The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
GIRLS OF OLD CHAMPAIGN.

An Interesting Relic of the Days of th' War of the Rebellion. Captain John II; Austin, an old tim Waterbury, and nd who forty-aye years az, 1 was dealer In newspapers. books and pc riodicals in New Haven in the old Adeph building, has received from, an old army comrade copy of a poem which was writ ten at the time that Company A of th' Twentieth Illinois, infantry, of which MT Austin was captain, was in camp at Cham paign, before going to the front. The Wa terbury Globe says; The composer was member of the company, and Captain Aus tin and Eugene Fauntleroy went to print ing office and got permission to set the type for it. The poem was copied in pa pers all over the country, but the copies have long ago been destroyed or lost. Re gently another member of the company ID rummaging in an old trunk, discovered, q copy and sent it to the Champaign Ga 2ette and copy of 1t was sent on to Cap thin Austin by Major George w. Kennard. The poem Is we'll worthy of reprinting. The clipping is as follows:
 Chicago, April 10, 1900.-Edltor Gazette: herewith enclose precious relic of Cham paign, 30 years ago, when the war cry was in the land, and q company of brave boys were encamped at the fair grounds north cast of your city, getting ready to go south. doubt if there is another copy of this song in existence. I was q member of the Champaign Tigers and nm proud of the honor. There are some ill your city who VIII Tecul Inc event unu0uDCPQIy.
 Yours truly,
 THE GIRLS OF oLD cHAMPA1GN.
 By Eugene Fauntleroy.
 Company 4, Twentieth Regiment,
 Illinois Volunteers. Come, Tigers. let us raise our flag,
 And stand beneath it's stars, With hands upralsed and eyes fast fixed Upon Its crimson bars; And let us swear by all that's right
 By all that's good and true, That in the din and heat of fight
 We'll keep It's folds in view. Then raise a rouslng shout, my boys, For the Girls of Old Champaign, Whose fingers worked our stars and Stripes For the bloody battle plain. Come, Tigers, let us fill the bowl
 With rare and generous wine. And stand around the festal board
 In firm. unbroker lipn: And each one as he drains the cup, Forgetting care and pain, Drink 10 the health and beauty of
 The Girls of Old Champaign. Then raise q rousing shout, my boys, For the Girls of Old Champaign, Whose fingers worked our Stars and Stripes For the bloody battle plain.
 IT, God bless our kind old mothers, boys, God bless our sisters, too, God bless our fathers, brothers,
 And our sweethearts good and true; May we return to their embrace,
 And meet their welcome kiss, And meath the arching tree of Peace Enjoy domestic bliss. Then raise a rousing shout, my boys, For the Girls of Old Champaign, Whose fingers worked our Stars and Stripes For the bloody battle plain. Then Tigers, let the battle come, And let the war-dogs bark let Death come in his hideous garb, Grim, bloody. lean and stark;- Beneath our Flag, our glorious Flag, We'll brave the leaden rain Win Glory's wreath to grace the brows Of the Girls of Old Champaign Then raise n ronslng shout, my boys For the Girls of Old Champaign, Whose fingers worked our Stars and Stripes For the bloody battle plain.
 EUGENE FAUTLEROY,
 JOHN H. AUSTIN. April, 1861. Company Printers. The report of the Illinois adjutant general shows that Eugene Fauntleroy of Cham Company A. Twentieth regiment. on June 13, 1861, and nfterward promoted to be second lieutenant. and that John H. Aus tin, also of Champaign, and mentioned as one of the company printers was mustered in on June 13, 1861. and afterwnrd promot- ed to be q first lieutenant. Henry W. Gus tin was mustered in on the same date and H.. tSx,.t l.. ...Twt l .-l