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War Correspondence.1 Co. F, 158th Ind. Vol. Inf.,1 2nd Brio., 2nd Div., 1st Corps.,Camp Thomas, near Lytle, Ga..July 20fch,18l)SEditors Journal:Well, we have the “move” fever again, and it is general, if anything the officers or “straps” as we call them, have it the worst. It is “On to Porto Rico,” but us little bugs have heard it-so often that we will not believe it till we are on the train about one hundred miles from here and then I don’t believe you could convince ‘-Lis” Laly. To say that Co. F is discontented does not at all express it. “Tin soldier” is the way the boys talk and think of the way we are held here, while regiments that were mustered in since ours and were not as well equipped as ours have been sent ahead of us. I do not believe there is a member of our Company that enlisted to fight this war at Camp Thomas, and all are yery anxious to, be sent to the front that they may be able to give an account of themselves. This is not only the case with our Co. and Reg. but it is the same with all the enlisted men I have met or heard from.Our condition is the same, that is, as good as possible in the field. There is relatively no sickness.We have a base ball club in our Co. Chas. Downing is Captain and general manager and fraom the amount of energy he throws Into it, it can’t help but be a success. They met a picked nine from the 1st Georgia, which is camped about 200 feet north of us, on last Saturday and were ouly beaten 1.I expect you have read something of the mascots of our regiment. Mack, our mascot, is a pure white bull dog. He has a brand TJ. S. on one side, 158 IND. on the other. Allthe dog fanciers, who have Seen him pronounce him one of the finest of his kind, but Co. C from Fraukfurt has as odd a sight in the way of mascots as I have ever heard of. They captured a wooley dog on the way from Indianapolis here, and named him Sampson. He will weigh 5 or 6 pounds. While wandering over the country looking for relics of the late unpleasantness, a member of the Co. came across an orphan pig about two weeks old. Of course he brought it to camp, thinking of the line mess he would havo in from four to six weeks. He put it in a little pen and of course all the boys had to take a hand in taking care of his pigship. Sampson became jealous of the pig and “went after it” but a razor back don’t run, and Sampson had to get. Then it seems Sampson concluded to compromise matters and they soon became fast friends. It is ; quite a treat to watch them play as : near like two dogs as a pig can. They | eat and sleep together.Last Sunday evening we (Co. F) buckled on our belts, threw our haver sacks and canteetiB over our shoulders, rolled our blanket, pou-cha (rubber blanket), % “pup” tent with one tent pole (in 2 parts) and stakes together and threw them over our shoulders, shouldered our ■Springfields and marched about four miles to our brigade target range, went into camp in our “pups,” had a good supper which Serg’t. Stace and Cook Mendenhall had taken special pains to prepare, and slept the sleep of the tired till Monday a. in., when we went to shooting. There are so so many of us that we were allowed but ton shots each. A bulls eye counted 5, next ring 4, next 3 and next 2, making a possible 50. Harry jChenoweth had the best record with 146, Chas. Daly next with 45, T. P. iReath, Leamy Marker, Marshall i Taylor, J. E. Daly, Harry Edwards and Win. Mann got 42 and Bruce Somerville, 41. They are our crack shots so far but things may change next time if we have another chance. The average of the Co. was thirty-two, which is above the average of the regiment, thirty-five being the best for any Co. I am told.Our field or mounted officers, with some of the line or Co. officers, have their heads away up in the air with their new side arms, presented to them the other day. Co. F is indeed fortunate in its officers. I don’t believe there is a member in Co. that could be hired to say a word against Cap. Daly. He seems specially made to order for the position, and thereat of our officers,Commissioned aud Non-Commissioned partake of his spirit.It is 8:45 and raining lightly, (the first since last Thursday ) There is great cheering east of us and the report comes that the 2nd Brigade 1st Div. has received orders to move. It may be our turn soon, we hope so.R. J. Bos WORTH.
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Winchester Randolph Journal
Winchester, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 27, 1898
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