The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-18
A PHASE OF SOLDIER LIFE
Food the States Young Militiamen Will
Have During Their Week in Camp.
Officers Of staff. Field and Line Of the Three
Regiments of the Legion That viii Pitch
Tents on Armstrong; Farm.

Arrangements are now complete LOT the
encampment Of the Indiana Legion to be
held here, beginning Monday next and con-
tlnuinG until the following Saturday. The
camp will be in Armstrong; woods, near
North indianapolis, about four miles from
the Circle. During the week there will, it
Is expected, be a grand review by Gov.
Hovey, as commandments. accompanied
by his staff, composed of the following off,
GERS; Acknowledgement, N. r. Ruckle, In
dianapolis: acknowledgement, Col. j.
4. Pope, Indianapolis; cOmmissary general,
Col Us. Wright, Rockport; surgeon-gen-
eral. Col. r. b. Jessup. Vincennes; in
spector-general, Col. j. H.. Jack, Lafayette;
aids: Majors w. II. Ridenour, Terre Haute;
Frank Swigert, Logansport; G. r. Stor-
mont. Princeton; w. A. OEphant, Union;
w. C.. Lamb. Indianapolis; p. S. Heath.
Muncie; George Heinrich, Mount Vernon;
X. Z. Wilkinson, Evansville; j. w. Thayer,
Plymouth; j. NJ. McGIll, Evansville; A. b.
Bond, Richmond; Frank Gee, Fowler; Z. S.
Walker, West Lebanon.
There will be in camp thirty-six CON-
panies of infantry and five of artillery, each
having from ~thirty-tive to fifty men. There
are twelve companies in each in
fantry regiment, and while in camp
they will be furnished with the
regular army rations, with some
additions. The army ration consists of
twelve ounces of bacon or pork or one
pound four ounces of fresh beef to each
man a day. to which is to be added o daily
ration of sixteen ounces of hard bread or
eighteen ounces of soft bread to each man.
10 each one hundred rations fifteen pounds
OF beans, ten pounds of rice or ten pounds
OF hominy will be given, and with every
hundred rations eight pounds of roasted
and ground coffee or two pounds
OF tea, fifteen pounds of sugar
four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of salt,
four ounces of pepper are TO be issued. An
allowance is made to each one hundred
men Of four pounds of soap and
one and a half pound of candles a
day. For the first day, on arriving at
camp, cooked rations will be issued. These
will consist. for each meal, of one-third of
o pound of cooked ham, One-sIXth of a
pound canned beef. a quarter of a pound
cooked beans, half a pound of hard bread,
Win coffee, sugar and tea. On other days,
IN addition to the standard army r~atiOns,
tnere VIII be issued potatoes, onions and
dried apples or peaches.
The indianapolis companies. the first to
go INTO camp, will be taken there at 8
o'clock Monday morning on the Big FOur,
around the Belt to Armstrong; woods. The
nrst companies to arrive from outside the
city, will be the .Waynetown and Craw-
fordsville companies. which will come an
hour and a quarter later.
fourteen companies will be transferred
from the Union Station TO the camp by the
Big Four at 1O:4O A. NJ. AT p. NJ. the tram
will arrive from the southwest portion of
the State. bringing companies from Camel
Vernon, Terre Haute, Rockville and Bra
I'll. The company from Waterloo will be
the last to- arrive. as it will not get in till 6
p. M: Monday. There will be a dress-parade
on the first day. but only the Second and
Third regiments will be in amp and set
tied in their quarters in time to take part
in it.. The government furnishes four hun
dred tents, which will be sufficient.
The following are the field and staff off,
GERS OF the several regiments:
First-COlOnel. w. ID. Ewing, Evansville;
major, I. r. Weldon. Fort Wayne; adju-
tant. w. {. Keller. Evansville; surgeon. q.
f.. Beasley, Lafayette; quartermaster, III.
Stinson, Evansville; battalion majors. VIM.
cite. The companies and captains are as
follows: A, Vincennes, G. w. Mccoy; Il,
Terre Hante j w. Ebel; e, Waynetown,
". 3. Gray; ID, Grawfordsville, M Y. West;
- =. L NuCSOlullCh, E. DI6Lll,
III, Mount Vernon, G. +. Zimmerman; /,
Columbus, II. E: Valentine; X, Princeton,
We. Simpson; L. Lafayette, q. b. KING;
NJ, Evansville. j. w. Roberts.
Second-Colonel, w. j. Mckee, Indian.
apolis; Geutenant-colonel, B.. c. Wright,
Indianapolis; major. j. III. Oliver, Indian
apolis; adlutant, ii. b. Smith, Indianapolis
surgeon; y; L ~ stiyer; Fort Wssyne; assist.
quartermaster, F. w. Frank, Indianapolis;
battalion major, G. A. Reith, Goshen. The
companies and captains of the Second regi.
ment are: A, Indianapolis, w. j. Kerch.
fxali Ri Hl EHT ". WMe ". yRebIb Fl y y. R %RnSisnaS 6:
oils, r. F., Scott; Z, Indianapolis, c. L.
G.. Andrews, Lessel Long: K, War
saw NJ. N: Mjlice; L, Indianapolis
Rhodes. In this regiment the time Of
companies II and / having expired, and
they not having reorganized. their place:
will be filled by the Second and Third
separate companies, from New Albany ane
of Capt. 6. H. Pennington and Capt. w. c
Henning, jr.
Third-Colonel. r. w. Mcbride. Water
loo; lieutenant-colonel, j. NJ. Powell, Leb
anon; major, q. s. Haste, Valparaiso; adju
tant, c. T. Dorwin,. Decatur; surgeon. E
Huntzinger, Frankfort; q~uartermaster, j
D. Hall. Decatur; battalion majors
c. w. Barr. Logansporti CT. Griffin. Indi
hart; Judge advocate, H. F.. Underwood
Peru. The following are the companieI
and their captains: A, Lebanon, j. S. Sci
yer; b, Decatur. ]. s. Coverdale: G, Val
paraiso. s. L; Finney;, D, Marion; g. w
Bend, G. T. S%tudebaker; G, Rochester, H
G: Long; II, Peru. w. H. II. Spaulding; !
Waterloo. j. G. Brand; X. Frankfort, f
Holmes; NJ, indianapolis, J. M. Porter
Captain R. p: Davis,s separate compan,
The artillery regiment is differed
% follows Major, H. H. Woods
Michigan City; surgeon, w. III
Lapp, Indianapolis; assistant surgeon
d. A. Thompson, indianapolis. Com
pany A, Indianapolis, j.. B.. Curtis, cap
tain; B Elkhart, second lieutenant, G. II
Doty. commanding; G., Rockville, F. L
Stevenson; ID. Attica, F. Lash; E. For
Wayne, j. C.. Willard. Company NJ in eacl
of the three infantry regiments is compose
of colored men and officers. Among the ar
tillery companies are two that are the bes
in the United States in handling guns an,
in general drill.