The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-08
LONG PRAIRIE BOYSSTARVINC
COMPANY K, FOURTEENTH, SICK
FOR WANT OF PROPER FOOD
Globe Special Correspondent Tells
Story of Sickness and Hopeless
ness Brought About by LOati,-
some Food, and Too Little of
That--The Colonel Appealed to
In Vain.

Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
CHICKAMAUGA, Ca, June 3.-The
thermometer registers los degrees in
the shade today, and that, with our
POOR rations, is about all we can stand.
We were promised when we left our
homes and offered our life's blood for
the honor of our country that we
should be well cared for and well fed
We are refused all we want to eat, even
of such as we get.
Yesterday our quartermaster drew
meat that was Fly blown He re-
turned it to the commisary, who plainly
told him that was all he could have
The blows" We're scraped off and the
meat cooked, and the boys ate it raw
enously. Day before yesterday Pri-
Vate HorStman went to the colonel with
his dinner, which consisted of one cup
of coffee and one biscuit. He was no.
titled that he would be punished if he
repeated the act. He is not liable to
do it. as he is now on the sick list, and
unless he gets more to eat he will not
even see starving Cuba.'
First Sergeant Franklin notified the
Heutenants yesterday that he could
not get five sets of tours" to form for
company drill, and that the reason was
that they had nothing to eat" Out
of eighty-one enlisted men Company K
drill this afternoon. The boys say the
cause is nothing to eat
During inspection this morning seven
men from our company fell out of
ranks and tainted. Corporal F. B.
thompson was among the number who
tainted. He is better this afternoon.
Corporal A. S. Hogan, who has been
SICK IN his quarters, paid , out for
necesSarleS to SubSist on last week
over s.. Others among us have "board-
ed themselves" until their funds were
vanished, and now are starving with
the rest
Some Of US (among them myself are
bearing up beneath the aff1iction and
expect to return and tell the people
just how we have been, and are being
used, even if it knocks us out of a
Iuceratlve position to be given by the
present Republican administration of
Minnesota. Sergeants Williams, Jones
ana McN1ece are on the sick list.
Inc boys are looking for a box Of
eatables from friends at Long Prairie.
which will be gladly received
Oh, but wouldn't we raise HI in
trying to drive the Spaniards off
tion.''
We are anxious to leave this place,
and we don't care where we land if
we can be allowed forage" If our
officers were compelled to mess with
us, 1t might possibly cause a good eff
feet
Today noon we received one loaf of
bread, one piece Of meat pork), two
potatoes. one coup of coffee This was
good dinner, but the bread must last
US for three meals. Some of the BOYS
ate all of their bread for dinner 1 did
myself, and will buy of the darkies
what L want until we are furnished
sufficient rations to subsist on. But
most of the boys can't buy-they have
not a cent
This may be termed letter of fault
hndlng, or a lie. but it is true in every
particular, and can be proved by every
private in Company K, and I believe
the. "non-coms'' and commissioned Off
GERS will bear me out in my state
ments, because 1 believe they are men
who love the truth. "a
Capt. Wood, of Company K, Long
Prairie, received his new uniform to-
Gay and now feels like himself again.
He has, not worn shoulder straps since
the Rebellion.