The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
SOLDIERS STORM BOUND.

fOurteenth Infantry En- Route to Manila
Veterans ofthe Cuban Campaign.
| Cumberland News of Tuesday
Two companies of the Twelfth In
fantry a regiment of regular soldiers.
en- route to Manila, reached Cumber-
land yesterday afternoon at 4o'elock.
and are storm bound here. They are
Companies F and H, and from pne of
the members Of Company r the Neaos
learned that Companies G, Z and NJ
were expected at midnight. but that
Companies D., B and A were detain-
ed by wreck. These eight compan-
les came from jefferson Barracks. Mo.
Four other companies are to meet
them at New York, being Companies
p, 6, and H, which are stationed
at Fort Riley, Kansas. The regi-
ment viii take the transport aSheri-
dann and Sote- NJ s1.i;s. ~ 40 50 5
canal route.
The informant of the Ne1CS is keep
ing correct account of each day of
his trip, a portion of which are here
with presented by the courtesy of
| the writer
A SOLDIERS DIARY.
AT ? Il. IN. Monday morning we
crossed the Ohio river at Belpre,
Ohio, and entered Parkersburg, w.
Va. We awoke Monday, at a. H.,
and found ourselves travelling at q
high rate of speed through the jun
giles of the Mountain State. At 7 a.
III. we stopped at a secluded spot
along the route and breakfasted. 1t
consisted of the following: Hard tack,
corned beef, beans and coffee. At
7.3O Il. III. we continued our journey.
Our route now carried us through
the widest and most sparsely popu-
lated district in West Virginia. The
scenery here was grand beyond con-
ception. The majority of the boys
were in d gleeful mood and had a
faint idea that they were being con-
veyed through Paradise. We arriy-
ed at Clarksburg, w. Va, a quaint
southern village, at a. III. Monday
We stopped here and engine took
coal. Arrived at Grafton at $50 a.
IN. Stopped here one half hour and
changed engines. The boys were
not permitted to go upon the main
street. The officers were afraid the
boys would imbibe too much of the
beverages that cheer and thereby
miss the train. 1t was extremely
cold at this place. 1t was showing
rand the wind was blowing tiercely.
"Our company commander decIar-
ed at Grafton that he was very much
pleased with the conduct of his men
on the trip thus far and as a reward
for their gentlemanly behavior he
promised to give the boys on the re-
mainder of the journey the best food
money can purchase.
1--WE are now climbing the Ale
gheny mountains. 1t is extremely
cold. [ should judge it to be about
90 degrees below zero. 1t is now Il. 30.
We have arrived at Terra Alta, w.
Va. We dined there. Our dinner
consisted of bread, corned beef,
peaches, hard tack and coffee
ut was colder at Terra Alta that
at any place along the route up to the
time we reached that town. Still the
severity of the weather did not deter
the natives OF Terra Alta from coming
out of the shelter of their homes and
gazing at the boys in blue who are
bound for far off Manila with as much
curiosity as did the Indians of San
Salvador upon beholding the immor-
al Columbus and his crew when thew
landed on that island on the 18th of
October, 1892.
ARRIVED at Oakland, Md, at ITO a.
IN. Five minutes stop. Next stop
was Mountain Lake Park, on the top
of the Allegheny Mountains. Stop
ped here 10 minutes. This park is
considered the finest summer resort
in the country. Next stop, Piedmont
W. Va, five minutes. Arrived at
Keyser, w. Va, 2:45 p. IN. Stopped
minutes.
"Our next stop was the metropolis
of Western Maryland, Cumberland.
We arrived here at 4 p. IN. Every
body in good spirit. The majority of
the boys got off here and took III the
city. There is one foot of snow on
the ground here and it is still falling.
1t is frightful out in the weather.
We are all happy that the Allegheny
Mountains have been passed. We
were in dread of being showed in com
ing over them. Another member of
our company was attacted with chills
at this place. The Pullmans are
pretty well heated and we have no
complaints about the severity of the
weather unless we go outside the
shelter of the cars. We backed on a
sidetrack at p. IN, at Cumberland.
All eastbound trains held at this
place till further orders.