Year: 1872

CANT SHERMAN, SARATOGA, July 8, 1872.
twas an omnous day-that OF the arrival OF the
Seventh at Glen Mitchell-the why and wherefore
OF which have already alluded to briefly but as
omens, as well as anpns, with the appropriate pre-
Axes are not among the regulations observed by
the Seventh. need hardly state that the condition
OF the weather. IN fact the condition of anything
In particular, matter of the most supreme In
difference to the boys, who before they started


BARGAINED FOR BAD CHANCES,
with free will. Yet after all think that the re-
ceptiOn the regiment received from the storm was
a more fitting one than that given by the citizens.
The latter was peaceful greeting, full of good
feeling and downright hearty friendship will con-
eede; but the other true military one. 1t had
all the crash and clang Of war about it, which of
course only the real soldier can appreciate.
know right well that New Yorker, accustomed to
don his best clothes the Fourth of July and paste
himself for hours against some friendly fence or
wall with the sole purpose OF seeing the "gallant
Seventh" pass in review in honor Of the day we
celebrate and all that sort OF thing cannot be made
very easily to understand that the Seventh had
anything but


PATH OF ROSES


TO cross over from the depot to the camp; but as
everybody has perfect right to his own opinion,
even concerning the Seventh, it is unnecessary to
enter into an elaborate discussion as to the reason
why the regiment does not always fare tenderly
out OF town as 1t does when within eyeshot OF
Murray Hill, hand-kissing c0ntiguity to the dear
beloved 'avenue" Sometimes ''things" do not
work as well in the country air as they are made to
WORK in town, but II they don't work well the con-
s0lati0ni Is left that the regiment is to blame,
and therefore somebody else must be. But let me
tell


ALL ABOUT THE ARRIVAL.


WOO han in Tn,
1rst place, when the locomotive dragged the i'm
mense train into the depot not nose was MISS
ing-I beg pardon, not o man was missing dead or
wounded. This feature Of the journey was a re-
markable one for the regiment. 1t had become so
used in past years to losing man out and out by
death whenever it went on an excursion that the
counting Of noses Is always done rather solemnly.
X man overheard OH one trip and who was never
Afterwards found another falling dead in the ranks
on parade, another shot in camp by accident,
and yet another dying at his post on guard,
ence, have all had their effect on the regiment. So
the revelation of the count that all were present,
and as the first sergeants will have it, whether the
facts support them or not,


ACCOUNTED FOR"


was OF itself sufficient 10 make everybody feel
cheerful. But as to the storm reception. IL was,
~ said before, magnificent The road lead
Ing to the camp, after making straight cut, double
me width OF Broadway, through the village, makes
. dive into a forest OF tall pines that line the road
like so many watch1ul sentinels. The carriage
way winds through this wood, down an elevation
that would astonish even an Allegheny Mountain
stage mule, and is literally can0pied by the
hanging ful-oliaged branches OF the thickly grown
trees. In iact as one emerges from the open road
out OF the village the carriage way looks for all the
world like adeep gully to a valley miles away,
distant from the hill top. 1t was at this spot that
the regiment fist got glimpse oftheir white tents
and there, too that they got the first hint OF


THE STORM RECEPTION.


The road at the hill Is Just about wide enough to
allow fun company front to march down, without
any risk Of the extreme right file tumbling down
into the rocky bitches fifty feet below the level OF
the carriage way. Indeed. 1t might be appropri-
atciy called pass" and the regiment certainly
found lsome OF the boys TO their cost at that that
II was not by any means an easy one. The storm
crashed down Just as the company first in line had
turned in.O the pass, and for few
minutes 1t became matter OF grave doubt
among the timd ones whether or not after all, the
camp would ever be reached Even Sarat0gians OF
the oldest order say that the storm an unpre-
cedented one in point of downright 1erceness; SO
the natural conclusion to come To Is that IL was
gotten up especially Tor


THE BENEFIT OF THE REGIMENT


which was itself an unprecedented arrival at the
glen. The rain did not come unannounced like
some nice little quiet rains we often have
in these regions, but to be warlike it
came as black night with s,ddenness that
was actually startling. Then came crash OF thun-
der like the discourage from park OF artillery, fol-
lowed ny vivid hashes OF lightning that made the
tents In the distance look like so many ghosts fit
ting swiftly between the trees out INTO the plain





little hotel Just at the verge OF the camp bent and
creaked as II


THEIR BACKS WOULD BREAK


the wind tore through the glen, and great limbs
TO shreds and scattered over the road and
pitched with terrible violence into the ranks or the
passing regiment. The dust, too, joined In the
reception before the rain came down. and this
added TO all the other attractions OF the hurricane
made the commands march into camp a tug
and struggle OF no mean conception. But they
marched right on Just the same, and the band con-
tinned CHEEKY march until the last company
"a G1IlA Anff fhx1s sl.n ia and
must say that this storm reception did more to
make the crowds on the hotel stoop enthusiastic
not taken Place at ALL AS 1t was they marched
out into the storm pen nell and cheered
seen ON the road. The scene in fact. was an ex.
citing one, and think one who had the good
fortune to witness the arrival or the bad fortune OF
getting


by trying to see II, despite dust thunder, lightning
and rain, VIII ever forget u.


have already told you how the camp was formed
once the regiment had got In how some of the
Knows where and how detail Of the guard ae %Is %as
sent out to ..look after things" and
things all round were discovered rather
mixed. Now, dare say everybody wants to know
what the regiment have been doing In camp. In
the first place, let me say that have already given
It's severity as well as its fun and jolity 'sbelow
stairs" or rather behind the scenes,


WHERE GUARDS HAVE NO RIGHT


which even pfvates are bound to respect or the
good Colonel the slightest knowledge OF so will
content myself with simple "grand round"
Many people believe that no newspaper man can
write line about the seventh without q word OF
extravagant euogy, or making comparisons be-
tween IL and other regiments which are
not only what Is commonly called nvidious, but
absolutely offensive: but I have watched
the camp life night and day so far purposeIy TO
md out where the weak points are TO be found,
and must say that the encampment has shown
one thing, II nothing elsethat the Seventh il more
piiabe to discipline than any other regiment In
the State To be good soldier 10 Is OF course not
necessary TO be worth hundred thousand dollars,
but II a jolly fellow does net that snug little sum
every year, and yet undergocs


THE DAILY TORTURES


Of n soldiers life with the same good will that
private In the regular army has to undergo Them
Che fact certainly Is no discredt to the party OF
The Dret part. IL may be that the sneers
and SCOTS that are INDUCED In by some people at
tlie expense OF the Seventh may find a certain
nonularlfu IL, uuarlprs Mhera military dSculine