The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-07

INA volunteer Infantry, Camp Cuba
Libre, Panama Park, Fla, October
Our camp is storm. swept. Tents
arc down, dining halls. that were
built yesterday ore wrecked, limbs
and trees are falling and blowing in
evofy direction, and tho storm is
even now in full blast
All day yesterday the rain foil and
tho wind blew, and throughout the
night the wind increased in violence
till ely morning, when tho storm
broke full upon us. For hours tho
wind has been bowling and the rain
falling in torrents, and there is no
indication Of abatement. Tho cook
ing apartments of every company arc
in torrible condition, and tho cooks
were barely able to boil a littlo coffee
to serve with hardtack to tho mon.
The Sd division hospital is in
fearful plight. Tents are blown
away, and trees have fallen, and are
falling, in every direction. Tue hum
dreds of sick soldiers are being
looked after today by thousands of
people willing to render any assist.
ance in their powor to protect tho
sick, the dead and tho dying from
the fury Of the storm. Strong ropes
are being fastened to tho tcnt poles,
the other ends being tied to long tent
pins driven woll into the Garth, in tho
hope of saving tho tents, but with all
Of this there are scores Of the canvas
hospitals boing blown away like so
many rags. The storm driven ram
almost cuts into the flesh of the faco
and hands, and ones eyes arc almost
blinded, and the scene at the hospital
tents is heart rending. Tho hun
dreds of women nurses and thousands
Of soldier boys are doing all in hui
man power to protect the unfortu,
nate sick from the fierce storm, while
over and anon rush must bo mado
to move tho sick from the place
where their tent has just boen carried
away by tho wind. Privatcs, cor.
poraIs, sergeants, lieutonants, cap
tains, ma ajors, colonels and oven Gen.
q Barkley arc working sido by side to
make secure the hospital tonts that
& are loft.
Not regiment has boon spared,
but in every street there aro wrecked
tents and thoro is every indication of
n renewed 1ierccness in tho storm
In fact, notice has just been received
from headquarters that tho worst of
the storm will not arrive till late this
afternoon or tonight. If this predic-
ton prove true thon there will bo
few if any tents loft intact.
r. There aro no sentinel lines today.
Anyone may cross any limo at any
s. time, but ono must encounter the
binding rain and the hoavy gale. I
've just paid visit to tho near by
ia mo GSIts. Where yesterday stood
Ieglmel. ~rea.rrettiest regimentnl camps
Ione of tho rv "H,~ corps--tho 4th Iii,
in the 7th arm. o"' amain not half
a dozen tents, but hoi ~tly. c,r,od to
q piece of white canvas Wl,."A .,tvcs,
tree and clinging to limb HisVory +
assembly or church tont in tho d'v'S'
ion is down, probably owing to their
great sizo.
Not only the tents Of tho prlv"tes'
but those of tho officers as woll, were
wrecked. At Gen. Barkloy's ho"d-
quarters, Col. Hardoman's and others'
tho tents have gono down before tho
gale. Major Eavea was abod when
his tent was blown away. Lieut..
Sullivan's tent is down. ChaPla'i'
Murray's little dwelling hns boon
swept away, whilo scores OF Others IN
our regiment have boon as unfortu'
,ate. Commisaary tents in nearly
every street have been destroyed
4 and rstions aro exposed to tho wealth
or Whilo several accidents have
been reported, I have heard OF b'
ono with fatal results. I visited on
neiohboring regiment, tho 1Glst In
6 diana, and found that in tho h'"V
list of accidents there tho S'rgo"'
Major of tho regiment had boon k'lle