West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-10-20
Down in Tennessee.
How Our First Regiment is Getting
Aleng.

CAMP POLAND. ENoNvTLLE, TENN,
Oct. II. 1S9S -"Everything is quie,
along the Potomac" At the pre>en,
time but little is TRANSPORTING an the
seveu regiments located here. except
the regular routine of drill work. guard
duty and dress parade.
The drills have been Increased in the
last few days aud the companies drill
as much or almost a. much as they did
any time at Chickamauga.
The drst thing in the morning now
after roll-call is squad drill or setting
up" exercise. THIS is a sort OF n calls
emit parts OF tho body. and I o give a
suppleness and elasticity to the mus.
cles. Besides il gives n very goot up.
petite for breakfast which comes
right aftervsrd.
After ''mess' comes the usual com
pany DIR II aud battalion drill aud din
ner. Then regimental drill after din
ner, This program is delightfully."- i'm
terspersed with fatigue duty or "tig'
work a. the ''coous" here put IL.
The last and prettiest work is the
dress parade anu guard mount at A
o'clock. AS an entire company goes
ON guard at "a time now both exercises
combined in one.
The company on guard one day does
provost guard duty in the city the
next
Col. Spillman has been at home at
Parkersburg several weeks on leave OF
absence at the bedside of part OF his
family. In his absence Lieut.. Col.
Smith had command and in his alb
ssnce Major Phil A.. Shaffer.
Pay day has come and gone again
since our last epistle and the BOYS in
blue were made happy for a few DAYS
This is about the only thing that is
really interesting about the whole
thing.
The 1st w. Va, was paid on FRIDAY
and by Sunday IL would probably be
no eNagReration To say tina half of
them were broke. But then that is
part Of a good soldiers life. To have
a good time while he does have the
money is a part of the common PRAYER
book of all. 1.-TWO beers or not two
beer . the way they parody the i'm,
mortal Shakespeare, whether Ills
nobler to suffer the pangs of All out.
rageous thirst or by opposing end it,
or course n small Der get too much
of the worm" product; think they
the town and get run ia by one OF
the five or six hundred ~provosts.
\ new feature of the thing here 1,
the practice marches OF the battalion
in each regiment. Each battalion
marches ten miles put on some road
and back the next day. This is To pur
the ILen in good shape for marching Ia
Cuba. There appears no doubt in tn,
minds of any who keep posted on the
affairs but what the LIST w. Va. will b,
sent to Cuba some time this winter
Al least this is how IL appears to the
men themselves in many cases.
The most important thing is the
moving Of the division from this place
to cities in Georgia. IL is reported
that the movement will begin aboni
October eth. The LIST w. Va, I6Oth
Indiana, and Bird Kentucky will form
tine first brigade Ut the seconI division
in the new order and will go I o Colum
bu-, George. The other regiment.
here will go To Atlanta and Macon.
The st w. Va. and 9th QUO hav,
been brigaded together for a Ions
time and have always gotten along
well together and will be sorry 10 b,
separated. Much good naturcd riyalry
a sprung up between them At times
The 9th did not drill very much for 4
while after coming 20 Knoxville. so the
order came from Adjutaut Louis V
Cdziarc 70 drill more. As the two
regiments are only separated by tn,
dummy line. the West Va. boys wouid
ask acrOss the lines, Tor "a Joke a
course. who said drill ?" Other West
YirginiaDs would answer. Louis v
CaZiarc."
The foot bail team of the First bea,
b Sixth boys twice and The officer.
OF the First bea the officers of thu
sixth playing base ball
The health IL improving rapidly
among The regiments here. :
J. c. GBsON.