Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-12-27
From Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. G.
Peace to his ashes!

Editor Register-The Sixteenth Field
Artillery has once more been drawn
together and has been brought into
encampment at Camp Greene, North
Carolina. Different Batteries and
Battallions have been ON the road
since November %, and the last Bat
terry, Battery +, which was stationed
at Fort Snellings, arrived here last
evening, thus completing the Regi-
ment.
The Band is always with Headquar-
ter Co., which belongs with the First
Battalion. The First Battalion was
stationed at plattsburg, New York.
1t was the first section Of the Regi-
ment to start south, leaving Platts-
burg, Wednesday morning at one
O'Clock, with the temperature at II
degrees below zero. The men were
ordered to hold themselves in readi.
ness to leave Plattsburg at 500 O'Clock
Tuesday evening. All stock was
loaded and everything ready, for the
soldiers to load, except the cars. Ow-
ing to the poor train service in the
Adirondack Mountains, on the
Delaware n Hudson System, our cars
never arrived until midnight. We
had quite IN enjoyable time stamping
around in eight inches Of snow from
500 P. NJ. until 100 a. NJ. the following
morning. Everybody in general
would begin to get pretty sore. and
pevish until someone would remind US
of the fact that we didn't have to re-
peat any general orders to the O.. d.
tOtlicer of the Day. or walk post with
a gun buckled around us, or that we
were only moving and not ''going ov-
er the Top" into the trenches.
We managed to get loaded up and
ready to start before we became too
cold to enjoy a good warm berth in a
Pullman Sleeper. / never heard any
one kicking OH account Of not sleep
ing good. In fact we all slept 80
soundly and late that the majority Of
us missed "chow'' at breakfast time.
We came in sight Of the Hudson
River, just south of Albany. and fol-
lowed along Its banks until just before
we arrived in Jersey City.
We arrived in Jersey City, just OPP
posite the Statue Of Liberty, at $3.50
Wednesday evening; our horses were
unloaded, watered and fed, and load
ed again BY $500 o'clock. But we new
or left Jersey City until nearly mid
night on account Of one or two officers
and several men having relatives in
New York City, whom they we're per-
mitted to 90 to see while the train
waited for them.
We passed through Philadelphia
about day break, Baltimore about
300 O'Clock, and arrived at Washing.
ton at II O'Clock, Thanksgiving Day,
We were entertained for q while by
the District OF Columbia Chapter Of
Red Cross Society, who passed cigar.
cites, cake, coffee, and pie among the
boys, while the 18th r.. A. Band, n
turn, entertained them--the Rec
Cross--with music. A sample Of ths
Kind we are going to use on tn,
Kaiser.
We amounted" the train and wer,
again o n,our way at u. Mess Gergean
treated us to an excellent Thanksgiv
ing dinner. l will not try to give tn,
menu, but II was far superior to tn
! regular every day mess.
. W. arrived In Camp Greene Frida.
morning at 500 O'Clock, thus havinl
nearly : full day Of daylight In whicl
to unload. The Band was unlosded an,
had camp pitched By, 100 O'Clock
J Our Commanding officer. believes |,
working and hates to sse any one inie
8 therefore We were called out TO hell
the Batteries unload their heavy guns
IA this way working up On appetit
: for supper and dinner combined
: which we received at 600 O'Clock.
OF course, you can imagine what
showing ono regiment Of soldier
makes ~ . csmp Of $1,000 soldiers
But q that the 18th Field ARTILLERY Il