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I remember reading about how surprised the event organizers were by the youthful appetites of the veterans at one of the reunions (I can't remember if it was the 1913 or 1938 reunion or both), they were good eaters. At one of the events, they drank all the whiskey provided twice over. In a live radio interview from '38, one veteran being questioned went off on the following tangent: (from memory) "I want to talk about women's skirts. They are too short. Why, when I was at the sporting house last week ... " (cut off by interviewer).

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I'm an Admin for a group called The Mess Tent, and we'd love to have this photo added to the group!

Col. John M. Clem, famous in the civil war as "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CE6D91F3AE733A... Quite a story about him here. www.civilwarstory.nstemp.com/links/johnny-clem.html

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Is this Col. Mann in the photo the same man as Colonel William d'Alton Mann who fought at Gettysburg? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d'Alton_Mann

The hand-written caption in reverse refers to "The Water Supply & Pumps." The pumps must be under the tent. Drive belts and pulleys are visible. It was probably steam-powered. Incredible amount of lumber used in this construction!

You can see the field faucets in this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3953318976/

The perspective here makes it look like the tanks are about to fall over.