The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-24
COMPANY L, TWELFTH.
Some Interesting Camp Gossip About
the Sons of Veterans.


Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe
CAMP THOMAS, Ca, July 20-At present
all the boys are on the qui vive, hoping and
expecting to be called upon for the Porto
Rico invasion Maj. Gen. Brooke returned
from Washington last night and before this
goes to press we Will know whether or not
we are to go. If the Twelfth Minnesota does
go, The o be will hear from Company
l. as often as possible
Yesterday was exceedingly warm, and while
We we're at company drill Capt. Henninger
rested us in the shade Of couple of apple
trees, and spying some watermelons for sale
a short distance away. he bought enough Of
them to treat the whole company. We hope
1t will happen that way often.
Guard detail for today: Privates Schlechta
Bailey, Brown, Gaylord and Wynacht; in
charge of quarters, Corporal Clarke.
Guard detail July 81: Privates Martin,
Classen, johnson. Hawkinson and Puver.
Lieut. DAILY left yesterday on seven days.
leave OF absence He will spend the time
on Lookout mountain.
Private Stefens. our genial German Spanish
recruit, who talks six different languages, Is
sick in quarters today, and some of the boys
ish Np'--
Roy Marsden, our baby volunteer, is in re-
eeipt Of letter from-we won't say where,
but Roy must have been writing some very
nice letters, for in the letter of which we
speak, she tells him she will marry him as
soon as he returns home. Now. Roy!
Corporal Johnston must have made a hit
somewhere, because somebody writes that she
has been having pleasant dreams of him.
wonder what makes our non-commissioned
Officers so hard to wake UP in the morning?
Private Steffens says he can not see how
castor oil is ever going to cure him of ma
larlal fever.
Sergeant Gregg sleeps eleven hours a day
and then keeps poor old Clarke awake half
the night, because he can't sleep himself
Private Grandma Smith has bought cot
to sleep on and says he would be happy If
Corporal Bauman would quit hiding his pipe.
The quartermaster issued straw to the COM
pany yesterday and everybody slept on a
soft bed last night except Sergeant Gregg,
and he rolled out onto the floor. He woke up
this morning singing 'Massa's on the Cold.
Cold Ground"
Everybody Is splitting cotton these days.
They closed up our regimental canteen and
all you can hear now is: "Oh, how dry I
am.
If Hoffman don't quit kicking, Red Allen
says he will start football team with Art
as captain.
Private Caulield expects box of good
things from home today and Sergeant Bar
Der says he is going to move over to Csul-
fields tent.
to Puerto Rico whether the Twelfth goes OF
not.
Won't somebody send Gregg ten cents. He
has not shaved for three weeks.
We are being inspected today by the medi-
go to Puerto Ricofor not.
The l. ompanysboys are making some fine
scores on the range these days, in fact we
lead the ThiRd battalion on high scores.
Capt. Henlinger and First Sergeant Shirk
were out shooting again the other day. They
searched for that same old log.
Lieut.. Drake range officer now during
the absence of Lieut. DAILY.
Artiicer Silver seems to be having varied
luck. He got kicked by mule and now he
says his an9eetite is failing him since the
The Following were the scores made by the
Company Li1firrg squad today: Corporals
Bauman 40svClaraee SO, Privates Silver 81.
Myers 26, Hoffman, %, Marsden Is, johnson
oy,d Kan
Second Cook Harry Block says he hopes we
will go somewhere pretty soon. but prefers
Minnesota. That comes from hts looking at
that photograph 30 often.
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