History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 109 having been lost to view, no land was sighted until thefollowing morning. At 11 oclock the first and each suc-ceeding day inspection of quarters was held; every man. Mobile —Off for Cuba. was ordered below and proper inspection made as to clean-liness and ventilation. Major Smith, of the First North Carolina, assisted byMajor Longstreet, division commissary officer, and Lieu-tenant Welsh, of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana,was in charge of the distribution of ratio
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 109 having been lost to view, no land was sighted until thefollowing morning. At 11 oclock the first and each suc-ceeding day inspection of quarters was held; every man. Mobile —Off for Cuba. was ordered below and proper inspection made as to clean-liness and ventilation. Major Smith, of the First North Carolina, assisted byMajor Longstreet, division commissary officer, and Lieu-tenant Welsh, of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana,was in charge of the distribution of rations; three times a daythe men were served with warm meals. Details from eachcompany went into the kitchen, the food when cooked wasplaced on tables and the men, two companies at a time,filed by and receiving their portion ate it wherever most I lO HISTORY OF THE agreeable within limits of their restriction, The two thou-sand men were fed in about forty-five minutes. During the entire next day the vessel steamed alongwith the sandy beaches of Florida plainly in sight; at 10:45A. M. we passed Palm Beach and as darkness again set inwe were nearing the southern coast of the peninsular state;the last light-house on the Florida keys was sighted at 9 ; the keys were passed during t
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