Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-04
FROM MAINE TO MANILA.
NOTES OF THE JOURNEY FROM A PARIS
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DsRr Friends and Readers offhe Democrat
Thinking that you would like 70 heal
from me and how enjoyed my trip
across the continent, and sail from San
Francisco TO Manila, take the liberty
to write TO you through your fsvorite
paper, the Oxford Democrat.
left Fort Preble, Portland, Maine,
with my cham, Arthur Cornell, and
comrsde nj the cross (red, OF course)
March 31st, for Pisttsburgh Barracks,
N. Y, from telegrsphic instructions
adjutant general orders received 6fteen
hours before left. We left union sta
ton at :45 A. NJ, on the mountain
division Of the n. G. X. r., and had
quite a pleasant trip, although Il was
the toughest trip on rails ever had the
pleasure to make. The scenery Was fine
through the mountains, and the weather
was several degrees colder than 10 Port
land, all the natives being wrapped up
Ia furs.
At s: :l5 we arrived st St. Albans, W.,
dirty, tired and hungry. We soon found
good hotel, and after policing our.
selves (using the soldiers term for TAX
Ing bath) we enjoyed good supper.
Thus refreshed we thought we would
take In the town. We strolled about for
an hour, then returned to the hotel for
the night.
We were obliged to get up at SAN.
In order to catch our train for Rouse's
Point, N. Y, which left at @. Ii WAS =
short ride and We were soon changing
cars for Plattsburgh, where We arrived
at $ 40 u. Then ! spent the rest OF
the forenoon In reporting 70 the COM
mAnding officer, adjutaut, steward, and
last to the qusrtermAste where / got \
mule teams to 20 70 the station for our
chests. Cornell In the mean time Was
setting up our hunks.
We stopped here for ten days, enjoy
ing ourselves immensely, II being one OF
the best posts in the United States. All
OF the buildings are msde Of brick, the
officers having nice houses to live 10 and
fiue club room to sport 10. The build
inss are arranged In q hSif circle With q
cut stone walk in front fully half mile
Ia length. The parade ground IL policed
up every morning, and not even stone
the size OF an acorn IL allowed on the
ground There is large drill shed and
gymnasium for the meu In winter. The
post IL situated on the west side Of Lake
Champlain on 8 kind OF plateau, over
looking the lake and city. While We
we're here we had Q little drill OF two
hours in the forenoon, and two hours Of
lectures aud bAndaging In the afternoon
every day. Meanwhile both Of rs were
made orderlies for the doctors.
April 10Th the regiment left for San
Francisco. IL vas divided Into three
sections, and four hospital men were sent
with each section. Here was where We
were separated, l going with the sec
ond section and Cornell with the third.
We left at :l5 r. ~. Monday, on the
ID. and II. r. r. TO Albany, where We
changed on 70 the Erie Railroad for
Chicago. We had Wagner palace sleep
Ing cars, three men In two seats, al
though we Of the hospital corps had .
whole seat TO ourselves. The officers
had the lsst car, and We had the frst
four seats In the rear OF the next one.
We got into Saratoga at 10 30 p. NJ,
aud found that the first section had run
over a man snd killed him. At Bingham
ton, n. Y, they broke down and de-
layed us an hour; then In the afternoon
we came TO q freight wreck and were
DELAYED two hours more. We finally
got into Ohio state Af IL p. u. didn't
see anything Of Ohio, As we passed
through II in the night. Got Into Indi-
ana at about IN. II WAS mostly
farming country we passed through ;
the farms were large, level aud quite
smooth intervale land.
Arrived In Chicago at IL A. II. We
went into the city via the stock yards,
which were lined on the outside with
dead animals. The place wss bad to
look at and worse TO smell Of. We were
side-,racked In the Pullman repair yards
for about four hours. We weren't al
lowed TO leave the cars ut Hrst, but 30
many broke loose they decided TO LET Us
out. As We were about six or eight
miles from the centre Of the city, we
could not see much. can say II was
the smoklest city l was ever In; the
smoky city, Pittsburgh, Is not In II.
Left here at 6 p. n. all tired and
sleepy, and were soon asleep, aud when
we woke up we were 10 Iowa. We stop
ped In Boone for short time, and here
| met some men Of the Sad lows that
met last summer In Chickamsuga Park.
IL brought back memories, pleasant
and otherwise, connected with that
place. The next stop Of importance waa
at Council Bluffs, where We changed
engines. Then we crossed the Missouri
River into Omshs, Neb. All through
this part OF the country the hills are
bare, no trees OF any kind, and they look
az though the rain had made gulleys
every ten feet
We travelled all day in this state, and
woke up the next morning In Wyoming
We saw lots Of herds Of cattle and horses
through here. The principal stops were
at Cheyenne and Laramie. At Laramie
the board Of trade had large bill board
beside the the track, which told Of the
wonderful country about there, also ths
names Of the manufacturing firms OF tht
city, and last, invited people to settle
there, Offering great Inducements to men
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