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close. The rife shooting. too. was very rood.
TT WASN'T A conrFoRrAnrE TRIP.

Nebraska regiment. There was in no case tn
sharp discipline necessary to make the men a
comfortable as they could have been made
The men were not made to keep either thei
quarters or themselves clean. and the trans
ports were in a wretched condition when the
got here. 1 thought the Australia was a dis
grace. Compared with a wnrship she was be
yond description. but the Australia was almos
a cruiser in comparison with the China. Their
was loud complaint about the rations al
around. and ON the China it extended ever
to the officers. most OF whom signed q resolu.
ton not to pay the price agreed upon with tht
steamship company. because the food was sc
bad. The ZeRlRndiR developed an interesting
situation for DR.. Ruthers. an old New Yorker
who came out as Acting Assistant Surgeon. and
wears q. 8. on his collar. The doctoris a Dem.
ocrat and he doesn't deny IL. Also he pro.
claims himself a patriot He says he was in.
strumentali in raising the New York regiment
which is known as the Hath Of Brooklyn. He
declared one day on the Zealandia that John
Browns Body was not n national air. and that
John Brown was not a martyr but a murder
er. who was hanged Justly for his crime.
Thereupon, as DR.. Rnthers tells il, Col. Hawkins
had the regiment drawn up on deck and adj
dressed them to tho effect that DIR. Ruthers
was a traitor. adding that in '6l-,65 they had a
great many such in the North. The Tenth
Pennsylvania il reported to be one of the crack
National Guard regiments OF the country. but
DR.. Ruthers 10 not impressed with the disci-
pline which will permit n Colonel to go through
such a performance. So he replied to Col. Haw-
kins; he says that IL he were a traitor he
should be court-martialled and shot. not pub
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All day SUNDAY WORK went on rapidly IN get
ting ready TO land the troops ana put them in
camp. Asusual.l 1t was found That the stores had
oeeh loaueu on the shlps IN hlt-or-mlss. heiter-
Ske1tef lashlon. so that l6 was almost lmpos-
slble to get at what was most needed. In one
case IL was ammunltlon, IN another one KIND
OF stores. in another another. Much stun that
was not wanted had TO be handled twice in
order to get other stun that was needed. Gen.
Greene went with Gen. Anderson to inspect
the campground and get some notion or the
country around 1t. Yesterday morning cascos
we're sent alongside the China early. and the
men OF the FIRST Iolorado anu thelr eaulpaRe
and supplies were loaded on them. IL
TOOK until well into the afternoon TO
get the lighters ready torthelrt Trip TO the shore.
The men took LOO rounds OF ammunition. ntty
IN their belts. and fifteen days rations. Ii was
well along IN the afternoon when the hapido
pulled away from the emma Win the whole
First Coiorado In low In cascos. Inc little pro-
cession steamed stralGht Tor the oeach oppo-
site the camp OF the California boys. but the
tloe mad gone out ana the cascos Couldn't
cross the par nttle water as tney draw.
IL was almost lark by TINS Tune and
Cele "no No. en"nce u setlinE anytnlnH
samnans and fancos cama ont and tool, the
officers and some of the men ashore. hut for
most of the man IL was a simple case of wade
The watar was warm and nor daap and tbara
WIS no particular discomfort in the vadinR. but
Il was wet "a wpter usually is. and there was
no chance TO get dry. Also there was no chance
70 make coffee orcook supper. Water thew had
in their canteens. and their blankets were in
rolls ON their backs. Back in the field. where
II was comparatiyeIy dry. they went. and on
their arms they slept. Il was beginning
soldier life in earnest. but the Colorado
men were used to il. Most of them had
seen harder service in the big Leadville strike.
Inst TO remind them Of old times in the noun
tains. it raiued in the night. Sometimes it
d-izzles here. sometimes it makes believe.
sometimes IL showers. and then again 1t rains.
Wben il rains there ia a business-like charac-
Ter about the dowupour that recalls stories of
A rarat and the most ancient s~hipbuiIder. How
aver. none of the Colorado boys was drowned or
ioated into the bay. and this morning they felt
Al GOOD that straiRhtway two comuanies
I'M almost to the insurRent trenches
md established their picket lines in sight Of
he spapish works. 1t gave them a comforting
md bomelike feeling to be able to hear the
occasional pinR-yang of a bullet.
This morning the second battallon Oh the
california went AWAY IN -" cascos
behind the hapido. Father hchinnon went
o disconsolate. he had Just got the iittie
chapel opposite ~qua hNed up IN proper
.hape' and he tancied that ne was 10 nave some
'eace. at least for a rev days AS the tow ar
lived along toward the peach opposlte the
amp a signal went up on the olympia. Inc
3oston answered. and presently she got her
Inchor and steamed along coward the point aG
which the hap1dO was aiming. Inc American