. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. ge from thesoldiers and in return the manager tendered the use of thetent to the Sixth III., in which to hold church services. The camp was favored by a call from Dr. Mary Wal-ker. She was selling pamphlets and,poems of her owncomposition. She was dresse
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. ge from thesoldiers and in return the manager tendered the use of thetent to the Sixth III., in which to hold church services. The camp was favored by a call from Dr. Mary Wal-ker. She was selling pamphlets and,poems of her owncomposition. She was dressed in mans costume, wearinga suit of black, prince Albert coat, black straw hat, whiteshirt and standing collar, and carried an umbrella. Shewas the source of a great deal of amusement among theboys and a great many of them doubted its being a womanat all. Chaplain I. N. Keefer of the Eighth Ohio, died ofheart trouble June twenty second. Military funeral ser-vices were held the following day and the corpse was es-corted from camp by the regimental band and one com-pany of infantry, his riderless horse following the funeralcar. This was the man who, a few weeks previous, offici-ated at the funeral of the volunteer from Rock Island. The weather continued hot and dry; there had beenbut little rain, and the waffon road which was in constant. NEU JOHNSON,Reg. Sixth Inf. Vol. AprOlNTMKNTS IN COMIANIKS E AND I. 173 use was j^rouiul into a bed of very tine sand. With everygust of wind came a tiiirry of dust and dirt: the (dothingand (quarters of our men were with difficulty kept present-able We had sweltered in the sun and battled with thedirt until every man in camp was anxiously awaiting athundt^shower to break the drought and cool the atmos-phere. One sultry evning late in June it came; the raincame down in torrents, and the wind Vjlew a whose duties would allow it S(jught shelter iahis tent. When the rain had ceased the boys crawled outof their tents
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