The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-22
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March 18th, 1899.

M X. GDlTOR: mOuudy mOIuluS
June 9th, 1898, there assembled
! in the Court House yard of your
beautiful little city,. what is now
known as Company, B, End West
Virginia Vol. Inf. surrounded by
parents, relatives and friends, with
the rain pouring down in torrents.
ready to march TO the train that
was to carry them to Charleston to
be mustered into the service of the
United States. Many sad hearts
and few dry eyes were there upon
this occasion, and some will be sad
der still when we return and their
loved ones are not with US, as death
has claimed four from our ranks
since we were organized, but those
who have been more fortunate will
no doubt receives royal welcome,
and the memory of those who have
been called by the Supreme Com
mander to the portals beyond hu-
man power will ever be cherished
with that love and esteem of all
who knew them.
We have received orders TO be
mustered out on the 10th day of
April, and mastering officer has
already commenced upon the books
of the different companies, to bal
ance up their accounts, but he will
not have much trouble with the
books of Company B, as Captain
Howard and his efficient clerk,
Chas. p. Kraft, have the best set of
books of any regiment or company
at Greenville, and every thing re-
ceived by our gallant commander is
accounted for; and the boys of the
whole regiment give Capt. w. III.
Howard the praise of being the
best and most efficient captain. in
the regiment, and you can often
hear the remark, wish l was in
his company.
The seasons have been very mild
in this section heretofore, and the
old residents say this past winter
has been an exception, and think
it must have been, for l never saw
such weather in all my life-rain,
snow, sleet and mud-why you
could often see empty wagons with
four mules hitched to them stalled
on Main street, the wagon sunk in
the mud up around the wagon bed,
and the mules backs just visible.
There has been a great deal of
sickness here among tho soldiers,
especially the 9Th Massachusetts,.
They have lost ten men the past
week with pneumonia and fever, but
at the present time tho disease
seems TO have abated
Company b has no ono sick either
in the hospital or in quarters.
Some of the boys have slight colds,
but are doing duty, SO you sec we
nre in good shape. l was over to
see the boys today, and certainly
enjoyed my short visit-it seemed
like going home. [ have been at
Division Headquarters for about
five weeks. like it very much
over here. We have most excellent
officers, and the boys from the
2O1st New York, 2O3d New York,
9TH Massachusetts and 4th New
Jersey are all gentlemen and very
kind and sociable and we have gay
time. There are five from the End
w. Va, Regiment at these head
quarters.
The Third Battalion of the End
w. Va, have been on provost guard
for about a week, and Friday night
they had quite time. There has
been some bad feeling between the
2O3rd New York and our regiment
ever since we first met at Camp
Meade, but more especially since
our comrade, Frank Mugridge, WAS
shot by one of them. They had
tried upon several occasions to
bluff out our boys but in the rough
and tumble fights that took place
the boys from the little Mountain
State was too much for them, and
made them fly for their camp upon
more than one occasion, but Fri
day night they came down in force
and went to what we call saloon"
in our State, but "bottIing house"
here, a trough house" and tried to
whip out the guard that was placed
there to keep peace. The guard
told them to keep quiet, and in re-
turn received the most vile names
they could call him, and hit him
with beer bottle and tried to take