Cleaning The Barracks

CLEANING THE BARRACKS.

the Augean Work Capt. Granger is Doing.

A letter to the Free Press under date of April 8 from Amaro, Cuba, contains the following:

"Chaplain White has returned fro a pastoral visit to Co. A. at Placetas, and F at Remedios, and reports the men in good health and spirits. At the fomer place Capt. Granger is emulating Hercules and Augean stables in renovating the barracks. They have been re-roofed, the paint inside and out has been scraped off, and a general cleaning out administered. One of the buildings had been used by the Spanish as a hospital and from under it a wagon load of old bandages was removed. Verily, an ideal temple of hygeia.

"Just now the regiment is greatly excited over the prospect of an early return to the states. yesterday a telegram was received from division headquarters, ordering the Sixth Ohio and 31st Michigan to be prepared and held in readiness to go to the United States--the former as soon as the Second U. S. Infantry arrives and transport can be obtained, the latter as soon as it can be learned that a transport is available. It also directed that both regiments have their records in shape, so that there will be not delay in mustering out. On the latter point this regiment is in splendid shape and everything is as far along as possible. It is understood, unofficially, that we shall be called to Cienfuegos before many days pass by. The companies have been directed to report in that city as soon as relieved by companies of the Third Volunteer Engineers and there await the arrival of the body of the regiments from this station.