The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-17

near, and if our camp is kept policed,
our present camping ground is pre-
ferable to Chickamauga on that ac-
count.
The last reason which l shall give
is very potent one. Bnt two hours
q day are set aside for drill. The five
hours daily observed in this way at
Chickamouga were ennervating.
III tell the people of South Carolina
confdentially that our boys are get
ting powerfully lazy, and they rejoice
at the decrease in the tedium of drill.
So let the people at home be of good
cheer. We are pleasantly situated,
and really are having good time.
Rations were scarce at first, but those
who took fisherman luck are get
ting fat.
The announcement of review no
longer has any terrors for the First
South Carolina Regiment. Since that
famous review on Snodgrass Hill, the
regiment has rather enjoyed the
praises it always receives for its mag
nificent appearance. When we went
to Chickamauga we were called "Rag-
ged Robins and when we left we
were spoken of in higl est terms. Our
fame preceded us to jacksonville, and
our first appearance was looked for
ward to with interest, for much had
been said of us. A weeks demorali-
cation had no bad effect on the regi-
ment, as was shown Thursday after
noon when ordered to be reviewed at
Panama station by Gen. Hubbard.
The review was the finest yet witness
ed in camp.
The regiment left camp at S o'clock,
marching to lively step. The dis
tance of mile was covered quickly
and in good shape. There was pre-
liminary drill witnessed by large
crowds of soldiers from other regi-
ments. Then in double column, com
pany front, each company marched by
the reviewing officer at double quick.
AS each company passed there was
the cadence and step of regulars.
The front rank of thirty or forty men
was as straight as straight line, the
rear rank ditto, and the file closc-s
ditto. One company passed with
credit, another ditto, and every other
ditto. Gen. Hubbard was delighted.
So was his adjutant general, Capt.
Beacon, West Pointer. They said
the review, as whole, was the best
which had yet been witnessed in the
camp. Company D, Capt. Lapgford,
had r.ore men in line than any other.
The offic srs especially complimented
the m.n6 euvers Of this company.
So it seems that we were not over
rated after ell, for our boys were loud
ly cherred as they passed by the hun
dreds of visitors. We get the credit
of having the best regiment in the
park, and, it is related, we are quite
the toast up in Jacksonville.
We saw Gen. Lee to-day. Had he
been riding reindeer we would have
thought he was Santa Claus in Uncle
Sans uniform. He vas sssddle and
we could not see much of him, that is
as to height; we could see great deal
as regards girth. He came riding into
camp just after guard mount, attended
by a young lieutenant. AS soon as
the boys Of Co. G caught sight of him,
they began yelling, and the noise be-
came contagious. By the time he
reached Col. Alston's headquarters, he
was followed by the entire regiment,
yelling wildly. He doffed his hat re-
peatedly. Stopping at the coloners
headquarters he paid his compliments,
but declined to dismount. He turced
to the crowd and said, 'Well, boys,
suppose you want q speech, don't
you?" They shouted assent, but he
jokingly said that war was the time
for action, not speeches, and he would
wait until after the war and he would
come to South Carolina and run for
Congress, making the boys plenty of
speeches. With little more pleas
antry of the same nature he rode on.
Fitzhugh Lee seems to be short of
stature and very stout. He is again
growing his grey beard, and his ruddy
face AID twinkiiDg eyes remind one of
the pictures Of the saint of Yuletide.
And his jolly expression does not
belle his heart, for those who know
him say that he is full of humor and
Of friendship.
Our camp here is being made more
hospitable even than our late home at
Chickamauga. Just about quarter
of mile away is Cummer's Mill. one