The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-08
nm FOR A LONG RIDE.
live wheeImen Leave Chicago
1w'' for Washington.
.,,,y,,e A MESSAGE TO ALGER.

General Brooke and Is Merely
! IT'S "O' statement of the Bicycle Trip
sfo'l oh,ect - The Wheeimen Are
and I've !, the Southwestern Military
,,.sdemy-Expect to cover
Eighty Miles Each Day
- June S.-A bugle's shrill
Cn''% sSote the monotonous roar OF
BIAS .. in front of the Pullman building
Ir'ln, sigan avenue at o'clock Monday
on N'"' sollowed by the command:
harvard, Wheel!
rever young men, ciao III i',i'.aiS
l',. LIS Of grey and wearing soft hats
Univ" came color, leaped lightly into
20 adde's of as many bicycles ana
~. single file, toward the south,
rOu'' honner carried by the leader hut
"'e n the breeze. A twelfth uni
terms azure knelt by the side of
i'.nole and with despairing energy
IVA wind into a tire that had be-
pD" - "aot up" at the last moment.
su COW the forms of his companions
.odne away in the distance ne
A e with the energy of a modern
WIN uonairpr getting 81 an hour. Soon
oVN r,as firm and the stalwart young
NE vas bending over his handlebars,
N"O .,,rg 70 catch up with his compan-
l"s students at the Northwestern Mil
Uns academy. bound for Washington,
with a message from General
robn r. Brooke to Secretary OF war
uror A cheer went up from the large
.sronq that had assembled as the lads
' .ar,ed on their long, rough journey,
.naone voung lady in cycle attire waved
white rose.
Nav Go to War That Way.
II had been noticed that when she ar
.,red IN the scene a red rose had kept
~ white one company. An answering
sn,,er NJ carmine from over the Shout
asr If one of the disappearing riders,
boweyer seemed to ease all anxiety over
,be disappearance of the flower.
81 suppose that is the way armies VIII
10 N war in 1900," remarked a grey
haired father, who had shaken hands
with his son SeVerdl tliles'
The young men who comprise the bi-
ovcla CORPS of the academy leaped into
fame at the military carnival at the
Coliseum several weeks ago. Their
maneuvers, under the command OF Ma
ior Davidson, their organizer and lead
or made the hit of the great exhibition
and the task which was undertaken
! bn -
termination to show the public that the
corps could do the toughest kind OF
actual work as we'll as exhibit skill In
drilling on their rubber shod steeds. TIL
message from General Brooke to Gen
eral Alger is merely formal statemen
Of the trip and its object. The docu
ment is to be carried the entire distance
: from Chicago to Washington by th'
/ corps The members of the corps viii
ride camp cook, maintain guard anC
precautions according to the rules OBJ
served in an enemy's country, with TIL
exception, of course, of foraging.
Equipment Carried by Each.
Each cadet carries a Springfield rifle
shelter tent blanket, extra clothing AM
one uay ratlOnS. Inc weight OF edcl
bicycle with equipment is fifty-fiv
pounds Commander Davidson state,
before starting out that the boys wer
to ride each morning from daybreal
until 1920 o'clock after a quick break
fast They will then halt and prepar
dinner, while the boys who mounte,
guard the night before will sleep. At
o'clock each afternoon the ride will b
resumed until dusk, when comes camr
supper and sleep, with rundown 70
each rider, to ward off cramped limbs
The route to be taken by the rider
has not been mapped out beyond Mo
mence, Ills The intention was to rid
as far south as Pullman at the start an
then branch through Blue Island I
Momence. Beyond that the course wi
| probably embrace Lafayette, Ind, In
annapolis, Dayton, Springfield, Colum
BUS, Wheeling, w. Va, CHAMBERLAIN
Cap Frederick, Harper's Ferry, wit
SIDE trips to numerous battlefields.
IS expected that the schedule run {
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