The Paducah Daily Sun

COLORED DEPARTMENT.

A Letter From a Member of the Tenth Cavalry Now at Montauk, L. I., N. Y.

The following extract is taken from a letter received from one of our soldier boys last Friday:

Montauk, Long Island, N. Y.
August 23.—Since I wrote to you all last I have journeyed many miles and have seen some of the largest cities in the United States. We broke camp at Lakeland, Fla., on Wednesday last, before daylight, and were away at 5 o'clock that evening. The trains were divided into eight sections. I was on the seventh section. We passed through Charleston, S. C.; Savannah, Ga.; Richmond and Lynchburg, Va. Washington City, D. C.; Baltimore, Md.; Newark and Jersey City, N. J.; Brooklyn and New York City, N. Y., and had a short lay-out at every place except Richmond and Lynchburg, Va. In Washington City we were given one of the grandest receptions I ever witnessed in my life, and it was given principally by white people. They met the trains as they rolled into the spacious and finely constructed depot, and had everything that a tired, hungry soldier might wish, and what we did to the refreshments was a plenty. The people in Washington City think that there is nothing like the Tenth cavalry and they certainly showed it They took nearly all the buttons off our coats and as many of our cartridges as they could get to keep as souvenirs, and to tell the truth they would take anything they could get as a souvenir of the brave and gallant Tenth cavalry. Some of them even gave the boys their names and addresses and wanted them to call at their residences any time that they were in the city. You would have laughed had you seen me standing in a confectionary in Washington City with a half dozen white ladies and as many white gentlemen, drinking soda water at their expense and telling them of the brave and gallant deeds of the famous Tenth cavalry. I saw the white house at a distance. We did not get to go to it. We spent about twenty minutes in Baltimore, Md., and received a hearty welcome there also. The store keepers would not let the boys pay for anything they wanted. Our next stop was Philadelphia, and as it was a little late we only met a very few people. We arrived in Jersey City on Saturday morning about 5 o'clock and we were met at the station by 5,000 people, (I forgot to tell that we were doing all this traveling in Pullman cars. Now you know we were out of sight.) and after partaking of a fine breakfast at their expense, we began making preparations for our departure for Long Island. At Jersey City we took the ferry, a boat as large as our union station and started for the island. On our way we were saluted by every vessel lying in port, and there were hundreds of them. We passed under the Brooklyn bridge. I have seen two or three of the great battleships. Sampson's fleet had a big turnout in New York bay and Hudson, Saturday, and was witnessed by some of our boys who were on section 8. In New York City the people think the Rough Riders and the Tenth cavalry are the onliest soldiers on earth. Montauk, the place where we are camping, is owned principally by the Vanderbilts, and they say the Tenth cavalry shall not lie on the ground while here and they are going to put floors in our tents. Washington City and New York City both want the Tenth cavalry stationed there, but I don't know which will be the lucky one. I think we all go to Washington ton next month as there is to be a great parade of all the soldiers. There are over 20,000 soldiers here now and they are coming in every day from Cuba. Myself and Luke were put on guard duty the first night here. All the Paducah boys are doing nicely and are expecting to get their discharge between now and Thanksgiving day.

FRANK.
Tenth U. S. Cavalry, Troop M.