The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04


brigade The beautiful flag. that was pre-
sented to them by the ladies of Rock
Island floats proudly over the front of their
tent and is the finest company flag in the
encampment. The Rifles expect twelve
more men tomorrow morning. and then
they will be in prime condition. While the
Rifles are entitled to the lions share of the
| praise. yet they have been in practice and
have had every advantage. As practice
makes perfect the truth of this old adage
| is fully demonstrated
| COMPANY F, OF MOLINE.
This company has only been in practice
| in reality for the past three months and
| they have surprised themselves by the
| splendid manner in which they have drill
| ed They have made but very few breaks
thus far Capt. Savage has shown him
self to be a splendid militia man. and also
| gentleman in every respect, and the boys
of company + think that they have the
| incest captain in the regiment. Frank
| Gould of Moline. has been highly honor
ed The captain of the Galesburg compa-
| ny received a summons to come home at
once, and Lieut.. Gould, of Moline. has
been detailed as captain of the company
during the rest of the encampmdnt. The
GaIesburg boys are very much pleased
with their new captain. Company III, of
the Eighth regiment, from Paris, arrived
| here last night and are fine body of men.
Company T are getting a good share of
guard duty and are doing as well as could
| be expected under the circumstances. At
| night the boys keep things lively by sing
ing and playing cards.
COL. cLENDENNIN.
would be derelict in my duty did I not
give Col. Clendennin, of the Sixth regi-
| ment, the mention he SO richly deserves.
He is constantly attending his duties in
| thorough and efficient manner. He has
| won the esteem of the entire regiment
During the drills his bearing and thorough
knowledge of military tactics is Brought
into such excellent play that the boys of
the Sixth often say that Our colonel is
the boss" His orders are implicitly obey
ed, and his captains being fine men, make
it all the more pleasant.
IN GENERAL -
An amusing incident occurred this
morning. A stray mule, whose ribs could
| be counted, by some means or other got
into the camp grounds, and the boys
got hold of HIM. and marched him
| though the quarters. Arriving at the head
quarters of the eighth regiment, the boys
sent an orderly to the AJutant of the
eighth asking him to come out, which he
did and was introduced to the mule as
first cousin by marriage. The boys howl
ed. the mule brayed and the Adjutant got
mad and told the frisky privates that if they
did not take the innocent offender away
he would have the whole party locked up
in the guard house. so the boys stopped
and so did their fun for the present.
Another very interesting affair occurred
down town on Thursday night. Some
YS1ar. ram the y,d and aeaa nod IN
the city. and of course patrol was sent
dewn after them. In fact, there is a pa
troll stationed down town every
evening, with orders to arrest every man
without pass and place them in the city
armory until morning. A detachment
from the Cambridge Co., got leave to
go down to the city; Sergeant Dalrymple
went with them. Meeting squad of men
from Augusta, the Cambridge boys
thought they wonld have somefun. They
called on the Augusta men to halt which
they did. They were ordered to fall in
line, supposing that it was the patrol
Sergeant Dalrymple marched them around
to various places and gathered in quite
number of men who had not permission
to leave. They collared a Peoria squad
in peculiar sort of a residence, and or
dered the boys to come out; but Peoria
showed fight, and would not go. They
became rather practical in their denonstra-
tions, and the boys seeing that the Peori
ans could not be bulldozed, gave the joke
away and now the Augusta fellows have
got the laugh on them for letting lot of
beardless boys stop them when they were
twice their age and strength. Amusing
things are momentarily happening and
every one in camp abounds in good humor.
Jack Warren, of Moline, is the life of COM
pany F, and keeps the boys in war half
she time. Geo. Tuffieys' adventure with
the COW is the present topic of converse
ton among the Moline boys, and George
is mercilessly guyed, but he stands tpretty
well.
The court martial was organized on Aug.
81. Harry Abel of Rock Island had been
detained as one of the officers of the court.
Thus far no cases has been reported for ex
animation. The guard house was full last
night of men who bad jumped the lines,
and they will pay for their disobedience
with a twenty four hours, sojourn in the
guard house, with bread and water for
their subsistence and am glad to say that
none of the Moline and Rock Island com
panies have been obliged to inspect the
guard Company f is one of the
best behaved companies on the ground.
Sergeant Simmons of Moline is active in
his duties and is an efficient officer.
also acquits himself admirably. The pro-
gramme for to-day is the same as yesterday.
Tomorrow the entire brigade win parade