Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-11-05
K oNDIKe VS.. KENTUCKY.
sh,udih soldiers S ~ Here Seal SKINS
Will Not Be Prtvd.d.
But 1nr 1rurs ARE POOR CONSOLATION.


Special correspondence
Camp Bamiitn Ky., O5t. 3i.-Since
the last dteagu eablA co d snap swept
over the entire south the pfVsprcls OF on, /
removed fr1m here hays increased, aud
we are daily anticipating an order to
'uU>O.fu, NsuiOs pafa uh pu's calirhte
The reasons Tor our retention here has
been on account OF the yellow fever
epidtmic further south. anu II seems 10
be the intention OF toe authOritits al
Washington TO use the greatest prtcau
tions aud are waiting until all quaran-
iue restrictions have been removed from
the various infected districts before they
and us Ia n hotter cline.
OF coutse the citizens Of Lexington
are persistently advocating the establish
mant Ut y permanent camp here. Which
enhances the possibility OF a fixed post
oring made cue Of the camp Ia the ueaf
future. They have started a subscription
10 erect quart. ~ to accomplish this end.
On last Wednesday evening the bri-
gade generals OF tue various regim nts
left Tor the south to select soms place for
onr winter habitaliOn. At Atlanta they
took separate routes TO their respective
points 10 look over the ground, and their
| ,tuurts have been already forwarded 10
Washington. A detachment OF pioneer
eurps will follow a. sOOn IA The locations
are made 10 do the i%nitiatoTy work before
we regiments are moved.
The troops are becoming impatient
and restless under this SUSPENSE, aud
would gladly welcome a change, not
withdrawing the fact that there ~ a lot
Of hard Worn attached TO establishing a
new post.
A NUMBER Of the boys Of the Second
Missouri have their fatigue hats adorned
with lettering, which run about as
follows: "Chickamaugua Land aud
Improvement Company; Pneumonia
PatR;' "kheumatic hOute,' etc on
account OF the labor they expended Ia
identifying aud removing all stones
nOm that park. Now the nrst battalion
Il the third Engineer Corps, who Aft
expert wofkmcn lu bridge construction,
road making and graiiug, nave been
uttiizsd like n gank Of Chinese cOllleB Ia
transforming a dilapitated farm In
NoOifod county, near the high bridge
On the ChickRmauga n Ohio ia this
state into a model park. The boys OF the
tirst Territorial who have never been
used 10 hard labOfiOus work are GRIM
aug and bearing this ordeal like veterans,
~tthOut the aid OF any liniment or
yOOae grease that IL usually prescribed
I for sore Joints, lame backs aud spralns
snow fell ON last Wednesday, the hrit
II the season, accompanied by a drizzllng
rain, which penetrated 10 the very mar.
row Of ones bones, making ua ali sigh
and weep for our New Mexico home
I aud, weil-fOr those dear girls who "a
WAYS have the room warm when we call
IN he evening. the order for the "5ib.
! 10y" stoves was evidently cOuntermanded,
. AZ they have not arrived, and the bOys
Ontented themselves on hat day 10y
rolling up In blankets, u la klondike,
lnd hibeTnating until the u made its
appearance.
ftidly morning the skg was clear, hu,
IL was cold outside, for "A henyy frost had
fallen during the night An order was
4 read Thursday evening AZ retreat u tnt
fleet that II FTiday's weather would
p permit, the camp OF the First Territorial
would be moved TO the north OF the third
9 Mississippi, near the railroad, which wa
II carried Uut. Our new location IL more
ilsyated, the company streets are mtrI
=. level, and the spot selected Is a vast i'm
u pr0yement over the Old one. This wal
done through thu advice OF the surg con
and physicians, a. they claimed that q
10 Old camp was responsible for the increa'l
OF patients In he hospital from TIM
regiment. A rot OF hard work was nece
= sMy for this liz hing floors, leyeling o.
me ground. digging cess pools, duyinl
,tage pins and erecting tents-0Ot III.
4ntiTe outfit was In ship shape" By
nightfall. some OF the boys looked liz
' iecTepit old men next nothing, sadly u
lepd Vt erutches.
Colonel McCOrd has again gone 4
Warrington on some official business
g. Your writer was Ia error, ~ were nj
The newspaper correspondents, about hi
githdravai from the service, on hia for
70 msr visit TO the capital.
~ The wal Investigating commission AL
D. rived In Lexington 90 day, composed O
no rnly three members-GeneTal Dodge, pre-
!" siding %oiiser; Colonel Sexton and Dl
e Gonnor. What its duties or labOrs ar
10 can only be learned through the "inne
circle"
A telegram was received yesterday iro1
re Surgeon General Sternberg ordering
90 hospital train TO Camp Hamilton 20 r.
move the sick 10 Camp Thomas. Thi
Oh ,igniaes that we are about TO begin N
y, lrst chapter OF a book entitled "Sendin
ii. SANS Soldiers South"
The members OF this regiment are fas
= gaining q reputation for drilling wit
ID iTms, and their appearance on dress pa
a. rade and battalion drill often excite
comment and wOnderment from visitor
On these occasions. Some "tenderfOOt
Is- scribe drew on his imagination and ella
re lied ns IA 'uuciyllizsd and Ia.
al irilled.' The "Big -Four" territories wi
have cause 10 feel proud OF their yOluI
vi teers before VT are mustered out.
y, NOTES.
Charley Mcdonald. who was detailed