, 1898-07-16
TIL" TROUGH NECKs"
LETTER FROM THE TORREY
TROOPERS IN CAMP AT
JACKSONVILLE,
All the Wounded Are Doing Well
Kind Treatment Received on the
Trip to the South-The Regiment
Makes a Fine Showing on Parade
Pleasant Weather Experienced.
Camp Cuba Ltbre,
Panama Park, Fla,

Panama Park, Fla,
July 10, 1898.
Editor Laramie Republican.
Sir: Please accept a few lines from
the Torrey trough necks."
This is the Sabbath and the boys are
enjoying a few days rest after several
days Of hard drilling and police duty.
Some got regimental passes n went
to Jacksonville to see the town and
people, some went swimming and fish
ing, some crossed the st. Johns river
to view the country on the other side
and to, perhaps, find a melon patch OF
peach orchard without a guard, while a
few stayed in camp and took a nap or
exchanged stories with a trooper of
some other company. And, too, some
members of each troop, remembering |
the homage due our Maker, repaired to
a shady spot near the regimental head
quarters tent and attended the divine
services held by our chaplain, Rev.
Golden.
OF the boys who were left in the hos
pital at Tupelo, Miss, after the rail-
road accident, George r. Gardner and
William Grosvenor have been with us
for some time and doing their share Of
duty; Joseph Aaron is still on sick re-
port but is with us and nearly ready
for duty: Jake Farr, John Schenck and
Hiram F. (Jack) Davis are in the regi-
mental hospital here and doing we'll
and are able to come. with the aid Of
crutches, to see us every day or so and
expect to be out of the hospital and
with us in a few days. Jack" Davis
was slightly out of humor when he
read the account Of the accident in
The Republican and saw his name
among the %unknowns.
Charles w. Gilmore, our troop quar-
termaster sergeant. got struck on the
ankle by his horse while trying to
mount him in deep water in the river.
while in bathing, soon after we wen
into camp here. and has beer in the
hospital since, but is doing well and
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A few OF the boys have been on the
sick list for a day OF two at a time, us
ually the result of an overfeed OF water
melons or some fruit they we're not
used to. Aside from this everybody is
in excellent health.
While the boys are glad that our first
lieutenant. Herbert j.. Brees, SO sue
cessfully passed his examination for
a lieutenancy in the regular army. yet
the knowledge that we are liable to lose
him in the neal future has brought in
to prominence his splendid military
training and ability. And there is
scarce a trooper in the company but
has expressed deep regret for the loss
1t will be to the troop when he leaves
us, and Captain Stanton. although he
has himself, as one writer has paid him
the compliment to say, taken to mill
tary life as a luck ITO water, and thor
oughly recognizes Second Lieutenant
NJ. F. Knadler's ability. yet he has sew
eral times drawn long, deep breaths
and wondered just how things would
move when he had lost the ever-ready
advice and assistance Of his first lieu
tenant. And the possibility Of Lieu
tenant Brees leaving us brings another
sore point to view. Most Of our own
boys would like very much to have
Second Lieutenant NJ. F. Knadler for
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geants for second lieutenant when
Lieutenant Brees leaves us. But &C
rording to army regulations the va
cancy will have to be filled by the
ranking second lieutenant of the regi-
ment.
Although slightly out OF date, I can
hardly resist the temptation of making
some slight mention of our trip from
Fort D. A. Russell here. All through
Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois.
at every city, town and side track, We
were greeted with the utmost enthusi-
asm and kindness by every one, by the
little girls with flowers and bouquets,
the young ladies' with smiles, hatpins,
ribbons and once in a while a lock Of
hair or a SLY kiss, the gray haired moth
ers who had perhaps sent a boy to the
front, the small boy who shouted him
self hoarse, and the gray-haired vet
eran who ofttimes stood at attention
with barred head until our train had
passed, we were most enthusiastically
received. And all Through the eouth,
although it was not with the same en-
ergetic enthusiasm we received in the
north, we were well and kindly receiv-
ed. And after the accident at Tupelo,
the people there showed us that they