The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-01

ing these Major Shailer turned us
back and found quarters for us in an
Opera House and as yet we are still
occupying it as the weather has not
permitted as to strike camp
On Tuesday the boys were taken to
the camp grounds and made to pull
up cotton vines and clear up the
same, and after working all the morn
ing were compelled to walk from the
grounds to the railroad station for
their dinner whore they were greeted
with a couple of hard-tack and a
piece of sour belly and black coffee
and ordered 10 return aid resume
work. The food since our arrival
he's been miserable and not fit for
a dog to eat and great many of the
boys have been Knocking at back
doors in order to get good meal
and the people here are treating us
! very nice but not quite as good as
lour northern friends treated as. Yes
terday we were making our floors
4 Tor tents and intended to strike camp
20 day but upon arising this morn
4 ing we found some of the 3rd's rainy
! weather and consequently we will not
camp for day or so yet. The 18th
Penn'a is now in camp and Co X,
2D2d H. x. are also here and upon
1.-THE grounds, the balance of the lat
] ter regiment having arrived here
about II p M. last night. The Quakers
( and Yorkies seemed to be rather
! nnfriendly and it is anticipated that
4 that there viii be trouble between
then in the near future and as for
+ Old Jersey / guess they can take care
fas .rxxlx- 10 y
4 ders for discharges have been receiv-
ed by Col. Lee for Bert Reid, Frank
Emens, Fred Brewer. John w. Roome
! VIM Yetman, b. B. Wander hoef, and
I Fred Ely, of Company /, but later
rumors are to the effect that the War
department have issued orders not
4 to grant the discharges as hostilities
are about TO be resumed.
\ Of course the last orders suit some
of the boys as theywant to distinguish
4 themselves with their bean shoot
4 ers and in all probability if such is
lfbe case we will have the opportunity
] Of cleaning out our rifle barrels
4 don't suppose you see many Of the
( boys overstaying their furloughs in
4 town now and perhaps none of them
4 will get home until next June at the
! earliest. Several of the bows have
colds but none of them serious In
order to make room in the Opera
! House for our boys several of us are
living in an old store where at one time
/ four people by the name of Snow were
murdered by a negro with Cheese
knife and some of the bows claim to
have heard some funny noises but
Of course we laugh at them. Upon
our arrival we were quite anxious to
sanaple the quality of their corn
4 xhiskey and / am satisfied il the boys
4 want to live they had better leave it
I alone. Orr Northern whiskev is not
into it with the actions "old corn
makes you have. Yesterday ! saw
a fellow who had imbibeG of it a
little too freely and he would cry,
dance, sing, curse. laugh and then
wanted to fight, one after the other.
The Southern people seem to be
queer individuals anyway and no
doubt if we stay here very long that
we will be talking and acting the
same. Maybe we won't live high
when we get paid. Why chickens
only costs about 20c apiece and tur-
keys about 40c.; eggs 10c per doz and
a good Thanksgiving dinner it won't
Guiding Co. g, f, L & /, were to par
ticipate in a peace parade at Allan
ia this month, but the papers of yes
terday states that the parade will not
take place. owing to the
probability of hostilities being
resumed. / have often heard
tell of mothers walking the floor with
their children but last night poor
Dutchie Keller was walking up and
down nursing his rheumatic, arm
whichtroubles him awfully Ireadin the
Freehold papers an account of VIM.
Stillwen being sent to State Prison.
he having failed to pass the examina-
tion at Sea Girt, and some of the boys
seen to think he was better off
than we were, and | don't think
there is much choice.
All of the boys are going to buy
revolver pay day as we understand
that when you call a Southerner a bad
name you want 10 shoot about the
same time and perhaps in most cases
it would be just as well to shoot first.
Ill you see down here is oxen and
mules and good substitutes for John
Burk's rigs. The Government have
about 100 mules here and a number
OF regular army wagons. Feel
ing as though have written enough
at this time, viii close with best re-
CARDS.
Yours Respectfully,
CoRPL. G. b. BARKALOw,
Co. l. 3rd N. J. V. i.