The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
ssCider', IN Pop bottles.

0Cider0 In Pop Bottles.
Secretary Randall has been on the alert
for illicit drink dispensing stands ever
since the camp was opened, but one that
escaped his notice yesterday did bust
ness bordering on the land office plan.
Beer was sold in bottles that formerly
contained pop. After business had been
conducted without event for an hour or
| more the proprietor Of the place, who
carefully concealed his name, grew bolder
and handed out the goods to any who
might desire it. The customers were told
that it was cider, but when they tasted
the beverage the smile that spread over
their faces told different story Men
who were not in the habit Of indulging
in cider to any great extent grew reckless
| and bought glass after glass Of the mys.
FERROUS beverage, and when they went
away told their friends where they could
get something good Tie beverage was
plain everyday beer The dealer disposed
of fifteen cases by 8 o'clock in the after
| noon, and then packed his tent and went
away. ~
| This coup, engineered by the mysterious
man, distanced all other competitors, and
the proprietcrs Of the other blind pigs"
VOL dered why their trade was taken
away. About the time they found out
! the cause the man had captured all the
trade, had left. A silver pitcher was very
popular in an ice cream stand outside
| nocently on an ice cream table, but those
that know the ropes are said to. head
| straight for the table with the silver
| pitcher. There are plenty CT glasses on
| hand, and the visitors are at liberty TO
| quaff of the cortents of the pitcher, pro-
| Vlded they settle at the rate of Is cents
per quaff. ~ .EEs
! The drilling about the camp was OPP
| tional during the afternoon, but In spite
or this there was good sprinkling of
new men cut learning the maneuvers.
| These squads were watched with interest
| by the visitors, and any meritorious per-
| formances were applauded. The two
companies that have been mustered into
| the service and uniformed have the inside
| track, ard the ladies f1ocked to their
| CHARTERS until it was almost irnpossi-
pie to get through the company streets.
| Many of the commissioned officers, who
| we've without shoulder straps, received
that important part Of their equipment
yesterday, and they appeared Respondent
| IN gold braid and bars denoting their
rank. 81. q A&% p -
The guard mounts were witnessed by
the usual big Sunday crowds, and al
! though the arms and uniforms were lack
| 1rg, the ceremony was none the less
| attractive. Company K mounted guard
| in the evening, with Capt. Leonard as
officer Of the day and Second Lieut.sren
| ney as officer of the guard. The guard
| Company M, with Capt. Gilmore as oti-
Ger of the day and Lieut.. Rask officer of
| the guard =.
| Gov. C1ough in Camp.
Gov. Clough paid his usual Sunday
visit to the camp and he looked about to
find something that the state had left
| undone in providing for the comfort Of
the men. In this he was unsuccessful,
| for it is the general impression that the
| Fifteenth is better equipped than* any
! other regiment that has been furnished
! by the state. In the matter of getting re-
| cruits, the governor said that he wanted
! it understood that he would provide trans
| portation for any that wanted to- come to
| fill in, the gaps in the ranks of the COM
| panies, and that those that failed to pass
| the surgeons would be furnished free
| transportation to their homes. This is
| the same offer that was made at the time
! the other regiments were forming here,
! yet it is little broader in it's scope
! Most Of the companies now at, Camp
/ Ramsey are well filed yet there is room
| for q few, more to provide against emer-
| gencies. Every captain wants to have
| enough candidates on hand to fill his COM
| pany, allowing for those that will neces-
sarily be thrown out and to this end
! recruiting is still in progress. No able
/ bodied man who stands a chance Of pass
/ ing the physicians is allowed to get away,
/ and the recruiting will be kept up until
i ttle rs
Maj. Gotham Is First -
Gov. Clough Settled a matter that has
been discussed ever since the camp was
organized, by naming Paul Gotham as
the senior and ranking major The lieu
tenant colonel WILL Of course, command
the first battalion, Maj. Gotham will have
the second and Maj. Hand will be in
command of the third. This will put
| Maj Gotham in direct line for promo
| ton to the rank of lieutenant colonel in
case either of the officers above him
should drop out.
At the hospital there were but seven
cases that demanded the attention of
| Hospital Steward Giere when sick call
| was sounded. Of these the only serious
case was that of Private Carl Richard
| son of K company, who was suffering
from fever. Late in the afternoon he
/ was removed to Minneapolis in a hospital
ambulance and he will be cared for in
! that city. He has not yet been ex-
amined and it is not thought that he
Will recover in time to face the examin-
| ing surgeons.
| The examinations will be taken up
| promptly this morning, but it is not be-
| lleved that any of the companies that
! have been temporarily passed will fill
| their ranks in time to be mustered to-
day.
Capt. Powell, who recently organized a
company of engineers and sent them to
Fort Sheridan, was a visitor at the camp
yesterday. He explained that he had
! remained behind to straighten out his
business affairs before leaving for the
| front. He said that he had been so busy
with affairs for the government that he
had had no time to look after his own
matters and it was for this that he had
refrained from going with his command.
he expects to leave for Fort Sheridan
| Tuesday. 49,