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Show U. S. Soldiers Issued Papers Dunns; Wars in 1 8-1 6-7 and o61-5 "A new development of the Mexican Mex-ican war was the camp newspaper, nearly a score of which were published pub-lished by soldier-printers on small hand-presses to srrve the various army camps. The most Important of these was the American Flag, of Scott's army, which was first published pub-lished at Mut.'imuras; after the war It was continued at Drownsvlllo, Texas. William C. Toby, correspondent corre-spondent of the Philadelphia North 1. v ' American, published a North American Amer-ican In Mexico City during the occupation oc-cupation . . . During the Civil war various army and navy papers were Issued, usually for brief periods, in both the Northern and Southern forces. Opportunities for such papers pa-pers came when printer-soldiers were able to secure presses and to uso tlicm (luriiu! Intervals between tho rrrjuii'enientM of active servire. Among the camp papers were tho Swamp Arii;el, published on Morris Island, in Charleston Harbor during the siee;c; the Red River Rover, printed on ruled foolscap on board the steamer Dcs Moines; the Yazoo Dally Yankee, Issued 'semi-oeea-sionally' durinj; tho sienc of Vlclis-burc; Vlclis-burc; and the Camp Ketlle, 'published 'pub-lished at every opportunity by the Held and slafT officers of the Roundhead Round-head Iiei:inient.' which wa's the 100th Pennsylvania." From "American Journalism" by Frank L. Moll (Miiemillan). |
