. History of the First battalion Pennsylvania six months volunteers and the 187th regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry; six months and three years service, civil war, 1863-1865; . to pay it over. Philadelphia Lxqlirer. January, Cadwallader. Xo military rendezvous of any kind es-tablished in this city since the breaking out of the war has beenthe cause of so much complaint, or the source of as luany com- 134 HISTORY OF 187TH REGIMENT munications to the press of a disparaging character, as CampCadwallader. These complaints consist mainly of suffering en-dured by the men stationed t
. History of the First battalion Pennsylvania six months volunteers and the 187th regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry; six months and three years service, civil war, 1863-1865; . to pay it over. Philadelphia Lxqlirer. January, Cadwallader. Xo military rendezvous of any kind es-tablished in this city since the breaking out of the war has beenthe cause of so much complaint, or the source of as luany com- 134 HISTORY OF 187TH REGIMENT munications to the press of a disparaging character, as CampCadwallader. These complaints consist mainly of suffering en-dured by the men stationed there, and injustice done them bya certain set of unprincipled officials who have charge of mattersand things generally within the enclosure. Filthy quarters,miserable diet, embezzlement of money belonging to soldiers, anutter disregard for the welfare and comfort of the men, consti-tute a portion of the evils complained of, and which have causedso many desertions that would otherwise not have taken place. It is to be hoped that the recent new regulations of the WarDepartment, and the appointment of new ofificials, will producea wholesome state of afifairs at Camp PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 135 CHAPTER XIV. Lincolns Funeral. THE following was taken from the Philadelphia Press a fewdays following the death of President McKinley: Hun-dreds of Philadelphians who read yesterday that there wasa possibility that the remains of William McKinley might lie instate at Independence Hall, recalled those memorable two days of1865, when the body of the murdered Lincoln rested in the templeof American liberty. It was on Saturday, the 22nd of x\pril, that the funeral trainfrom Washington pulled into the old Baltimore depot, at Broadstreet and Washington avenue. Thousands lined the tracks andthousands more the city streets. Business had lagged through theday and by noon not a store nor warehouse was open, and whenthe signal gun of the University Light Artillery, stationed atBr
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