The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01
ARMIES CRAVE The news
Daily Journals Away a Welcome
Visitor in Camps.
Veteran Citizens Experiences
Willie Serving Papers in the De-
pnrtmcnt Of the Potomac During
the civil Warsaw the Battle Be
tween the Monitor and Merri,nac.

An army. that community so beautiful
, organized for the purpose of destruction
$ possesses at all times an intense desir
Y for knowledge of what is going on outsid
OF military precincts. There exists anon
its members, above all things, cravin
, for news from home" This need, com
mon alike TO general and private strate
e gist and recruit, is largely met by letter
e from relatives and friends. but the poln
OF view from which the entire civil com
! munity looks upon tho deeds of the fight
ing men in the field as well as the recor,
, of ordinary happenings throughout tn,
, country is to be found only in the dali,
) newspaper
1t is a potent factor in the camp i.
the daily press" said Mr. j A. Wine.
berger, an old and weil-known citizen o.
Washington. Mr.. Wineberger was en-.
gagged in the sale OF newspapers and othel
periodical literature, as well as stationery
etc, to the Army of the Potomac during
the civil war. a privilege for which a tas
OF $500 per year was levied by the com.
handing general.
Yes, it WIS exciting work." continued
the old gentleman, very different from
the humdrGm occupation OF keeping a
newsstand in time n, ne,ce
While, unlike the army, our headuuar
tiers, in the shape OF a not very extensive
frame structure at Old Point Comfort.
were stationary, the subordinates of the
owner of the business Mr. pobn o,no,.
whom was uys.I, h.,
ioho" tne
.A'oi's Vi INC troops SO that we could
reach our customers and place our orders
accordingly.
For instance ,bero woe ,;,,lo ,..,u,..
for r,.,, oo,,.. A.,
Nop-.' 'i 'ne eve vi DIE oattie.
WHY on sueh occasions we could count
pretty certainly upon losing large num-
Der of our regular customers We had too
. to use great eynedj,iop in go.,;n, tho
pers from the agency IN M, vi, pa
| which ,ve dn,l, 70 49,. - "i'n
at Fortress Monroe and ,haaaa 'e
| tho field. For tho latter n,,rnoea ,,,a ~
! secured passage upon the steamers ,soa
by the Commanding generals and tbair ~
| icers.
Il remember recommending c.ro-., d..
| Ter nnon ,ba pi,sr 0as - .'
| launched and nrohan1v ,h.n ..s
finest Steamboats, in Tho count, -,
reaching camn the naners wara ci,o,,fa poa
: with astonishing rapiditv an eagarly nc
rustd The general officers nc nav ho o.s;
" imagined road Tho .d;,or;.,I oo,,,,a,t,
3 iTnon tbsir TIans Of csr,naio,r, iii a.','is
erable interest and manv an a,,,,sin,, "
mark have heard from IT,, -.,ar,;,,,,
: these effusions. e
Il never witnessed n land hattie >, gail
Mr. Wineberger. The nearest I ever cot
TO an actual engagement was a. W..
Point ahont ,ortv n,iI,s below p;oh,ror,
on a tributary ~ tho yort p;yor r. We
/ late at night when tho Gavin w.s star,,aS
with the news that the Confedera,es were
attacking us. The confusion of men form
ing into rank. and the shouting and hurry.
ing to and fro and above all the nrosnn,..
of being TALON tInawa-es r,a Ala M, L.,
from what quarter aroused in me nox.
ice who besides could nerform M action :.
2 stimulate my courage. but one desire and
that was safety So nv very bnnes wa-a
chilled either from tho aarIv morning oil,
mr. from frirb+ ,n,5o ,,,, 49, -.
,o,isbjro, ,a,,is;. ., ~ - 80 90
, 49, ,,, ~ 'te uoa' l hept
- -. - .e,l"ineu; II sum
taisa IT,, DO. =, w., "no,. s mil was d
Tost aTcitinp r,omo,t ,ba. ,,tI
in nav, careor
.srba rs,,ai hath. ho.u.o,. 49, ,,,.
,,@ 'iie aio.i'oi
anu an, liIi-ac ! Witnessed however from
~. ~ $500 VI otu p!Nl snal l.vtI ioi
Sc .ns .seiins Win "HIch the ohlon l
saSata.o 49,, ~ I,o., ~ 'ne ns9
no c,,,rb.,I,,d voc .,,rt, - ,rarn 80
Az, ocn,,r-aS ~ ,ha n,,r,oa,.n sha,o -,
,'.tioh -. opt iioAn
l,-.o ,',,.,, so" contes5ea.sa ~ "a
10 -, - - VI
,f,erSards ba.rS ,hat .I,bo,'oh ~, .o,,IS
mainly discern tho efrect of eyarv she. ar
cd and could sec the men unon the Gum
berIand,s deck hp-oic,llv working the .,uns
until that vessel pIunped beneath the WAR,
vet not a sound could thew hear. 1t was
described BY them as a most weird and
uncanny effect. and perhaps might be liK-
ened at this time to battle reproduced in
a vitascope. The wind being off shore at
counted for the ghosty silence in which
the fearful scene was enacted before the
eyes OF the Southerners Perhaps our
feelings OF amaZement at the sight OF the
strange oonleuetate engine OF destruction
MeIe atseouH ., os most o. ,he Merrihlac
crew crew, w WY. 'nes ss" me - iankee cheese
w. -. sn u. Sas' 'onn Ell ics-
,'.,,."d IA "a ,i.,,-siu 49,, III. W. pHe
- ,r,aao,it 7. &, ooanao,,. - ,.. az me-
70 doscriba tbis h,,,Ja ahioL ~ So
tho snhinct of so ,nucb disn,seio-, -,
which changed tho whole art Of nayaI ,,ar
fare throughout the world
This howeyer is a digreseio, fro,,, tbo
subject of the sale of newsnanerc during
tho war tboupb NAV mentiop tbot tb"
fight in the Northern and Southern n oa eT