The Washington times., 1920-04-28
BY Mrs. Larz Anderson.

Late In the afternoon ! took TO
the woods for a few quiet moments.
It's an ideal night. fresh and cool
while q lovely crescent moon 10
floating in the sky. making weird
shadows In the grove where our
tents are pitched. There is a group
OF officers now outside my tent talk
ing. At last volunteers have come
who don't know as much as / do!
And the colored cook and striker
are making moro noise than any OF
the rest. The sentries have been
posted and guards on duty. and
after taps the camp will be quiet.
Tattoo Is just sounding land the
mules are. tool and In little while
all good soldiers should put out
their lights and go to sleep to
dream OF home"
A little later he wrote: 81 am
feeling finely. though my vaccina-
tion seems to be taking. The gem
eral goes into town tonight on
business, so / may not leave camp.
feel very important, and, then, to
be addressed as General is very
fine. Today 1 overheard two OF the
orderlies talking. and one said. in
a fearful whisper, All these fell
lows here are kernals. no matter
what uniform they wear, and they
have them courtmartials here, tool"
eral Davis on ride through the
camp, and tomorrow i am to go
with him on an all-day reconnais-
sance back into Virginia The
general has to visit the site of a
camp"
Later: 1--WE had a day OF it, At
Manassas we were a source OF Joy
to the Sunday loafing element. They
tried to sell us poor. decrepit nags,
and the old buffers talked of the
last war, OF Bull Run, and the bat
ties around Manassas. Then we
started OF in an ancient chaise with
a darky and drove about the lovely
country, and ate our sandwich
luncheon under the trees by q little
creek.
We'll. we rode on through wheat
fields. the Bull Run mountains in
the distance, and the Blue Ridge
beyond. We passed a settlement of
Dunkards; the women of that sect
so clean in their poke bonnets with
their pretty. prim faces and the
men in their Sunday-go-to-meetin
best, were all returning from
church in gigs and buggies. The
general and l got as far as Catlett
and then took a train back, with
six miles still to drive through the
blackness to camp, passing the
pickets by their blazing fires, and
sentinels crying 'Halt"-on to our
quarters"
An outbreak of typhoid occurred,
and soon 1t was raging at Camp
Alger. In order to prevent a fur
ther spread of the epidemic, LIS di-
vision of 10000 men was ordered to
start at a few hours notice on an
extended march through Virginia
Little notes by the way ran as
follows:
August 4, Barker Station, Va
Oh, we have had a time of it-sent
off by orders at too short notice,
without enough wagons, though
they were promised us, and forced
to march on a hot day with no mill
tary incentive. The men have been
undisciplined and difficult to man
age. AS this is the largest body of
marching men to shift camp since
the war began, II has been a job. 1
was up till ., and awoke again at 5
yesterday, and today is little better.
1t IL were war, it would be all right.
but this is on the eve of peace-at
least, so far as I know, for we
haven't seen a paper for two days"
Peace was near, for on July 80
the French ambassador had asked
in behalf Of the Spanish government
IL the United States was willing to
consider proposals for ending the