The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-07-25
What the Sedalia Soldiers and
Their Comrades are Doing
at Nevada.


G., Lamar, with forty men in line,
Can't. Arnold in command, arrived
and marched out to camp and went
into quarters
AT p. M, the officers call was
sounded and the officers of the first
battalion reported, and a business
meeting was held. The camp was
named Camp Mitchell in honor of
Mai. Mitchell. Adjutant Flonnce
spoke of the appropriateness of the
name, and henceforth all orders will
be dated Camp Mitchell. Special
order No. was read as follows:
CAMP MITCHELL,
July Is, 1898.
Private j. DeArmond, of Co. c, is
hereby appointed permanent Sergeant
Major. LIST Battalion, I'd Infantry, n.
&. NJ. BY order
II. MITCHELL,
Major Comd'g.
F. c. FLoRANcE, Adjg.
The officer of the day was Captain
Clark, of company B, and Lieutenant
Beck, of company d, as officer of tie
guard. Captain Demuth, of Sedalh,
is the officer of the day to-day, with
Lieutenant A. V. Adams, ofcompaIH
Il, as officer of the guards.
Many of Nevada's citizens are visit
ing at the camp, and all vie with each
other in praising the beautiful locatic,
of Camp Mitchell. Col. Moore hi
the thanks of the regiment for the ct
forts made to beautify the White Sui
phur Springs Park for the soldiers
while the free bathing privileg.
granted the soldiers by Col. H. G.
Moore Is highly appreciated by them
Sergeant Frank Modie has been aIt
pointed artiileryman and has charge
of "big Tom" and will wake the slum-
berlng soldier at D a. N. with it.
Sergeants Modie and Anderson
played a practical joke on the Ma jor
and his staff Sunday morning that
created panic in the headquarter
tents for a moment. The artillery is
parked In the rear of Major MitchelFs
tent, and before retiring he notified
the sergeants t. fire the sunrise gun,
and like disciplined soldiers they
obeyed at five a. m. They loaded the
piece and the report awakened the
sleeping major and his staff suddenly,
and, they rushed from the tent in
negligee costume. they remained the
spectators of a Sioux Indian ghost
dance, only the painted ordinations
they uttered wasin very plain English.
The sergeants were notified 10 move
the artillery over near the cooks tent.
No awakening them with it in the
future.
w. /. Fisher, Jay Rinehart, John
Harding and wife, Mrs. Ed Stett-
mund, Miss Annie Todd and Mrs.
Oscar Diehr, were guests at head
quarters Sunday evening and took
supper with the officers. Captain
Fisher ate in a manner that clearly
indicated she had been there before
many's the time"
Fun in camp began about nine
o'clock Sunday morning, when a party
of soldiers captured Andy Brady, and
with the aid of a regulation blanket,
was soon performing feats Of lofty
tumbling that would put to shame a
japanese gymnastic.
a serious accident occurred at the
mess tent at the noon hour yesterday
Captains Florance and kelso both sal
down on the same side of the table,
and the combined weight of the TIVE
caused the table to upset, and tor 8
few moments there was nothing to bt
seen in that vicinity but Frustrated
captains, tin plates. baked beans, hot
coffee and a general aggregation o.
kitchen furniture. A detail wa
ordered to the scene and they wer,
soon extracted from the wreck b,
the aid of pair of ice-tongs and :
derr ok rope. Charlie johnson, thu
officers cook thought an earthquake
had struck the camp when they fel
and declares the vibration of tn,
park for an instant caused the greer
acorns to fall from the trees in
shower.
Lieutenant Beck, of Co. d, has tn
most convenient tent in camp. :
beautiful oak stump about two fee
high, stands in the center, which h
uses for a writing table in day time
while at night it is utilized to scratc
chiggers with, instead of a curry comb
Jas. Clack, Fred Corbin, Rhinehar
Broker. w. Bryant, privates, an
Corporal McFarlane were detaile'
from Co. H for guard duty Sunda
: night.
nress narade will take Mace ever