The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-20
IN CAMP AT OLD ARMORY
TWENTY-sEyENTH BATTERY WAS
PAID OFF YESTERDAY.
To BE Furloughed in a Few Days
Water mt Camp Mount--An-
other Death.

The Twenty-seventh Battery is now in
camp at its old Armory. at the corner Of
Sixteenth street and Senate avenue, where
the boys have received many friends. The
When Band, which has been in camp sew
eral times with the old organization, paid
it visit in a body last night and brought
instruments. furnishing an impromptu band
concert for the old friends and their many
visitors. The drill room was crowded with
people, and the paJlors were fairly well
filed with ladies and their escorts, chatting
with the soldiers. While the boys are sup
posed to be under camp regulations, little
attention is paid to the old routine. Taps
were not sounded until a late hour last
night, and a large number of passes were
issued allowing the boys to spend the night
at their homes. The rest of the boys spread
their blankets on the dry, clean floor OF
the Armory, and were soon lost in slumber.
The selection of the old Armory as the
place Of camp was a surprise not only to
many of the boys yesterday, but to their
friends. Preparations had been made by
the United States quartermaster detailed
here to accommodate the battery at the fair
grounds. The camp had been marked off
and made ready for occupancy, but Captain
Curtis, with Lieutenant Waterman. decided
more comfortable. and would be more salts
factory to many of the soldiers. The ra
tions, which had been ordered to be deliv-
cred at the fair grounds, were afterwards
sent to the Armory. and general satisfac-
ton is expressed. A commons which adj
joins the battery building has been convert
ed into camp kitchen, and here the meals
are cooked and transferred inside, where
they are eaten.
The pay rolls were signed yesterday, and
each man was paid up to Sept. /, the pri-
Yates receiving $31.20 each and the officers
in proportion. Work will be commenced to-
day on the battery accounts, and it is
thought that they will be in shape for the
inspection of Lieutenant Waterman by to-
morrow, and that the furlough will soon fol-
low.
The question of reorganization when the
new State Guard is to be organized does
not seem to bother the battery officers in
the least, for the simple reason that no re-
organization Is necessary. No man, in en-
terry, has lost his identity with the old In
diaEapolis Light Artillery, which is civil
oerganlzatlon ana lncorporated according to
National Guard, of which this organization
was member, went into the United States
army, the /. l.. A. ceased to be connected
with the State, but no volunteer severed his
connection with the civil organzat ton, and
no one of the one hundred or more who
enlisted when the quota was raised became
a member of the old organization. Conse-
quently no trouble or discrimination will be
necessary when the old /. l.. A. again be-
comes a member OF the militia, with only
about eighty men allowed on the roll. There
are civilians now who hold membership in
the |. l. A, and who are really officers,
who will return. or rather the artillery will
return to them. The I. L. A. and the
Twenty-seventh Battery are distinct organ
izations, though the former composes the
best drilled part of the volunteer battery.
The l. l.. A. is not now a member of the
State National Guard but hopes to be re-
mustered when that institution is again or
ganized.
The question of a new battery of those
members of the battery who are not men,
bers of the old organization will no doubt
be considered at the proper time, though
as yet no thought has been bestowed
upon it,