Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-27
COMPANY E news
VERMONT OUT Posi- CAMP.
CKICKAMAUGA PARK, GA.
July 23, '9S.

Yesterday morning we received orders
to pack up and 20 on out post duty for
four days, so here we are after march
OF about two miles in heavy marching
order, camped near the southwest cor
ner of the park.
1t was given out the day before that
the officers felt quite sure that the First
Vermont would take part in the Porto
Rican expedition. The news was re-
ceived with satisfaction throughout the
regiment and with much more satisfac-
ton when we learned that it might be
within the next ten days. The boys are
getting trek of the life here as there is
not enough excitement, They are anx-
ious to see active service and the sooner
the better.
So, when the orders came to 90 on
out post duty it was welcomed by all
and the preparations for going seemed
like leaving the park for good, conse-
quently the boys were in good spirits
and during the work the cry, of " On
to Porto Rico" could be heard among
the numerous other expressions, so that
it really seemed for short time that we
were at last going to take part in the
present war, but after being again
camped the Spaniards are as few as
they were at the old camp.
We left camp with Co. ID about l
o'clock, each man carrying gun, belt,
hayersack, canteen, poncho, blanket
and shelter tent. AS the march was
short every man felt like work when we
arrived at our new camp ground, and in
ten minutes all the puppy tents were
up. These little "dog houses" we
find, are not quite so convenient as the
tents we use at the old camp, as they
are just large enough for two men
When the two sections are together the
height of the tent is about three feet
In fair weather they are all right, as
there is plenty of room outside; bu
when it rains we'll, we won't get wet
as we have the rubber blankets, simply
draw our feet in a little. I suppose j
might be we'll to mention what ou
duties are. They are numerous, bll
the principal are to keep all soldier
I without passes inside the park and It
look -out for and arrest all . moonshin
ers = found trying to enter the park wit
s their whiskey. The guards that wer
( here before we came caught several
altho one escaped, the shot fired at hin
!: by one of the sentinels went Wild, bu
5 a stray .razor back happened to be j
range so stopped the bullet from dom
4 further harm.
: 1t takes whole company for sentll
s els. Co. ID, went on duty at 2:30 YES
{ terday afternoon so at 2:3o this af'e'
3 noon we take hand at it, while the
|: have twenty-four hours rest before ID
9 next tour.
5 The camp is very nicely situated in
e GROVE. about 100 feet from the highwa
8 and very close to fine sprlng' ="
s own the whole place as no one Is allow
Il ed to pass without our PERMISSION
: Several enterprising southerners nav
erected shanties nearby, where the
have for sale almost anything one coul
wish for. Some one asked Private ga,
hue this morning when he cra"l'
from his tent where he had been sln'
our arrival and why he had not pee
out doing his share of the cleaning ]"
"Oh. he said. II have been IN II
doc tent all the time, they just took
nv dog collar and let me out.
In order to appreciate the joke y(
should see the tents; one might VT
think they were kennels.
The only thing we feel sorry ABOUT
that we are only detailed for fouf ia.
We wish it were for more as we onJ
- thc life much better than thal w
old camp.
pr;va,es Thurston and Fisher wish
thank Melcher & lIadley through
TELEGRAM for the money sent 'hein a.
. assure them that they appreciate 'n
)l kindness. ,.
In note clipped from the rec ! l.
and printed in the TELEGRAM u S'"' w
that Lieut.. Col Mimms had been aps'
s from duty. Iwish to state '"'' n''
- Col. Minus has been in camp "D''o
has had command, except one EVEN
spcnt at Lookout Mountain as '"e -
IS ,be Tennessee State Bar assocla''
Col Mimms responded to lhe ~
..The Vermont Bar at home anu
ield.' NV II pJTKIN