The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-06
THE SECOND REGIMENT.

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The South Carolina Boys Arc Camp
ed at Augusta-COl Jones Talkt
interestingly OF Cuban Experience
| The Second South Carolina regiment
| has returned from Cuba and is now Gu
camped at Augusta, where they will
be mustered out Of :he service. The
quarantine authorities OF Savannah
refused to let the regiment camp there
fearing yellow fever germs.
| The Carollnians are receiving much
attention at Camp Mackenzie, and the
Augusta ladies visit the camp every
day.
J Many OF tho men have interesting
stories to tell OF their life in Cuba and
| they have many souvenirs, such as par
| rots, photographs and several Cuban
| boys. One Of tho men has curiosity
IL skull taken from the Havana ccmC.
| tory.
Companies A, b, G and d wcro mus
tered in On the 18th OF May, under the
first call for troops, as Il separate bat
TALON under command Of Lit. Col.
Thompson. Under the second call tw o
more battaliOns were formed, and the
three were mustered in as q regiment
on August "a.
ITO regiment was assigned to the
Seventh army corps and has been in
camp near Havana, where they arrived
on January llth. The fold and stan
officers are rs follows: Col. Willie
Jones, Columbia; Lieut.. Col. Henry
II. Thompson, Darlington Maj. Have
lock caves, Bamberg; Maj. Julius j.
WAGNER, Charleston Nj. l. Haselden
Marion, adjutant; G. G. Sullivan, An
derson, quartcrmaster Jas. E. P0ore,
n OF a Mt -
~. Muir .ay, Beaufort, chaplain.
Col. Willie Jones was interviewed
while in Savannah by representative
Of the Morning News, and among other
things he Is reported as follows:
When he arrived in Savannah he
was astounded to find that his regiment
would be mustered out at Augusta.
He had received orders at Havana from
bis commanding general to proceed to
Savannah to be mustered out. When
he found that some OF lis men had al
ready gone to Augusta, aud had not
stopped in Savannah at all he was sur
prised. On looking up Col. Belljnger,
the depot Quartermastcr, he was ap-
made in the original plan and that his
regiment was one Of those that would
be mustered out at Augusta.
lie and all his officers and men are
glad to get back TO this country, and
the whole regiment is happy in the
thought OF being soon mustered out
Col. Jones said he would ask tho war
department to give his officers and men
furlongha until such time Sc the ar
engagements for muster out can be com
pletcd. He is anxious to sec them all
allowed to go to their homes as soon rs
possible, and secs no reason why they
SlNfI1 Il f<N,
month or so that will elapse before
they can be discharged.
While the Second South Carolina
has been in Cuba, the principal object
OF officers and men has been to fight of
disease, and in this way WAS very sue
cessful. There were but two deaths oil
the while the command w;.S away,
which was about three months. Every
possible sanitary prccaution taken, and
the officers were looking as kecnly to
the preservation OF the health Of the
men as wero tho surgeons.
The Colonel was greatly impre essed
with the country, but Of its people he
does not think so highly. He says the
Spaniards with whom the officers and
| men came in contact we're found 8
much fiucr set than the Cubans. The
Spaniards seemed to like the Amcri
cans better, and there could be NJ
question but that the Americans liket
the Spaniards better than they did The
| Cubans.
Col. Jones says there need mover be
any fear that the Cubans will fight thi:
country. And it will not be love, be
says that will keep them from it, but
fear. They have too sincere respec,
for the prowess Of tho American army
to think Of bringing on hostilities, and
any fighting they may have will be
among themselves.
The fertility Of tho soil was one
thing that impressed the Colonel par
ticularly. He says crops of potatoes
arc raised in forty days the year round
and that the growth Of plants is some.
thing wonderful.