Connecticut western news., 1911-05-18
WAR "REMINISCENCES
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trip with flags and banners for our rendezvous at Litchfield. We were met at Huntsville where others joined us. And we were feasted with every. thing that the good citizens could think of, that would stay the inner man. This was repeated by the good people of Goshen where we filed in back of the church and did justice to long tables laden with provisions of every kind. Then after an hours rest, on we went to Litchfield, and about one mile south east of the village to our future camp. where we were to rendezvous until ordered to the front, which came to us after a sojourn of about four weeks.
 Our camp was we'll laid out; tents were provided and pitched in streets, where we began our soldier life. The evenings were spent in singing and games. Our first days in camp were no taste of the life that was before us drilling, guard mounting. drawing clothes, etc.
 You remember how the 1st Sergeant | master with a detail and get your uni forms, and of the fitting up, or picking out what you thought would fit. Some times the foot would go through the pants leg too far and again not far enough and so with the blouses; but after swapping around with other comrades you got a suit that was generally a mis- fit, which only a local tailor could remedy. And the caps-oh oh weren't they "beauts?" You were getting used to environments, particularly obeying orders.
 You remember of Col Kellogg's ap- pearance in camp, with the spurs on his boots and the visor on his cap turned up. There was question with us, what he was there for, which uncertainty was soon dispelled when we saw e fellow walking 8 beat by Kellogg's order, loaded with all the empty whiskey bottles that could be procured in camp and judging by the load, in all the surrounding towns-sweating under bIs load until night when he was released. He vowed he would never again" smuggle whiskey into camp while Col. Kellogg was Ill command.
 Our days at Camp Dutton were varied by many pleasant scenes. visits to town. a short furlough home, a march to town to receive beautiful stand of colors,' which were presented to us to carry with oV,I IOFA ~E .s ,I. may be seen to day at the capitol in Hartford. How we'll we defended them. and brought them back, save what was torn from them by shot and shell, they themselves are the mute evidence. You will remember the morning of Sept. 10th, a dark and gloomy one, the fog over hanging our camp. as a dark and fitting veil of our mission, that day to begin. As we filed out of camp in silence through a mass of sympathetic friends and relatives who were 10th to say good bye, which to so many, was last good bye.
 Before we reached Litchfeld station the fog raised and the clouds cleared away and we were soon sweating under the loads that we thought were necessary to our existence. But we learned that it was how little we could carry aHd live, instead of the innumerables that our friends had innocently and sympatheti- cally loaded us down with.
 At Litchfield Station we found over twenty cars waiting us. upon which we were soon loaded and started on a knew but little.
 Our trip down through Connecticut was one combination of applause from the people gathered at the stations along the route. At Bridgeport and Stamford the good people invaded our train and through each car they dispensed eatables and drin kables tO the hungry boys, con sisting of sandwiches, cakes, melons, lemonade and coffee, which was to be tho last Connecticut food that they were to see till their return, if ever, until rebel dom laid down their arms and ac- knowledged the old flag and the Union. And to many, SO many, it was the last
 At New York we were transferred c. a transport and taken around the city 10 Jersey City. During the transfer We were treated to large tin cup of old. fashioned beef soup which Wa hot and very palatable and quite ftt.d to our condition, as the night had become cool. At Jersey City we were again loaded into freight cars and started south. But you must know that it takes more time to transfer nearly thousand men from transports to cars than it takes to write about it. We left in the night through Burlington, where we were detained by train running off the track, but no one injured. At Philadelphia we were feasted by the good ladies aud all soldiers voted to never forget Philadelphia.
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