Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-11

Minnesota army Of citizen soidiefy is en-
amped upon the north shore Of White Bear
lake. lis present position was reached by
forced marches yesterday, and al Il late hour
last evening the weary troops were resting I'm
peace on their arms sleeping the sleep OF
The just" after hard day IS toll, without even
mosquito to disturb their peaceful aumbers
Many, if not most Of them,
lie having their first experience
IN camp life as soldiers. aud
after the fatigue OF the day they one ard all
gave glad welcome TO "tired natures sweet
restorer, balmy Sleep" and reluctantly awoke
at O'Clock this morning when the raveIlle
-calIed tEam once more to duty.
The past twenty-four hours has worked
TonCers in the appearance Of Camp Hubbard.
At . O'Clock yesterday morning the white
syents and the few members of the fatigue
party alone occupied the plain. An hour
afterwards it seemed as if the hand
of the magician had passed over the spot,
and armed men had sprung from
the soil. seeming solitude had become
with martial music, and the ground trembled
with the march Of men III warlikc array.
High overhead few the emblem Of a free
people, the star spanged banner, the sight
of which never fails to "inake tyranny trein-
BILE" Well and faithful had Lieut.. Metzger,
tho main army reached the grounds it found
everything in readiness for occupation.
Pursuant 70 orders he members of
-ompanios &C." "D". and ''E'' OF the
first battalion OF this cd9, met at their re-
spective Quarters, and headed by the Great
Union band, marched down Third street to
the union depot All three companies were
IN full uniform and made a splendid appear
aucc both in looks aud marching. Special
Dars were attached to the regular Duluth train
"a 80 l.sDn IT,
Bear lake was reached Here they expected to
meet the special train from Minneapolis with
the membeTs Of companies aud OF the First
battalion aud company Of Albert Lea of The
Second battalion. The Minneapolis train was
about half hour late and did not arrive uBtn
little after 10 a, III. Company Il % the
Second battalion was accompanied by the
Albert Lee brass band, and upon disembaIk
lng fror% the cars at once took up their line
Of fasTch for the camp ground, and were
Therefore the first company In camp, although
FtIc youngest company in the state. The boys
say they were the airst TO arrive aud lntend
10 be the last TO leave.
In the meantime the companies of the First
battalion were formed in liue II nctr command
Of Lieut.. Col. Bend, and headed by the Great
Union band, proceeded more leisurcly
through the streets of the village 10 the
camp, where they arrived about 1880 &. III.
Having reached the grounds, they were de
plOyed by companies ami marched TO their re
Spective company quarters. BuSa few mo
ncntS were allowed for rest, when Col. Bend
announced Capt. Bean, of Company "D," us
officer of the day, and Lieut.. PusCh, of the
same company, as officer of the guard, Next
came the service of guard mounting, always
an Interesting event IN camp life. This WAS
gone through with precision which
would not do discredit to veterans Of tic reGu-
ar army. The detail of the guard consists Of
one sergeant, three corporalS and twenty slX
inen each day, who stand guard two hours,
with four hours off.
The camp being placed under guard The bal
ance of the companies were then released from
duty and then began the work of preparing
their quarters for weeks occupancy. Each
company has al officers tent, mess and cook
tent, and six tents for the men. All these had
TO be placed in order. The baggage of each
man had arrived in the morning. and all this,
together with tie cOmmisslry stores, had 10
De taken from the depot to the camp ana
ranged in the different tents. 1t can be readily
Imagined that this was no small task The
tents are all government hospital tents, four
teen feet by fourteen feet, Six inches, and
while they were all up IN place
everything to make them comfortable had 10
he done by the men. Overhead was the can
vas shelter but beneath was the bare ground.
Some of the officers had made arrangements
for having q board floor put i'll their tents,
BUT the tents of the men have nothing bus
Neither Earth beneath them. Ticks were
supplied bat all these had 10 be filed with
straw. While all this work was going on,
the mess tents were not overlooked. Com
paDy opp had taken the precaulon 10 have
their cook tent, and mess lent put up in adj
vance and fully supplied with eatables, coffee
&c. The consequence was that company
ID" was q sort of general mess room for the
battalion, and over 100 men fed at its hOsp!t-
able board at dinner, for which much credit
is due to Quartermaster Esch. One or two
Of the other companies succeeded at later
hour in furnishing their men with dinner, anG
the alacrity with which the men responded TO
The dinner call spoke well for their sbarpened
appetites. The balance of the day, until dress
parade at D. m, was occupied in fixing up
the quarters. in clearing of and eveling the
company streets in front of their tents, and at
supper time nearly everything was III order
and the "boys" began to take little comfort,
While all this work was going on, at about
p. m. the loud command was heard
from the officer of the day, "Turn
out the Guard,'' when 1t was discovered that
the "Emmet Light Artillery had arrived at
the entrance to the camp, and they were re-
ceived with military honors and marched to
their positions, where they, too, were busy
during the afternoon in preparing their quar-
tors. Capt. Mccarthy lad marched his battery
overland from st. Paul, leaving at 81 a. m.
and arriving, as stated above, at p. m
THE SECOND BATTALION.
In the above it will be seen that nothing is
said concerning the Second battalion With
the exception of company "E," from
Albert Lea, the companies of this
battalion did not arrive on the ground until
shortly after 5 o'clock p. IN. Companies A OF
New Ulm, B of Faribault, g OF Wincna aud u
of Paramount arrived in st. Paul by the
mornng trains and owing to the running of
the trains were obliged to remain here until 4
D. They arrived at the Lake little before
; D. III. and proceeded at once 10 the camp
when tie same ceremony OF guard mounting
was gone through with, and the same hurry
OF preparing the tents for occupancy. The
lateness of their arrival precludcd the regular
dress parade at p. N.
Col .. B. Gould, the post commander, ar
rived on the grounds at an early hour in the
forenoon, but owing to the causes above
alluded to did not assume command until the
regular daily routine of the camp was taken up
by the dress parade of the First battalion at
~ H., at which time the following
GENERAL ORDER NO.
was promulgated:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL GUARD}
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
CAMP HUBBARD, MINI July 10, 1882
General Order No. l.
Firstly direction OF his eXcelency the
governor, as commander in-chief, the under
signed hereby assumes command of this post,