. 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 . of July, 1898. On the second of July one of Uucle Sams repre-sentatives again visited our camp and left a slight re-^linder that we had served him faithfully for another. LAIT. F. J. C L1:X 1J1-: N 1N,Co. F, Sixth Inf., \() rank, Lieut, (ol. Asst. :{d Ikioraile, III. \. (i. Oin)i<) PC) ISo iiKMilh. About tliirlN-onc hu
. 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 . of July, 1898. On the second of July one of Uucle Sams repre-sentatives again visited our camp and left a slight re-^linder that we had served him faithfully for another. LAIT. F. J. C L1:X 1J1-: N 1N,Co. F, Sixth Inf., \() rank, Lieut, (ol. Asst. :{d Ikioraile, III. \. (i. Oin)i<) PC) ISo iiKMilh. About tliirlN-onc hundred dollars was dislrilnit-ed among the men of the regiment, a goodl} portion ofthis soon disappeared, some sending theirs home andnot a few spending their portion freely until it was near-h gone, l^ortunateh for the boys in geneial a numberof them foresaw that an emergenc}- might arise, wherea little ready money would pro\e invaluable to the men,and they preserved a sum which, although not large,was the means of relieving the pangs of hunger andfurnished clothing for many during the dark days whichfollowed and which none could foresee. In truth morethan one man who is enjoying good heidih today oweshis preservation to the kind and ready friends who hadfortitied themselves with a few dollars which they gen-erously divided among their needy comrades who intheir enfeebled condition could not have existed
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