The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-01
CAMP cULLoM.
Thensixth Regiments Trip to Springfield.
Incidents, Details etc. AS s6an by an Argus
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man Rifles, of Rock Island are well repre-
scented here's The Rodmans started from.
Rock Island under command of Captain
Halves, and company f, of Moline. under.
Captain Fred Savage. We left Moline at
6 30 "Wednesday morning. together with
the Morrison company. Your representa-
tive was in the midst of the sogers and
| was we'll treated Company #, of Moline,
produced forty five men. The early part
of the morning was spent IN conversation
and sociability At Lynn, the Cambridge
militia, consisting of thirty two men, under
command of Lieut.. Ayres, boarded the
train. Col. Clendennin, of the Sixth regi-s
| ment, saw them comfortably seated aud
| the train moved on. The Rock Island
company started up with the old song,
"John Brown s Body, ETC.. and the balance
| of the companies came in on the chorus.
1t is safe to say that if anything could res
urrect j. B. the singing of the boys would
do it. The next stop was made at a town
with a pecuiiaename and blessed profusely
with suniowersy and we Will have to say
right here that the members of the great
Sixth regiment denominated themselves
ardent admirers of the spindle shanked
esthete by getting out ana decorating
themselves with the heretofore iguobie but
now fashionable sunfiowers. OF course
this caused a great deal of merriment.
We Will say, though, for credit of the
officersthat 1hcSfid notregaH themselves
probably feeling that their glittering shoul
der straps were enough decorations. Ar
irving at Monmouth, wew were met by the
Monmouth company 81 strong, and mar
shaded by Captain Bond We were obliged
to stop at Monmouth for an hour, and that
city turned cut all her fair ones. to see the
boys of, and catch a glance at the adan
Uses in the Sixth. The boys did their share
and went away favorably impressed with
the Monmouth ladies. We were joined at
this place by the Princeton band, which is.
by the way. the Sixth regimental band but
they did net favor US with any music-alntil
we reached Springfield.
At Bushnell met company d, of the Sew
enth regiment. from Augusta. They num-
bered forty men, and had on regular lah-
de-dah uniforms, which, to tell the truth,
caused laughter from all the other compa-
MES, and the Augusta crowd was fully i'm
bued with the idea that they were pretty.
Between Bushnell and Beardstown a hot
box occasioned the stop of the train for a
few minutes. A cornfield was on either
side, and the boys went on foraging ex
petition, and laid in st ,ck of corn. for
camp. but the officers would not stand t,and
the Rock Island and Moline boys whose
faces were frightened at the prospect of
green corn fer dinner felt little blte but
when Capt Fred Savage opened his lunch
pot, how their mouths did WATER and Fred
was liberal with his ratioafs too, Simmons
and Mccoy did the biggest share of the
eating, but Moline people will not be sur
priSed. We arrived at Beardstown at
twelve O'Clock and dinner caught US all.
A special train WAS made up here, aud this
loIa X e
the members of the Augusta Co. went up
town and either were cracked on the town
or were tired of riding, for they, failed to
show mp when the trAial stafted Col |
Clendennin from Moline was both coadue-
tor of the train and Col. of the 9th from
Bearglstown on, he handled things like an
old train man. Some of the Moline BOYS
got watermelon and now they are in |
charge of a physician. butt was only a
natural consequence Cards were plenty and
seven-up and .cribbage served to while |
away the tedious hours of travel Will |
Channon and AL. Dart were the crack play
ers from Rock Island. and Frank Gould |
and Kinney Simne ms held Moline's repu- |
tafion up to its present standard The |
rest of the journey was without incident, |
and as we neared Springfield the boys be- |
gan to get ready for their march to the camp
We arrived at the capitol at 5 80
the band discoursing some fine music as |
we neared the depot. Alighting from the |
train, the men were well drawn up in rank, |
Company f of Moline, presented the |
strongest appeafence in pointsof numbersI
than any Of the rest. The Rodman Rifles /
had the neatest mRiferm and went through |
he aaotions with salacxitg and aceuracy. |
The regiment n1srciea lRs com panyse the |
hext street and were then All drawn up in /
line. "A frey charger awaited Col. 0len-i
dennin's arrival, and hardly had the Col |
mounted before the horse took it into his /
head to throw him, but after laying down, /
rearing up, and going through various
frantic motions he gave it up, aud tile Col.
Showed himseifao be D superior hofsenlan. |
The march. to the camp was ,commenced |
at six O'Clock, the regiIhental l,and leaziing,
with the Galesburg company. next. Tn en-
came the other companies ia the followi ng
order: Company ID, of Cambridge /
company b, Oneida; company A, Rock ISL
and; companyF. Moline; company @, of
Lacon; company H Monmouth and com
pany @, of Morrison. The march to the
camp took half an hour, it being about |,
o half a mile from the city, and. there we
ieave abe sixth regiment to go through if l
il is their luck, the irksome guard duties
etc, / will describe the camp and how
our Moline and Rock Island companies
are situated in my next, rs it is at the pre-
sent writing nearly dusk, and nothing of
note viii be done until the morrow.
Brig&die1 GneuGl Reece has kindH placed
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