Congressional Edition Volume 3862 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...He was then asked if he had any objections to being sworn, and replied that he had not. He was thereupon duly sworn. By Governor Woodbury: Q. Please state, in as concise a narrative form as you can. your movements from the beginning of the war with Spain up to the present time. A. When the first rumors of war came I was stationed with my troop at Fort Ethan Allen. Vt. We left Fort Ethan Allen about the 20th of April--can't give you the exac t date--and moved by rail to Chickamauga Park, Ga.. where we went into camp with the others of the regiment and with several other regiments stationed there under command of Major-General Brooke. Q. You might state how long you remained there--days or weeks. A. We remained there about two weeks. At that time I regarded Chickamauga Park as an ideal camping place. Q. Were you in the woods or in the open? A. We were in the open, by woods. The only objection I had to that place was the railroad facilities were poor; but one small road leading into the park, and but a very small depot there--no switches to speak of there, and there was a good deal of congestion in getting in and out of the park. Afterwards that was remedied by building more switches and other depots. I heard no complaints there of water, of bad food, or anything of that kind. We appeared to be fairly well supplied; as well as we could expect. The troops were fairly comfortable, plenty of good water, food, and everything of that kind. I left the regiment there and went on a board-buying expedition, and when I came back and joined tht regiment again, after about a week, the regiment was then at Tampa. We were camped on a flat below the hotel at Tampa. It was a very hot and a very dirty camp, where we were dusty and dirty, and it was very difficult to keep the m...