History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . company withAdmiral Sampson, passed through camp again the follow-ing day and again on the 9th, in company with CaptainSigsbee of the Texas, visited camp, witnessed the reviewand stopped for conference with the colonel. Amongother things the disposition of the Maine artillery tentfloors was a matter in question. The Maine boys had lefton the 8th and many of our own tents were still withoutfloors; that evening a few floors found their way over thehill by mistake; the mistake was a simple one. Our regi-ment had bee
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . company withAdmiral Sampson, passed through camp again the follow-ing day and again on the 9th, in company with CaptainSigsbee of the Texas, visited camp, witnessed the reviewand stopped for conference with the colonel. Amongother things the disposition of the Maine artillery tentfloors was a matter in question. The Maine boys had lefton the 8th and many of our own tents were still withoutfloors; that evening a few floors found their way over thehill by mistake; the mistake was a simple one. Our regi-ment had been asked to put a guard over the much covetedproperty; the instruction to the guard was to allow no oneto carry away the floors, but when he gave the instructionto his relief he said no one is allowed to carry these floorsbut the One Hundred and Sixty-first, and the floors began tomove. However, the next day they were given us by properauthority and were accordingly moved and made up for theregiment what it lacked in floors for its men. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 169. Government Warehouse at Ouemados. On Friday, the loth, at 2:15 p. m., the battleshipsNew York, Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas passed, in ordernamed, along the coast on their cruising expedition toCienfuegos and Santiago. Thirteen guns were fired by thelight artillery frorn the eminence near division headquartersand the salute returned by the guns of the New York. Onthe loth the Exchange was moved out of its weedy cornerand obscure surroundings and taken to the Midway, sodubbed by the boys, for here was the band, the assemblytent, the post-of!ice, and the exchange and here the officerssent for their men when they were wanted and couldnt befound, spending idle moments listening to band practice,playing games, writing letters, buying stamps and softdrinks at the Exchange. It was also on the loth that cir- I70 HISTORY OF THE
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