History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . yrations which some of the men have dubbed The Sol-diers delight; now Florida was a part of our country andstill is, although some of the men were of the impressionthat one of the peace conditions should be that Spain shouldtake it back, yet being of their native land, like true patriots ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 61 whose sole purpose it is to sacrifice themselves for theircountry, the men all became members cf The FloridaLand Improvement Company and spent their spare timein j^rubbing stumps and roots
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . yrations which some of the men have dubbed The Sol-diers delight; now Florida was a part of our country andstill is, although some of the men were of the impressionthat one of the peace conditions should be that Spain shouldtake it back, yet being of their native land, like true patriots ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 61 whose sole purpose it is to sacrifice themselves for theircountry, the men all became members cf The FloridaLand Improvement Company and spent their spare timein j^rubbing stumps and roots and underbrush, therebyenhancing the value of the land so that an acre whollyworthless when we came might under pressing circumstancesbe sold for a few farthings when we left. On the banks ofthe St. Johns, not far away, was situated the famous Cum-mer Lumber mills, one of the largest establishments forthe sawing and shipping of yellow pine in the United Statesand with its genial proprietor arrangements were made forfnrtiic;i-,;ncr the regrlmeut wit timber. All told two hundred. Company Street in Camp Cuba Libre. and forty thousand feet of lumber were there used by the *One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana; as fast as it could be 62 HISTORY OF THE hauled to the regiment it was made up into floors and need-ful structures and by the 19th every tent in the regimenthad its floor that was to guard its sleeping inmates fromthose sneaking malarial microbes that came up out of theground like a thief in the night to fill the men with poisonfever and to steal away their color and their spirits. By the end of the first week the carpenters detailedfor the purpose had erected all the company cook shacks;back of headquarters the battalion and noncommissionedmess tents arose and finally after the colonel and all hisstaff had more sand in their craws than ever before or sincea kitchen and breeze catching dining room covered a spoton the sand where they could humour their stomachs incomfort when
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