Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-09

We are all married men now and
some are bigamists, because yesterday
each man here received house wife
from the Red Cross Society of Phlladei-
uhia. The housewife Is n little roll of
cloth containing pins, needles, thread,
buttons. combs. nightcaps, etc,
We now have very credltable or
chestra composed of members of E, G
and r. Some of the Sharon and Grove
CITY boys have guitars and mandolns
with them E's musicians are John
williams who handles a mandolin and
soc Heineman with his flute.
Monday Sunday was warm and
clear. Chaplain HAYS held services un-
der some large trees at ten in the morn
ing. There were many visitors IN camp
among them Joseph Austin and Loyal
McJunkin of Butler Mrs. c. NJ. Helm
eman and Miss Bird H5iueman arrived
for a few days stay at Mt. Gretna.
Capt McJunkin has been called home
or few days by business affairs.
During dress parade Sunday evening
a horse belonging to an 18th othcer
broke loose. and galloped over the par
ade grounds among the crowd and sol
diers, twice dashing through the 10Th
Regmt's line
To day Sergt. Collins and corporal
Jackson form the water detail because
they preferred to lay and snoCZe yester-
dav morning instead of getting up TO
answer morning rollcall
Several of the boys drew shoes from
| the quartermaster department to-day.
| They are nice shoes but seem rather
| Light for soldering Leggings ana shirts
are also being distributed. We are al
| lowed somewhere between $50 and 800
year for clothing, any of it that is moi
used up at the years end will be paid to
us in cash,
Mrs. Lieut. Scott left this afternoon
| intending to stop and visit her mother
at Johnstown before returning to But
Ter. For dinner Sunday Mrs. Scott
made US some first class. coffee Mocha
and Java, which she bought for us her
self
Tuesday-The feature of the day Is
that each man has to cook his own
meals For dinner Monday there Were
| but two pieces OF bread per capita and
at supper time only one piece, but there
was plenty of bean soup prepared at the
latter meal so no one went hungry.
| Naturally there was considerable grow
| ling because there was not more bread.
Some growled at the cook and his help
ers, some at the Commissary, the Quar-
ternaster department and everything
else Cook Livingstone got mad and
| announced that breakfast to-day would
be the last meal that he would prepare
Cornmeal was issued yesterday instead
of bread and all we had for breakfast
was coffee and three pieces of Tried
mush which was very good. At din
nertime each man received half LOAF
| of bread and piece OF raw salt pork
we can get along all right at preparing
our own meals if bread or haFdtack Is
issued and not flour, so We will not
| have to bake our own bread. 1t Is now
said the troubles have been smoothed
over, and the cooks will prepare supper
Jim McClymbnds was color gauro
yesterday.
| Five members of the 18th who were
convicted at court marshal of stealing
a young bull from farmer near camp
were sentenced TO pay for the animal
valued at $50. forfeit ~. 80 piece from
each of their first two months pay anc
to hard labor under gaurd for ten day:
of six hours each during which time
| they are to be feed on bread and water
every other day.
| Co. Z no longer mas the pest base
ball team, we were whipped by A. Of
Erie yesterday II to 4.
Col Mechling returned to Butler fol
few days stay at home.
Sunday evening CO. I of the 18th
left for Alliance o. where they vii
gaurd rife factory. we have no orders
yet.
The following Butler county boys are
with Co. T of Grove City: Sergeant
IC. E. Imbrie C. B. Fuhrer, T. f and j.
H. Bovard and e. F. Thompson all Of
Harrisville; Edward Christley of Slip
peryrock; R. w Fishkorn, Elwood City
T. p Story, Evans City;C. w. Starkey
| Glade Mills; j. NJ. Roth, Prospect. l.
N. Daubenspeck, j. ii. Irwin and Jas
S. Orr.
The three caveiry troops leave Wed
nesday for Virginia.
Ben and John Williams and Eckel
burger are amusing themselves today
by digging big cave to keep company
provisions in.
E. H. NEGLEY.