Connecticut western news., 1911-06-01
WAR "REMINISCENCES
COMRAOE ROBERTS TELLS
 OF KELLOGG'S DISCIPLINE
Told Captain EIIs to Give SkuIkers and Dodgers "H-l"-Who Stole Captain Deans Stove-pipe? and Who Stole the Beef7

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 Dear Comrades Some of you will re- member the drill of the Eleventh Com pany, how Col. Kellogg called them skplkers, dodgers, etc., and told Capt. Els to give them h-l !" and when they got through with the drill they thought he understood his "biz"
 The methods for policing and clean ing the camps were not sufficient to pre- vent sickness and soon disease began to tell on the boys, and hospitals were nec- essary, three of which were improvlsed. Two tents and an old church belonging to the colored people were used, and they were soon filled and many of the boys died. And it was daily occurrence to see'an escort of comrades with muffled drum and fife solemnly treading their way to the last resting place, of many boy ,oyer whose grave salute was fired sometimes with a prayer and sometimes without. A few who died had friends, who saw to it that their remains were embalmed and sent home.
 You will remember the first snow storm that we encounted, early in Nov ember, soon after which we gave up the "A" tents and received Sibley's tents, which were a great improvement, as we put in floors and hunks and the cone shaped stove with about two feetof pipe which of course smoked you out unless you could buy or steal pipe enough to carry the smoke out the top of the tent. remember, one early morning, of a comrade now residing near Canaan, coming into our tent with three or four lengths of pipe and throwing them un- der his bunk and simply saying, "Ask me no questions" Soon it was noised about camp that someone had taken the pipe off Capt. Deans cook tent-but no one knew who.
 After few days our tent had pipe that reached out the top of the tent. hence no more smoke for us. Our camp here was we'll laid out, with five of the Sibley tents on one side of each street which were turnpiked ID and had to be swept each morning. You will remem- Der the night scene, when the long roll come out in full volume and the officers rushed to the tents, +., .ts..#.. .#
 Fall in fall in. quick and the boys made haste to file out like hornets that had been disturbed, some without coats or hats. and tried to get into their harness cartridge box and belt etc. All presumed that the Rebels were at our door and that there was to be fighting. And it was said that one captain came among his men pleading that he wished them no ill. and thereby expected the same indulgence.
 We were marched out about one mile from camp and drawn up in line of bat tie, where we remained untll morning much relieved that it had been only a fake. Col. Kellogg was in his element. While the 12lst New York Regiment were called out at the same time, our regiment had been in line at the place appointed some little time when they reached us and went into line on our left. The order for place rest was given and the boys lay down or visited with the 121st boys. When Col. Kelloggs voice rang out "Fall in," we'll, the old 18th was in line within three minutes, but the l2lst was fifteen minutes getting into line, which cansed our Colonel to swear some.
 At daylight we returned to camp thankful that our call did us no harm. You remember that the sutlsr came, to grief by having his shanty capsized and contents somewhat scattered, and Co. B stole the beef. And eyer after, "Who stole the beef? Go. B."
 To be continued