The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-08
INNINGS Coming Homo.

From Our Soldier Correspondent.
M.,NzANILLO. Cuba. April Give
are coming home and by the time this
letter reaches Wheeling. will have
boarded the transport 70: the good old
United States. and maybe the boys are
not glad To say thsy are glad Is put
ting 1t mildly. they are simply over
joyed and can scarcely wal, unit. theS'
climb aboard tbs boa; and 90 steaminS
out OF the harbor OF Manzanillo. bound
Tor Gods country" We will be only
five days In making The trip. but sup
pose the days will seem like years TO
some Of the boys who are so very an
8ious to get home and see loved ones aid
do the Hobson act to their best girl who
will be right at the depot waiting to see
II Harry. Willie or whoever II might
be. is the game fellow he was when he
went to war q year ago.
We will go Into quarantine for five
or ten days and all clothing. tentage.
etc.. will be thoroughly fun!Sated so rs
TO avoid any liabll,ty o, the regiment
carrying disease Into the. United States.
/ am almost. certain Il will not take
more than fifteen dayG to muster US
out. and before the 1st of June rolls
around Company G. of the Fourth I'm
munes viii b.: home In the good old city
of Wheeling, and glad to shake the
welcoming hands OF our many friends
who will be very glad to see one of the
only two West. Virginia companies that
ever saw service in foreign land.
Company Z, OF our regiment, Is from
Parkersburg.
Whether we will come home in COM
panv or individually. am unable to
say. as many OF the boys are desirouE
OF taking different routes. An attempt
will be made to keep the boys together
and take them home In body, but as
to Its succeeding cannot say.
When we are mustered out We will
have seen almost one gears service In
the army OF Uncle Sam. Our company
has had several men discharged for
disability and other causes. hut we nav:
not lost n man by death since we en-
listed. and the health OF the company
has been very good. The company can
not be beaten In drilling and marksmer-
ship. and they ara q body OF men pos
sessi.S In the highest degree those
qualities which have made the !imerl-
can soldier famous the world over
We will lay aside our rifles and take
up once more the means OF a pcaceablc
livelihood. glad that soldier days are
over. but ever ready and willing to
take up arms once more II called upon.
and defend the honor and glory OF the
g"Old Flag"
The over-zealous news correspondent
who started that report about the I'm
munes staying on the island. had bet
ter keep himself hid when the Fourth
strikes the states.
Latest reports say that We are to he
relieved by the Tenth Cavalry COLOR
ed) and We will be taken to Camp
Meade. in Pennsylvania. 20 be muster
ed out. We will 70 by boat to Now
York and from there TO Camp Meade by
rail.
Trum2eter Long. BelIaIre hero In
Z Company g, Is greatly pleased. at the
prospects Of seeing his pap"
Private Jack Shelley. who has been
mounted orderly for General Lee and
General Brooke. has returned to Com
pany G. and the boys were very glad to
see "Jacky" once more. He had n fin
uer injured sometime ago and 4 was
amputated By DR.. Ford.
The collection o. relics owned by
Company G. would I'LL a large store
room. Tho boys have everything ever
seen In Cuba and several OF them are
thinking OF starting museum in
Wheeling when they return.
3. s. HOEECKER.