The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14
SHIVERING IN THE COLD
Fourth Regiment Finds the
Sunny South Somewhat
Of a Delusion These
Days.
sEtrRlEs COVERED WITH ICE
Severe Storm Visits the Camp
at Greenville S. G. and
Does Damage.
[special q ..The Jersey city News."1

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News
CAMP WETHERILL, Greenville, S.. c.,
Jan. IA, 1S99.-The MEMBER of the Fourth
Regiment have found the climate for the
past week or so; to be very different from
that their fancy pictured they would ex-
perience in the Sunny South" The al
most continuous rain since Monday on
Wednesday turned to a sleet and on
Thursday morning the soldiers awoke to
find everything even the guards, covered
with ice. The ground was a sheet of ice,
and from the tents great icicles hung.
The men went slipping and sliding abou
until noon when the ice had disappeared.
blown down by the fierce gale, but they
We're all unoccupied, inc the Second Bat
TALON mess hall also went, and the mem
bers of the mess have been eating in
Company is mess hall. The members OF
the guard 81 post experienced the worst
of the storm. The cold north wind car
ried the sleet until 1t struck the exposd
| portions of the body like spent balls. Be-
fore the tattoo on Wednesday night,
| Colonel Gilmore ordered the sentries to
be taken off and they were not posted
again until the storm was over. The First
Battalion. under the command of Lieuten-
ant Colonel Henry Lohman, Jr., returned
from a very successful tour of provost
guard duty on Thursday morning. They
have been In charge of the town of Green
vile for The eleven lays before and during
that time every regiment in the camps
had been paid. The battalion preserved
good order at all times in the town, and
there has been very little disorder.
Nothing new has developed concerning
the regiments moving. Regimental Adj
Ga, endeavoring to get recruits for the
Fourth Regiment from among the mem
bers of the Third New Jersey. He has
number are expected to ask for their
transfers. Sergeant Brooks of Company
L is with him. It has been said that Cap
Regiment, who was offered the place left
vacant by the recent resignation of Cap
tain 1hivers in Company M, has decided
upon his bringing one hundred men with
him into the regiment. An endeavor is
being made to get men from the Fourth
nated. It oa IS re rep i : a ahat the = s Second
| West Virginia will be mustered out Short
~, and If this is so a number OF recruits
will be secured from this source.
The regiment has taken up the Butts
excl .se with the rifle, drill. 1t is a sub
stitu@se for the setting up exercise and
s Is ealsala aed 1 alse gfF te 1 provi meh a an me sfes1
whereby every muscle in the body win
be exercised. The companies at present
| are doing the exercise by commands, but
BY next week they will be expected to go
| through the exercise to the music of the
band. 1t is as pretty a sight as 1t is
beneficial to the men.
It is expected that a new issue of can
yass will be made to the regiment N q
few days. Quartermaster Valentine has
had upwards Of one hundred and fifty
to be replaced. The majority of the tents
are in good condition. put these few are
The health Of the regiment Is good,
thee, being very few Gl men d IL t iem hospital,
viii. Be discharged In a few days for disa-
pIllties received II the srss service Is . M nrssl
emf acting as division surgeon, and is in
charge of the dly Hsipp.n hospital a oalv ao This
expected that a successor to Assistant
Surgeon Meeray will be appqinted n g
few days, which will relieve DR.. Fithian
considerably.