| Show RETURN OF COLONEL rOLON KI an noi lieutenant colonel john Q ca who arrived home yesterday oc oct from jacksonville florida w wl his regiment has been encamped t ins ing the summer months speaks sneaks tn in I 1 terms of the regiment with which has been connected he says the bo when they left fort russell were well trained a body of men as anya uncle sams service they were of digior and martial spirit and V we simply have been invincible spirit was broken however by a ness bacteria did the work no could have done the government hasas la Is well h k been beverly criticized for the ma HUM ment of the various camps but co col cannon la Is of the opinion that the but little ground for such beitle the site of the camp where the R rafi risers held forth was selected with utmost care it was wait and affa affi and ai as dry as the humidity of the at the low level would permit were several causes for the sican i the soldiers most of the boys born and raised in the mou mon re rea rions irions the change of climate its effects the drinking water artesian welts wells was sulphurous laxative this weakened the ev st ana an made it impossible to vi the of the fever but te j frament acted most gene ugly in at respect towards tw taw flod liero 11 pease was spared soared in order to comfort and the th rom recovery very of those ie hospitals colonel cannon be W e however that a wiser policy dd have been to have left the lt t at fort russell until needed tor for ice ce in cuba at any rate they lid 14 not have been left too long at lace ilace in a region that easily bee the home of the germs of dis ge hope the experiences of our volun C during this campaign will be of cal value to the government anad d the services of citizens again needed against a foreign foe boe in events the patriots who enlisted at call all of the country deserve to be end among its long list of heroes ther her they saw service on the battle or only endured the hardships of life |
