Snow And Soldiers

SNOW AND SOLIDERS

THE SOLDIOERS HAD THEIR TENT

WALLS NAILED DOWN

The Latest Intelligence from the

Thirty-First Michigan at Camp Po-

land

A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch con-

tains the following information:

Quite a snow storm struck the 31st

this week. While the snowfall was

not heavy enough to cover the ground

to any extent it blew across the camp

in genuine blizzard fashion. Luckily,

the regiment was well prepared with

tent walls nailed to the floors and

banked up. The Sibley stoves were

kept going to their full capacity all

day, and the government wood pile

was considerably reduced. Up on the hill at regimental head-

quarters, Col. Gardener and Lieut.-Col.

Shubel have taken the contract to furn-

ish the wood for their mess, and they

use a cross-cut saw with great vigor.

A physical examination of all com-

missioned officers of the 31st Michigan

and the Sixth Ohio, was ordered, to as-

certain their fitness for Cuban service.

Major Colby, of the 31st, was a mem-

ber of the board and the examination

was held Tuesday and Wednesday.

While no report has yet been made,

the officers all feel confident that they

passed the examination.

Owing to the 31st and the Sixth Ohio

being the only regiments left at Knox-

ville, provost duty has been very easy

and the detail has been reduced to few

men.

The Regimental hospital is now well

supplied with everything needed for

field service; better, it has been re-

marked, than general hospitals were

during the summer campaign. There

are only eight patients in the hospital

at present, and none of them are ser-

iously ill. Sick call shows a corres-

pondingly low number, and with the

exception of some colds the whole regi-

ment is in fine fettle.

Quartermaster Rogers has received

another large issue of clothing and sup-

plies and the regiment has enough on

hand for the next three months. Many

of the officers' wives expect to follow

their husbands to Cuba if the regiment

is ordered there. In the neighborhood 

of the camp there is quite a colony of

officers' wives, and some enlisted men's

wives. Maj. Hunt's wife and family

arrived last Monday, making a total

of 16 ladies with the regiment.