Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-21
COMPANY E NEWS
From Chickamauga
CAMP THOMAS, LYTLE, Ga,
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our life at Camp from day to day that
there hasn't been much to write about |
that would be of interest to the people |
of Barre as you all know the duties we
have to perform, the way we live and
through the pictures recently shown in
the TELEGRAM about how we are sit
uated. In the picture of the Co. street |
it looks like the most inviting place |
imaginable but think if you were in
our places the first two weeks would
think about the opposite, as it takes
about that time to become acclimated.
Afterward every thing is lovely as far
as the weather is concerned only OF
course the frosts are few and far be-
tween but the days when the thermone-
ter registers 104 in our tents are many.
If it were not for the dryness of the air
and the steady warm weather it would
be almost unbearable.
The Vermont Boys are standing it as
we'll if not better than the other regi-
ments in the park as the cases of ex-
haustion are very few even on the long
marches. During the Brigade review
of yesterday afternoon the number who
fell out of the Sth N. Y, and Sd. Tenn.
was above the hundred mark, while
there were none from the 1st Vt. But
there were some on returning to the
street who realized that they had, had
"scorcher" and did not feel like taking
another before "tea" at least.
The cool pleasant evenings however
refresh the boys making them feel like
new the next morning, ready for anoth-
er days work.
In regard to the food, it is as good as
we could ask for at this time but not
what we would expect at home. The
only fault we can find with it is in re-
gard to its cooking which is not quite
up to the standard not that l mean to
find fault with our cooks, for that can
/ not do as they are doing the best they
know how, but unfortunately they are
not professionals at the business so at
times we have "scorched" (as he calls
it) rice, or oatmeal think if nothing
happens we will have genuine "Coon"
cook this week. No one will appreciate
him more than the present "force" at
the "mcss house" as it is anything but
a pleasant duty working over fire
when it is 1O4 in the shade.
Through our kind friends at Barre
and the profit from the cantecn (Which
was one hundred dollars for each Co..
last week) we have great many ex-
} tras so at present we are getting good
wholesome food
There seems to be quite little in
the papers about typhoid fever raging
in the park, but this can not be as there
are only so cases in the park where
there are about sixty thousand men.
There are few cases in the 1st Vt. but
they are all mild and those afflicted are
l getting along nicely. 1t is said that il
was caused by the impure drinking wa
ter that has been brought into camp
I from the outside springs, this has beer
| stopped. Now the water from Chicka
b mauga creek is used for all purposes
! that used for cooking being filtered once
l. and that for drinking goes through al
: absolutely germ ploof filter twice eacl
Co. having one barrel for cooking ant
one balrell for drinking, so that here
after there can be no danger from tha
source. As far as the location of tn
camp is concerned it would be hard t.
find one better.
Today Sunday has been an excep
tionally quiet day there having been n
drills, but perhaps more so on accour
Vi of the heat. Most of the day has beel
~, spent in the shade, on our cots, Ga
,S ,s article which nearly all of us have sup
=, piled ourselves with since payday
IA IA and one that is much more comfortabl
- then sleeping on the soft side of til
ground
II Priv. G. who in one of his visits
le the 81 Tenn. Regt. a few nights AZ
III II" happened to step or rather fall into on
81 of their mess-house sinks is OF the OPT
ion that he very much preferes clean'
&c water to bath in.
IN "Father' is the 'whole thing" no
it as he is Breg. Gen. Colby's orderly al
e. II II few days will be in the saddle.
C. Priv. Bruce of Co. II. is not so far b
hind as he is Gen. Wades Mounted {
W derby. The positions are good as lol
an as they can hold them down.
Ike Capt Badger was officer of the d'
OH Yesterday, Lieut.. Carswell is comman
nd er of the Guard today.
Tomorrow we have another sha
see bat tie, including practice at throwi
up entertainments at which Capt. Ba
so GER will act at Bat. Major,
,ve 1t is reported that the LIST Corps
Gen. Brooks army are to be the bac
bone of the Porto Rican exhibition, Il
does not not include the 1st. vt. as
AN are in the Sd. it is also reported that
" are to be transferred to the 1st. but it
not official. We are all in hopes thai
will materialize as we are anxious
'ect see actual service.
ers Belts, scabbards, cantecns and hav
!. sacks were issued today, it looks
though we were going somewhere
if they keep up the good work at Gu