Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-03

to wear, so they were allowed to veal
the corp badge. The men of the bat
TALON wear a red stripe. diagOnally
across each sleeve. which indicates thai
they have seen service outside the
States.
The major says he Is much pleased
with the way the people Of Savannah
treated himself and command, and will
| ever have "a warm regard for them.
II was very sorry that the report
| spread about that we were thought to
be lost, on our return from cuba, We
knew when we started that we would
be detained several days in quarantine.
| 1t was on account Of the oversight OF
some officers in cuba that it was not
reported to the war department that
| we had sailed. The department was
wiring 10 Cuba to see what had become
Of us. when the officer there should
have reported our departure. We were
in quarantine three days. 1t was there
that took cold while waiting for our
clothes to be disinfected"
One of the privates showed the Journal
a coat and cape that had been disinfect-
ed. 1t seems they fold the clothes and
put them into small retorts into which
steam that was filled with sulphur fumes
was turned. The whole was AT 225 degrees
OF heat, so that every particle of the
clothing was dsnfected. II Is next to
impossible to work out the creases from
the clothes after having gone through
that process.
The men in part wore karkhi trousers.
as that is what they had when they went
TO Cuba The nobby soldier, 50 they say,
is thing unknown in Cuba, as il il too
hot for him to attempt TO keep very clean
or neat. During the last OF their stay in
Savannah IL was very cold. and conse
quently they are not greatly affected by
their present change In the atmosphere.
The souvenirs they bring home Will be
scattered all over the State and there will
be enough that every family in the
State should have one. Major NewcOmb
brought a few that he prizes. He has
two l0-inch shot dug from a river bank
near Savannah, that were fired by the
Federal ships In a well-known engage
ment In 1862 Then he has mimic balls
his last engagement in his famous march
To the sea. He visited the Maine. on the |
celebrated anniversary day, and has SOU
venirs of that ship. He SAYS she is fast |
sinking into the mud of the harbor.
Among other things that he picked up |
are two Masonic emblems that he found |
In "A pawn shop in Havana. One is large
charm and the other il a copper piece |
that was evidently the souvenir OF some |
Masonic event In Spain. lie says they |
were doubtless stolen by someone and |
sold. The souvenir vendors ask great !
prices for their goods. believing when |
they see any American soldiers that they 1
have found something easy"
Many young man was happy, Sunday 1
night. in the thought thar he had reached I
home at last. ana many another SIN has !
the pleasure 10 go through. within few |
days. Major Newcomb Will remain In /
Augusta few days before going to his /
home in Eastport.
In consideration ~ the above facts, the |
following dispatch clipped from the Bos- |
ton Sunday Journal loses much OF it, |
truthfulness and news value. and might /
be- styled an April Fool joke:
Washington, April THE date far the |
mastering out OF the 1st Maine Heavy /
Artillery. which has recently arrived at |
Savannah. from Cuba. cannot be stated. |
II is said AZ the war department that n /
depends on the length Of the retention ]
OF the artillery In quarantine AZ Sayan- /
nah.