The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-13
LIEUTENANT OF (
DANV|[LE TELLS
REAL CONDITIONS
Was Stationed at Mound City With
Company During Highest
Stage
k3 t@E
WAS ALWAYS cooL-HEADED
Closely Observed Everything Going
IA
On About Him-Is No
= Boaster.

I an officer of militia company to
the Danvi le press-D Democrat shows
| the writer was cool-headed close
observer OF conditions prevailing at
! Mound City where he was stationed
at the time he wrote home.
Lieltt, Reynolds with his company
is nj present in Cairo.
Having Just made a complete
euit of the levee around the city.
and passed perhaps a dozen different
guards ana fifteen sentinels of Com
pany /. which company has had the
guard detail here the past three
nights, will endeavor to give con-
dftions from my own observations
and conclusions gained after talking
ITO the citizen guards who are picked
because they are familiar with the
evees In high water.
The eoncensus OF opinion seems to
be ithat' we will have very little, II
any further rises here. but the pres
lent i ssags a, .. Win !. Is EraRa pty lsst this lis
fweex yeis wAfRh means That the
bullheads hhilt on ton Of the levee.
(which has been constructed by
building two tight board fences on
1.-THE 1evee and III ling between with
earth or bags filed with earth and
in some cases protected by sandbags
to prevent washing, will be severely
taxed to Withstand the strain. These
bulkheads will average about. two
feet, the water having been above
| the levee as much as 80 inches
With the amount of labor now here
these bulk heads can be readily
iraised or repaired, so there Is little
cause for uneasiness from this
source. The greatest danger menac-
Ing is the terrible pressure OF the
water on the levee, Water Is con-
tinually seeping through the base,
weakening the leyee. Five. places
Ihave softened from this source
where man would probably sink in
Ito his waist. These are repaired by
laying plank on them and weight
| ing them down with sandbags and
lotherwise securing them. More OF
lthis will be required the longer the
| wafer pressure remains upon the
Ilevee. Thus 1t may be seen that this
Ilevee is liable to go out even after
the water has receded several inches
Tor even feet. One very peculiar
Thing along this line is the fact that
at present most cellars are dry. bu
as the waters begin to go down thu
cellars will FIJI with water.
-The sewerage of the city II
pumped out by two eentrifuga
pumps, as the waters around are OF
an average of ten feet above thu
street level. The streets are for th'
1 ulUSt part HIy dhu uh@NS.
There are four companies OF
militia stationed here now. Two o
1.-The Fighting seventh" one of tn
Fourth and Co. I. of the Fifth. |
Hospital detachment OF the Sevent'
and a detachment of the naval re
serve from Chicago. Ar are quart
cred in the new court house, wit
| the exception of the naval reserves
There is no sickness of any conse
quenee. Sergeant Simmonds has
/ stin neck Corporal Campbell,
Ecinder in his eye. and Private BY
ram a sore throat; all are on duty
"Adjt. Gen. Dickson and party
with Capt. Neil. or the Fifth. &
lcharge of supplies for refugee:
Handed here last night and proceed
ed up the river at daylight tn,
morning, April 6.
1T is rather problematicas jus
how long we will be here. but II th
leyee holds out, which seems vel
jprobab'e we will very likely be I
tDanville by the fifteenth. Wi.hor
going into detail concerning ou
lcamp life will say that Co. had
mock trial today with ali trim
mings.
ALBERT C. REYNOLDS. !.
First Lieut.. Co. 9Th Inf. Y. G.
4 P. s. ga. m. April T.---Repor
just came In that slight rise wa