The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-06-01

Trash ourselves after thu ard0ns dutial
Of the dny, mud sleep tho sleep " tb,
just, Wa we've around aarly Ia tb,
morning Tuesday, aud then poaaibl,
ono of the hardest days TINT bad yaI
como 10 ns wns before ", On this das
WI passed beyond Polo, tbron1l
BiRna, Bocnnn, and rested that nigh
40 D~uiguinlo, This WAS rnpid work
Tor IN Tho two days Tint VIZ bAd bnel
thus travelling wa Ind bonn abba II
cover twenty miles, Hero WE wape
able 10 fnd bDusos IN which to sleep,
md thus warp relieved Of thu DiRhl
daws TINT lind booD such u distressing
fnniprn Oh TIM previous nights OF QUA
npynl We were allowed nIaD 10 atny
u dry NJ HDigDiDto, on which to rest
up, md Oh the morning Ut wednesday
Mbpnb 10Th, wa DRDiD pushed forward,
Ind been anDt Into tho town tho dry
before for stuff TINT thu men Nandad,
and " VIM nnnossnry for mo tD return
and distribute thu same on that night,
aid not arrive from tDe city until
midDight, and tboD Ind 10 make my
wny DOrOss u STRANGE ield nDd IN n
strange ponDtry, guided only by tho
Diokming lights fiDM TIN onmD iIes
that wore siill remaining, 70 bn
challenged by tho guards, 10 fDll over
tho pDdfy heaps, DDJ then ~ W Oh
around among TIN yaljDns companies
10 DDd out where lhp headquarters
we've, Added 10 This my blA6kpt sA0k
continued niRnpR, sbnns, stockings,
medicine, shirts md yAIiOne and sDndry
Other articles That The men bAd nodded,
and " wna wilb \ ropliDg ~ Intense
gratitude TIM iDully discovered
whore might lip down md post nm
lop lbe night MOI y vary long rnsI
however for only tOUp I0Dps w0pu
given, md M l D'pIOok Ia TIN mWniNR
Che order hlyiDg been given for w 10
begin mDl0binH ~ \ 0'nlOnk, ~ was
DoGnsanry f0p M 10 distribute lb0 stun
bnd md Rni bpnh IN Ilmn for u emp ~
hoI coffee, II pnn W bent Ana hApd
laok, md by D O'Clock sllnpp WE vera
ppniD On Ihe march
My log book nnAlD recalls 10 mo The
niIies wn ppAsnl lhg0DRhl llDlNnN being
Onn, nUI I'VE Op lhino Others thNl hnd
been towns but hnD been destroyed by
their occupants IN these lowDa wa
iOpDd Soma buildings ~ STONE stand
ing, md wnrn fortunate enough 10 IND
VOLS lbAl Ind been bnlll 10 nppnr
stories where W. wore pDnblh0 ~ AlnoR
orr thirst, lInrn wo NDmn 10 on 1pAl
rpAl trial ~ 0p0AHlUR u bllhnnh Ihn
enemy Ind destroyed Ihp bridge ~ thpI
II wAb impossible IOl w 40 npnhf on lhn
'nillopd bridge lhn wpRoD brlnRNs bAd
boon blown up, and WI were 0Gm'
70 swim Conceive, II yen onn,
lN army NJ lDYnsl0p snob ~ 0nlHl Win
probably 30, 400 ~ 10000 men u Ihe
ORGANIZATIONS, e0mpnI0n -
swim y pisnr wlth Nj their lmpNdl
MoDIa, horses, carbon, rnplh, NIobon
utensils and Annh other lhlnpa ~ Woln
nnnnHHNiyI ana ynl- lhla WAS
|rno, one ~ Tho RpoNloHt n~lIlonnlnH
wnh getting hopses Nnroe4, md lbl. WnH
! llmO whom we wished lhnl we. nldn't
lWn u horse, yAploDA nnI snndpy M
lndlnNla Wnpo mndn HID ~, 1hn horses
we're pushed down lhn bnDk, thrown W
.ln wAlnr, but i|Mmn1lntbly they
,lrnok The wpfpr, instend NJ anlkiDn onl
.0r lho opposite Side, they lnlnad md
lnmo bNok IN Iho hnnk from which
hey Ind haNn pushed, md a0DRht 10
'nRnln ihp dry ground FINALLY u
lnpW Thought Htrliok Onn ~ lhD men,
md RNlllna u long piece NJ lnnl I0pp
~ llod u hnblnl lhe ears ~ bin horse,
Irpok 0nI, having aOmn0nn 0n shore
lnab IhN horse or lhb bnnk, ami
iprlNd N mil thN hOIHo anr0sa on 10
hn opposite Hldp lNHlnn1 ~ lhNt tho
nan WINS pnllod norOaB rnIhm 0NlNk0l
hnl IN hnd R0nh over, NJ I'm enn ~
In InIhNL VhnW wRb only 0nR Ihlna
or ", mud thAl WINS rW Nm Algnnl N0rpH
MI tho onnlnnn Corps ~ nlnnl nnllnR
IN hours NJ IhN nlRhI, \ temporary
Irn0Inln, md by onrly mOuniNp I'm
lnNON nnd ynllnnR Nnh anndpy other
Illnloa warn lpknn NNi0Ha lhls 'lnAp
roam, Anl W. WNl0 nAnin III 0lF why
inward Inward MNl0lOH, lhn nnnltnl,
|lll Ina unItiuupu nnAI IIuilluu