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MMUnibLCArrives from Camp Thomas With the-Latest News.An Interview in Which a Soldier’s Life Is Viewed in All Its Phases— Off to Porto Rico.Ohi night ably sUrThe Sixth partic UniteSixth of the be ma churcgener;this rTbr be to 5th. “Woo Dick “Vio! Laird Watci workrCauseSorstart)plantmg rJ. L. McMonigle, big-hearted., generous Mac who clerked for Charley Turner and who is now a full’ fledged soldier boy, a member of Co. FT, was in the city a few hours today, lie came on the noon train of the C. O. railroad and left to join his company at Ashland at 2:49 p. m.Aboard the train with him were Hon, Theo. K. Funk and First Lieutenant J. W. Smith. The former’s, wife aud children met him at the depot and he continued right on to Ashland. Lieutenant Smith was informed that his wife was in Ashland and he, too, remained on the train. McMonigle was first told his wife had gone to Ashland last night and was there yet and then that she was here, having came back this morning. This latter caused him to stop off, and arriving at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. William Griffith on East Front btreet, he found that Mrs. McMonigle was still in Ashland. The wires were touched and a meeting arranged for Ashland this afternoon upon his arrival there.A Times reporter called on Mac.He found him minus the “bay window” of advordupois he used to carry.But he looks and feels better. He is hard Jas nails, in per/cct condition.When he left lie weighed 198 pounds, now he weighs 177, a loss of twenty-oue pounds of fat. In other .words, he is down to muscle.The trappings he carries weigh thirty-three pounds. These include gun, belt, side-arms, mess pan, a half tent with stakes and pole, a canteen, I John suit of underwear and blue flannel 1 B shirt. Three days’rations consist of j j0 a lt;*an of corned beef, a can of baked I clian beans and a cake of hard-tack. Their] t0 new web belt is a beauty. It is away j nceciahead of the old leather belt with t0 |j]cartridge box. The leather was warm I Cont and unhandy and contained only] twenty rounds of shells. The web is[fcUSi coo! and lias around its make-up, ] ence handy to reach, forty-live rounds of | t shells. willMac says the drills arc hard and wl)0 that the new recruits are standing up | jacj, nervily under the severe ordeal. The I health of the company has been good, lt;: There is now perfect harmony and ciL, things run smooth. In the company are 105. There were 10G, but his brother, W. I). McMonigle, is ahead | pjct with the teams and baggage. He is I f0W already on the water, bound for Porto j Rico.arm l a few of ere CD I cl of coi by mi to op' switc arin 1havirMr. CthistivesthatreachThe reason Lieutenant Smith and 1McMonigle got to come this way was that, as soon as they heard the regiment was to move, they set about to get here as soon as possible. They made a deal with the Third Illinois Jtionofficers, who took them aboard tiic j *ng-first train. There are nine trains all | rcpi told. Co. II is on the tiftli section. I sooi Smith and McMonigle and Funkptli reached Lexington at 1:30 this morning. From there they went to Paris and thence to Maysvllle, making con- J j| neetion with the noon train on the C. Jcvot O. wasThe locomotive hauling the train j Moc on which the Third Illinois boys are {cral blew out.a clyinder head near Lex-jsi10 iugton, causing a long delay. Thisjeloc accident gave rise to the 'report that McMonigle was in a wreck and got| E hurt. mar
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 23, 1898
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