History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . Midway. cular No. ^ was issued from corps headquarters authoriz-ing regimental commanders to replace the drill on Tues-days and Thursdays with athletic exercises. Instead of fours right and column left there was to bedashes and hurdles, pole vaults, hammer throwing, shotputting, wrestling, base ball and foot ball. The athleticfiends were in high delight—great things would be done toother regiments—but while all the men were glad for achange they were not looking for a change of this kind; itwas a change of countr
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . Midway. cular No. ^ was issued from corps headquarters authoriz-ing regimental commanders to replace the drill on Tues-days and Thursdays with athletic exercises. Instead of fours right and column left there was to bedashes and hurdles, pole vaults, hammer throwing, shotputting, wrestling, base ball and foot ball. The athleticfiends were in high delight—great things would be done toother regiments—but while all the men were glad for achange they were not looking for a change of this kind; itwas a change of country and this announcement savored ofa longer stay than the most satisfied had hoped for, butthe time of departure was too near at hand and the author-ization of such a programme, which, had it come earlier,would have produced a most excellent and acceptable ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 171. Off for the Mail. change, was too untimely, for in less than two weeks prep-arations for goin home were in progress. The next day, Saturday, March ii, brought MajorKenner, the paymaster, and also a new order of companyinspection. Every tent was emptied and then taken down;it was the inspection order only, but it looked like some-thing else, and the yells sent up by the boys made theneighbor regiments believe we were; then the floors wereraised, the soil underneath them scratched and everythingleft to ventilate, after which as you were was executedand inspection was over. Sunday was the I2th. The colonel and Major Smithhad gone to Mantanzas; Chaplain Watts, of the First Texas,preached in the assembly tent; the officers at a meeting de-cided to give a reception, and on Wednesday the following 1/2 HISTORY OF THE
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