The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-06

Homer Van Vie, Of the Egh. Artillery drilltsam.
10 very sick.
win Alexander Of the 1. L l.. win soon take unto
himself wife
H Johnson and viii Love, of the L L. l.. are
out of the city.
Ed johnson. of the I. L. A. drill team has returned
from brief visit to Chicago.
Ed R. sulsrcvs, of Company A. was seriously i'll.
last week. but he IL now convalesceat.
The Light Infantry boys say that the initials Of
Corporal Campbell Cobb are very suggestive
The excursion committee of the Emmett Guards
viii probably select Cincinnati for the proposed sx
cursion.
The Rice Zousves had better be stirring themselves
or the Merchant Zousyes win have walk-over at
Evansville
DR.. Chas Csrter, Of Company A. candidate for Rep.
resent.tive. is giving very little attention to the
drils those evenings
The Union mess of Company will meet ct the
residence of Will e. James, % East Michigan street.
tomorrow evening at o'clock.
Captain Fox and Lieutenant wuenseh of the Mer.
chant zousves took in Company AS practice drill at
vifgipa-ayenue Rink, last Tuesday night.
The !. L. A. guns being remodeled, and win
probably be in shape for the battery 70 take along to
Nashville to use the prize drills there.
The Company A military band il prscticng regular.
Beleher.
Captain Rswles. of the Fort Wayne Rifles. Capt.
W. ). Beck. Of the Gent Guards Of Columbus, and
Wayne. were in the city during the past week.
The Indianapolis Merchant Zousves were mustered
into the State service last Wednesday evening by AID.
ptansgener. Kocnta Then position a. assigned IN
Lynn Brown. ex-heavy- weight, and ]. B. McCor-
mick lightweight, Of the l. L. L. have arranged for
sparring match on next Saturday evening AZ Tomln-
son Hall. No one but msmbses viii be admitted.
After the drill last Tuesday night Company A held
short business meeting. Seven applicants were adj
hsrssftsr st which ID the members are szpssssd %
be present - - =: ar
The excursion committee Of the Merchant Zouaves, .
consisting Of Capt. Fox, Lieut.. Wuensch and Henry
Wetzel at the meeting o Thursday night decided to
run an excursion 10 Madison on Sunday snd Monday.
June 10 and IL.
The Rockville Battery win 60 to the Nashville en-.
campment with flying eoors. and It expects, also. to
come back that way Il has special cars which will
battery will be accompanied by thirty people.
Captain Stevenson, who will command the Rock
vile Light ARTILLERY in the Nashville drill is the
young officer who received 90 many compliments
from old military men at the indianapolis encamp.
ment in 1882 on his soldisrly bearing and command.
ing abilities
Captain Scott, Of the Warsaw Light Guards, was in
the city last week. and called Adjutant general
people of Warsaw very anxious to have Company
A pay them another visit this summer, which the
company win do.
The military fair and carnival at Fort Wayne.
$1,000. The affair big success, and Is the
armory now being constructed win be finished with
| this money the miltiamen of Fort Wayne ought TO
be highly satsd st the interest taken In their welfare
The j: L. L has developed baseball streak. The
FIRST and second platoons have organized rival mines
and the initial of series of three games for company
honors will be played tomorrow afternoon. The bat
terry for the first platoon will be Bissel and Eckman
for the second the work viii b done by Shsnnings,
| and Mahoney.
The State militia. asreorganised last week. With the
| additions to the ranks to date. brings the tota
strength up to 1850 men The Adjutant-seneral has
thirty applications file from companies who wish
to join the service but he has been compelled to re
fuse, because the three regiments full and each
| company efficient far - known. The latest sppli
cation was from Terre Hauts company that ha.
| over sixty men on its rolls.
The practice drills Of the Light Artillery are pro
crossing satisfactorily The battery leaves for Nah
vile on the 18th. and If it succeeds in carrying of ths
honors ~ 1t has wherever It has gone It will be espe
sislly notable, as the company have had but thret
weeks of practice drill No drills have been held since
last fall until last week. Just az the battery was 90
ing 10 begin in earnest their gums were destroyed and
the TT. Wayne guns gid not arrive until last week