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And now, we were sworn and mus-; Mtered into the service of Uncle Sam, i C|and on the Gth day of September, ex-1 M changed our citizens suits for the blue, j tl of which we felt not a little proud. We oi were now doing camp duty and daily j Hi going through the manuai of arms, not hi having as yet drawn our horses. On 1 tt the 29th day of October, we were j pilassigned very comfortable quarters in j ht Camp Carrington, but soon went j fc through the trying ordeal of mumps j Cl and measles, which last disease caused fc the death of Joshua Fultz, our first loss on the 1st. day of November. He was a stout, hearty, robust young man, and a warm hearted, genial companion.During our stay in Camp Carrington, many amusing incidents occurred, but I shall only mention one or two. A certain camp sutler had taken advantage of his position to stick it to the boys pretty steep, when necessity compelled them to patronize his concern. He had grown corpulent and saucy off the soldiers hard earned (at that time) $13.00 per month, and this state of affairs did not suit our boys. In .solemn counciliyTlthcccenePrBlt;BiheWthmev
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Salem Democrat
Salem, Indiana, US
Wed, Aug 25, 1909
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Quentin R.
IN, USA 01 Jan 2017
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