Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-19

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her for advice. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
strength.
"The National Noise Day was cele-
brated by Company l. adopting Rosie
o'Grady, a snow-white pig, which was
found helpless from too frequent Wis
its to the drip gutter leading from tn
canteen of Griggsby's Rough Riders.
She became the Company pet and
mascot and | would be ashamed to
tell You how many members of the
Company shared beds with her in the
time that followed, until she was stol
en- and, rumor had 1T, was served at
mess to the men Of Company A.
"Shirts we're issued July "a. An un-
important matter now, but Of vast
moment then. But there was left
much to be desired for covering 9TH
er parts of the anatomy. In their or
der, other events of the camp were;
Twenty 4mile march i'm heavy march o
der to Owen Springs, July 20; chang
ed camp from shaded ground to the
the open plain on account Of
alarming state of health in all regi-
ments, August /; ON Snodgrass rifle
range, August AS; Fred Belk, of
Vandalia, died and was buried in the
National cemetery near Chattanooga;
Fifth Regiment departed for Lexing-
ton, KY, August q, arriving the
next morning; departed for Kansas
City September G., arriving Septem-
Der s. On furlough September 19
to October is. Mustered out Novem.
Der o.
" 4 will never forget said one Of
the members of old Company l. to
day, the night we took the train foi
st. Louis twelve years ago.
" We did not know whether W.
were going on a lark of a few months
or straight into the real thing, and
while there was great anticipation la
the hearts of most of us, doubt crept
in some corner of our beings and
stuck there. This was not helped
along by the great fuss which the
good people of Mexico made owe
us, home boy and stranger alike dur
ing the ceremonies attending the
presentation of a handsome flag and
public devastating. The train which
carried us to Jefferson Barracks bore
many a heavy heart, and hearts were
not easily made sluggish in those
days, when the spirit of war was
rampant i'm the land.
at was surely a conglomerate gath
eriug of soldiery which pulled into st
Louis the morning Of Friday. May
10, 1898, and the fact that we
were backed i'm Union Station on
track No. 10, did nothing to dispe'
the gloom.
EARLY IN the morning we were TAX
en- to jefferson Barracks, where, as
a foundation for the bragthat-was-to
be that Missouri troops were put into
the field at a cost which averaged In
cents rather than dollars we rename
hungry until near sunset and tent
!. less and blanketless until the dews
Of evening turned into a down
pour of rain.
"Such a night.
"The strange sounds and cries o.
the sentries ring in my ems yet
But morning came and such a be
draggled lot of men l never saw
before CT since. There were days Of
hurried preparation and feyerish eff
fort on the part of the officers and
men 10 prepare themselves for the
physical examination which was t'
determine all that at that time was
worth while.
FINALLY the examination day an
rived, May II, and all passed ex
cepting nine men Of our company
The next day we were mustered int
the service of the United State
and definite work began. On Ma!
"a. we received orders to entrain fo
the South the next day. 1t seeme'
that we had been on that muddy oil
hillside for months.
officers of Company L.
Herbert Black, Captain.
william G. Eagon, First Lieutenant
Hamilton B.. Mckinley, Second Lie
tenant.
William G. Hutton, First Sergeant.
Jeremiah W. Fowles, Quartermai
ter sergeant.
Chas. Frank Roberts, Sergeant.
Lloyd E. Loupe, Sergeant.
b Joseph F. Hazard, Sergeant.
William W. Crockett, Sergeant.
Charles T. Johnson, Corp.
Daniel D. Dudley, Corp.
Edmund ]. Hanley, Corp.
l., John Reid, Corp.
Henry P. Robbins, Corp.
y Sidney A. Condict, Corp.
e William d. Mason, Corp.
Vt Edward S. Button, Corp.
nj William N. Clark, Corp.
b. Arthur w Lee, Corp.
Frank c. Sabourin, Corp.
a. Thomas H. Holland, Corp.
re- Gus 7. Graham, Musician.
m William M. Treloar, Jr., Musician
Iy james e. Patterson, Artificer.
Is Timothy l.. Millsap, Wagner.
rs George C. Eyerhart, a farmer
rs Audrain County, Missouri, appear
Thursday in Circuit Judge William
N conrt In st Louis. and denied q