Show correspondence from idaho Ie description of camp connor CAUP CAMP CONNOR TER february 1864 j my dear vedette Ic dette being stowel away in in the snow and ice which defends sodality Soda City and camp connor from all with a 1 ranging from 10 to 35 degiers below zero and a on one occasion at 43 below the thought strikes me that as a description of caknip bonnerwith conner with its surroundings had never no or been furnished you I 1 v will ill assa assay Y the task when I 1 inform you that the all important in duty devolving upon your humble servant is repel ter for the ancient noble honorable and time honored association hearing bearing tho the worshipful title of one thousand and one you will I 1 feel confident be at once impressed with the magnitude of my responsibility and the natural overwhelming embarrassment attending my efforts yet nv with ith your kind indulge indulgence tice for this m my Y boning the cirous I 1 may commit I 1 launch in my Y balque having offered a prayer lor for the safety of its N oy age and given the instruct eions to my chief mute mate I 1 seat myself in the after cabin and commence my log our post is neat comfortable quiet ind and bithal tile the coziest little huddle of soldier bo bivs I 1 ever saw our quarters arc built bitile of tile the pride of the forest pines and at air L elected with a peculiar eye to comfort viz there ate aie two tuo buildings of 80 80 feet in length and 15 feet in width lunning p parallel piral millet lel one nith ith the other r leaving a space of loo feet between each building fortis for use cas 03 a parade ground these buildings art partitioned into messes of el eight bt and ten men each with an apartment in the north end of each 30 by 15 feet these being occupied by the subsistence and Q M departments respectively each moss mesa has a chimney flie file place window and door with bunks tables and benches ind and every convenience that a soldier can device in habitations 11 j of so rude a nature and so ron roughly ehly constructed fronting these quarters tersa stands in bold relief 1 a I master niece of mechanism both in stylo style compactness and adaptation to the ho or of co II 11 viz tho the guard house its dimensions are arc 25 by 12 feet with a cell for its ilg unfortunate occupants of 3 by 12 feet and a good comfortable room for the guard thanks to the gallant IV II 11 the dwellers in tilts this dieal d cad aie but few directly in rear of the guard house distant from the south end of tile alio mens quarte tm 8 60 feet and facing the P trade ground are arc erected tile the officers quarters which can consist of one log building 50 by 12 feet this is partitioned into three apartments with an L attached to the east cast end 24 by 12 feet this thi bring being used as a 11 toben and dining room the commanding officer occupies the center apartment lieutenant shoemaker the one on the right the one on tit the c I 1 left c ft now vacant was intended for washburn and lady in ft fiant ont of the officers quarters stands our flag staff which J must say would be an ornament to a much more beautiful parade gigand than tho the one on which it so majestic illy stands it is 00 90 feet in height and of the most symmetrical proportions some one hundred yards in rear of the officer s teis are arc tho the la undress quarters which are built of the same material as the others above mentioned and are ornamented and at an I 1 ranged in accord trice inco with tho the taste of their occupants by way of information I 1 may as well state that co 11 II has 1 its ts full fall efti olt of laundresses our whole conway our uns unassuming suming and modest coberly and bourgo our go ahead allaead vaughn have each cacti sworn and fidelity to th the C ma matrimonial hi lin lineage enge happiness domestic bliss ind and adherent felicity apparently reign throughout their circle on the samo same yaw row and to the left of the laundresses quarters the celebrated philological and spontaneous barber holds forth he has erected a largo large and cOmIl commodious iodious saloon in NN which blob your can be relieved of its coating coati cg le be it luxuriant as filand randolph s or of it a more moderate growth resembling our flient bobby burns burnal from dabling Du bling alias old dart ills his chabis are constructed constricted in a manner to insure comfort case and luxury to his bis customers being a pine bench minus the back his hia razors are noted for their keenness a and nd acuteness of touch his water is of a c corresponding 0 tero tern peta pei aturo ture of that indicated by fahrenheit on a certain cold morning perhaps he be gets shaved there cantwell cant tell I 1 know I 1 do adjacent to this abiding place of our friend the professor Pio fessor ressor is elected an imposing sanctum in aich ou our r proficient master of x w ax and abr thread ea d resides res idea G WB well uell known and truly ap ted as the gem of the trade either pegged sew sev ca or pasted ii uh ith neatness and dispatch to the left or of the gar garrison gabrilson ilson and distant about one hundred yards stands a very prominent edifice in which is the sole medium through which the falI followers ot of uncle sam located in the wilds of idaho pass florn the monotonous routine of camp life to the st sunday inday amusements etc natural to their disposition ind inclinations within the walls of this building the gay lasses of oh shocking how could I 1 bo be guilty of the expression I 1 meant solla soda city sving sv ing their crinoline aith w etli a grace and thit hut vi would befittingly become a bon ton ion of the fifth avenue here one may witness it a ga galaxy gal I axy that is surprisingly dazzling hot bei e you may feast yoa conr eyes upon the merriment of the light fantastic too toe so gaily hipped dipped by the ladies of idalio idaho and the little soldier boys who are arc as highly honored and on whom the bewitching eyes and captivating smiles are so beneficently bestowed and so eo gi conferred by their fair donors and my dear vedette Te detie I 1 do most candidly assure you that these deuced little witches are the most aggravating possessors of all that ensnares snares man that one could meet for many a day were we anxiously hunting for the same came in sum total the ladies and misses of soda city will compare with those of any c city i ty 0 f its population the building to which 1 I last referred is is also occupied by the good Temp lars as a lodge room of which society co 11 II may feel fec justly proud hiving biving enrolled as members member s therein in 35 of their number the lodge n numbers lim 45 members in good standing their officers for the present term have been elected and installed as follows patrick conway connay P IV C T livingston IV C T james mooney W V T miles durkee W S david G C long W T G IV barr W F S walter W snell IV 31 emma thompson IV L I 1 G james E booie W 0 G esther coberly IV R 11 II S marie laison IV L 11 S james M K peck W D 31 frederick S stevens IV C the lodge is in ili fual full tide of prosperity and harmony prevails therein sergeant presto burrell barrell is D D G IV C T for the dib district triet of idaho idabo within this his enclosure or of pine also are held the regular meetings of the order of one thousand and one which illustrious organ organization iza dates back from the days of noah the grand lodge of which society is at pre present s ent established at denver city colorado territory ind and there being one of its founders so jourcin jour jo nin with us abi this winter we have through urb ills his int instructions ructions and assistance organized a lodge at camp connor known n as the idaho lodge no 1 of the he one thousand and one we have drafted and adopted ft a and bylaws by laws elected our officers for 3 months and aro ara now in complete work working ng order the principles of the society for which we have enli enlisted ted our efforts to sustain are morality charity jollity and mirth and a nd member previous to his initiation is 19 impressed with the absolute necessity of aidin and devising schemes whereby ran fun c can in bo be derived and a candidate proposed must be possessed of an unprecedented degree 0 of fortitude a I 1 firmness and stability of mind and purpose to endure hardships had ships and a deter mined spirit of resolution to overcome all obstacles st 9 obstructions and impediments which amny lay meet him on his dangerous road in fact an examination by our sri surgeon ageon gen fleming is is ere ho he can venture to ivi withstand tana the storm tho though tigh t be long the foil following 0 ail g officers were elected and installed intile for aar tile lit besent term arthur fleming P G W S C P hadley IV T S george car e W peek peck W G V pi fied ca S stevens W S john joan armitage IV T wm win fredamae Fre daman IV 0 david S lou long g IV A C B S lawrence W T S M 8 benitt ken lit IV I 1 G otto ton IV M the great feature of tho the society soc i ety was the hi grani grand ball of the 0 T 0 on monday the in of yeb feb which was decidedly the ne pans uit of the season to bo be continued in our act where it will bo be seen how jenkins went to the tha ball and what lie he saw there ed ea |