The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-09-21

The boys behaved them selves very
well as rule. South Carolina Las lust
as good men and some Just as bad as
are IN the militia Of any State in the
mon. The encampment has show
US several things that are badly ncet
ed to bring the militia up to the stand.
ard that it should attain.
The manoeuvres have not be,
without good results in many way
The officers Of the volunteer
are learning and the militia are be-
ming to see that military duty
the Dick bill is not at all D
will make Of the volunteer for..s
citizen soldier, as effective stant. Z
army as any country in the world
would need, and the more effective the
army is the less danger there is of its
being needed.
The Southern Road handled the
immense crowds remarkably we'll, but
there were many vexatious delays.
The militia piled on the trains going
and coming from tue nose of the pilot
to the bumper on the rear car, over
and under, anywhere, to get in. Ere.
quetly no attempt was made to collect
fares.
The delay in getting tho trains out
OF Thoroughfare was the most vexa.
tious that We had to endure. In shis
Instance we were marched down TO
take the train at 7.45, snd after spend
ing i've hours in the sun, managed to
get ON our cars, which we're moved
some time later.
The trip home was without incident.
1t was made very pleasant by the COR
diality Of the people along the route,
where the train stopped. In fact, the
people OF Virginia have been unusual.
ly kind to the boys, and were liberal
and hospitable TO q most surprising
degree, Not man who spent the
past week in those hills but should
feel warmly to the good people OF the
country he visited.
The Government had all OF the
liquor shops in reach Of the camp shut
up and the boys could get nothing but
soft drinks unle0s they struck moon
shine etill OF went to Washington.
The stills made nothing but apple
brandy, for that country is On apple
orchard from one end to the other.
The homes are beautiful and the most
striking feature to us is the lack of
tenantry on farm. Two or three
wage hands afford ell the labor on the
big plantation, but the people say that
they have just as much trouble with
those few as we have with the many
that we have here.
In the manoeuvres il was freelv
said among the military men that Gen.
Grant had been go sharply criticised
for lack of military judgment and skill,
that he had been so badly out.gener.
allied that be wanted to give up the
fight as planned, and have set pro-
gramme, regular bluff, but Gen. Bell
whose successes had been 80 marked
refused to do it, and the menoeuvrea
were about 20 come to an end.
The tone Of the press dispatches
seem to show that the powers that be
have been trying to soften Gen.
Grants fsll, because he is his father q
son, but that, il matters are pressed
IN that direction, there will be another
ssmpson and Sohley controversy. Gen.
Bell is very popular with his men.
He seems to be very genial and pleas.
s5t. He stopped On The night that
We had marched 80 far and so we'll in
front Of the South Carolina regimen,
just as they were bivouscing on the
hill and. spoke to the boys very pleas.
antly.
All that "rot" about men having tc
salute officers Of the negro regimen,
was talk, nothing else. Men saluted
whom they pleased and left off the 80.
Lutte generally. They did not even
have to salute white officers, and did
not do it, but the negro company gave
riae to lots of exciting talk at home as
we'll as in camp.--H. NJ. Aver in the
News and Courier.
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