Show FRIDAY MAY 12 berz ARRIVAL or OF TROOPS we ay iy noted the arrival of the troops Saturday oh that had been stationer at camp conor connor nor idaho territory during tho last winter but from a conversation with capt stillman we deem it duo due to bim stielf and bis command to at least mako a decora record of the circumstances under tinder which ifsich soldiers of ortho the ad arif C V have done their duty the winter at camp connor has been one of unusual beverl proper caro care and attention the troops have not suffered when the spring months advanced but winter still hold held wi ita bw sway ty the roads from tho the kimmence fall of snow during the winter were rendered perfectly impassable capt stillman S till man ater a tor every effort to obtain supplies was compelled under military necessity to abandon the post oti on tho the of april he left with forty men leaving a detachment of ten men under the command of shoemaker A A Q M to guard tho the property necessarily cessa rily left ut at tho the post for want of transportation for five days daya and nights through three and four feet of snow did this deter mined band make its way over moun tain heights and through almost imps n aaboe ble snow and by the most moat superhuman exertions succeed in reaching franklin having traveled ninety miles the men arrived safe and well with the exception of bruised limbs swollen and blistered feet and many of them suf foring from snow blindness they were compelled to throw away all superfluous clot clothing bing every one clinging to their at aims als accoutrements blankas blank ts and rations sufficient cien t to sustain the them of 24 hours which consisted for a portion of the time of the bran and wheat which were left I 1 0 on n the road last full fall and had escaped the veral vermin I 1 ri whose devastation ceased on the arrival of those these tired and hungry troops the men are all L from their fatigue and will soon oon be for duty at this pout and as they ever have been are still ready at the cull call of their command ing ingo fuce r to maintain and defend the principles f of the government and flag under which they haveko long and faithfully served we welcome them and may their success be comme mut ate with their devotion to their cou country itry |