!
morning. They had the teams ready
for use, and these teams were KEEP
busy hauling from the supply house
the articles that had not hitherto beer
sent down, and also the tents. 1t was
a greater task than one would imagine
The battery clerks and wagoners were
at the platform of the Maine Contra
Railroad off Bridge street. where TN
baggage cars were located, and as
sisted in slowing away the articles
They filled the two large baggage car
about as full as they could be packed
and the packing was not finished unt'
but very few minutes before the tran
pulled out.
Trainmaster S. c. Manley was II
the city to superintend the operations
and everything went as smoothly d
clock work.
The batteries marched to the station
arriving at little past 10 ociocf
Battery A led the parade with 6@'
teries C, d and B following in ordei
They were marched down Winthro
street to Water street, back up OAK |
Commercial street. BY this time tn
cars were ready. and the embarkatlo
began From that time until Ia:
when the train pulled out, were III
scenes repeated that were seen In ma!
Battery A took along $50 men an
four officers, Captain H. G. Crocke1
commanding: Battery B had 80 me
and two officers. Captain Frank
! Hume commanding, Lieutenant Waid
being the adiutant of the battalion
i Battery C had 80 men and one office
1st Lieutenant William c. Whitne
being in command. Captain JeWe