The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-04
Militia Boys Are Now
Doing Camp Work
There.
EyerythIog Running Quietly


The detail OF militia under command O
Lieut.. j. +. Fliege. ofCalumet, arrived al
Ontonagon at O'Clock Tuesday alter
noon after a ride OF eight hours, during
which time we Travelled 1872 miles. Th,
command consists of IA total of thirty
men, nine privates from company F, o.
| Houghton, and the rest from the Calu
met Light Guard. Lieut.. John Mae
Naughton, regimental quartermaster, IL
also with US and has ample provisions
on hand for immediate use and has more
on the way.
Major Kidd, quartermaster general,
and Col. Avery, assistant quartermas-
ter general, are here having arrived be-
fore the detachment of troops
There are seventy-hve tents on the
grounds belonging TO the State of Wis
consin and all inhabited by people who
were made homeless by the fire. Indeed,
every house, tent shed, or shelter oil any
kind has two or more families under the
shelter of their roofs. The Inhabitants OF
the stricken town have gladly welcomed
any kind Of shelter which would protect
them from the elements. Many families
have gone to the iron and copper coun-
tries to remain temporarily with friends
and many more have taken refuge in the
old deserted houses at ancient Rockland.
There were perhaps twenty-fvehouses and
buildings OF all descriptions standing on
the entire location, which covered radi'
GUS OF about two miles, with. OF course,
spacious and beautiful gardens, before
the disastrous eonhagration. All is now
ashes and ruins of what was once a
charming little village. The Lake Lin
den fire of May, 1887, swept clean, but
it did not destroy more completely than
did the Ontonagon conflagratiou. Even
charred and blackened timbers are not
left to remind one of where once stood
some business house or residence but
everything has been completely burned
up that fire could consume.
Four members of the Wisconsin Nation
III llOul w dit
ing come up with their tents last week,
and assisted in putting them up and car
ing for the people housed within. They
will return home as soon as the Michigan
tents arrive. la all about 500 tents will
arrive today or tomorrow and when the
boys have put them up and made them
habitable the Wisconsin tents will be
shipped back. Then soldering will COM
mence in earnest. guard line will be
established and sentries will pace around
he camp day and night in order that
the State property may be looked after
and vandals prevented from destroying
the tents or thieves from stealing pro
visions or supplies.
The first night in camp WAS a pretty |
rough one. IL was I O'Clock before all |
the tents we're up and later than that |
hour before supper could be prepared-in
the open air of course. Supper consisted
pi bread, corned beef, coffee and con.
lensed milk, and during the midst OF the |
meal rain began to fall and the boys were
Obliged to finish appeasng their raven
Gus appetites under shelter OF their tents. |
The boys havehad lady callers already
o ne young lady calling last evening short
ly before supper and Offering to escort
one Of the Light Guards TO her home (al-
though borrowed one) forsupper. The
generous offer was politely declined.
This morning a lady called and left
large pail of milk. All in all the boys are
all having good time.