The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-16

cackey pants and feel much cooler
IN day time and sleep all right at
night.
The water is very bad and not
fit to drink. We can now realize
mlias good water is to 81 person,
We often say (the Pickens, boys,)
II wish l had a drink Of water out
OF McFall'S we'll"
1t has not rained here but very
little since we have been hero, but
from what the settlers say, itwon't
be long before we will have rain
| all the time. 1t is very disgusting
lAero in rainy weather. About two
foot of the ground Oh top is rcd
looking dirt and when it gets wet
it Is 80 stlckey that wo can hardly
walk. We gsnorally carry about
five or ten pounds around on our
feet while tho ground is wet or
damp. Corn is tGSEcl;ng and vcgc-
tables arc licking fine. We can
get tomatoes, beets, lettuce, cab
bago, beans. molora, etc., any day
wo want any Of them, and they are
nice. This is a very busy timo OF
tho year with the furmers and
thay are making Hood use Of the
time, by working soyen days 81
week. They don't stop for Sun
day.
1t makos us feel very Qaeer to
soc unclvilized people liks thesc,
plowing every day, but dent guess
thoy know any batter. There is {.
great deal Of sickness among the
7th army corps boys Several cases
Of yellow fcvor and smallpox.
Tho Second S. G. Regiment is hav-
ing remarkably good health SO far.
The boys all have vacoinatcd arms
now and are in quarters. Our
Colonel told us yesterday we would
DO back in America by March and
tho boys arc very iuhilant over
the long wished for news. Our re-
tions are very short. Wo need
moro TO eat. T. cargo Of rofriger-
ntcd beef shipped from tho United
States for IT'S arrived yesterday and
WAS condemned, but wo often eat
auch just tho samo. Another
Eagan deal in view [ suppose.
Mr.. Jennings, our Company
Quorter0as rSergeunt, docs all
hs can for his boys, bias they will
aomo grumblo any how. N!r. Jen-
niugs makes d good {" artermas-
ter
Pay day is near 40 hand.
Sampson's fleet 10 in Havana
harbor anchored. We arc going
over to see tho battlsships soon
and tako in MORO Castle. We
arc afraid to travel nrouMd much
on account oE yellow fever and
smallpox.
We do nos havo var7 muah work
and drilling to do. We were re-
viewed by Gems. Lee and Keifer
last week. Our regiment madc Il
very respect, bic showing.
We have some very rough times
! trying to talk to these UUbans.
| Some words wu can understand
such as An"rl@a!io, for Americans,
a!!d E5pAH", for Spanish, &C., il
is r.Al funny to hear q crowd Of
thtsn talking to each other.
Wo SEQ u paper from thore once
in about month. We wiah you
all woH!d send somo of us pickons
boys paper az wo certainly ap.
picsinte it. Wa have State pnpsra
every day. Our efficient Litut Col.
tnnmpscn Is very i'll, to the regret
OF many.
~ Cuban amy OF abnut 5000 iwsn,
! under, Gen. Gomez, will be re-
viewed by our General some time
! this week. The CHbans arc doing
ali the hardest work for us araund
on rour camps. There is a fine
opening here now for American in,
uN:try. Many Americans arc daily
arriving her" looking around. II
less t'ian two years, this will be
al entirely different country.
Many things are very high hsro.
Such as clothing, kerosene oil.
and syrup. Fruits very cheap.
AS 'tis very noar lncss tlmo [
will close. Hope to he in A,norica
soon and be mustered out il the
wlsh and EARNEST desire Of about
$1,000 soldiers hero. With succsss
10 tho journal am very
Truly Yours,
WALTER 0. HESTER.
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