Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
ATHLETES IN THE FOURTH
Wisconsin Soldiers Capture Many
Prizes on Field Day.
CARRIED OFF HONORS.
Begin to Board Up the Tents-News
and Gossip of Military Life.
at Camp Shipp.

Wisconsin carried off nearly all the prizes
at the athletic tournament at Oxford yes
teiday. The victors returned to camp
about Z o'clock last night, headed by the
band playing ga Hot Time in the Old
Town" The Wisconsin yell was heard
on all sides.
The men ara to receive their pay to-
day.
There was quite a heavy frost thi>
morning and it was uncomfortable cold
in the tents last night. The tents will
soon be boarued up and three put together
for each six, men, with a stove in the
center one, which will be used as a sit
ting room.
Capt. Burns is officer of the day and
Lieut.. Ford officer of the guard.
About the noisiest and %jolliest crowd of
men in the regiment are the members of
Co. e, and every night before taps their
jolly shouts and lovely singing can be
heard all over camp. And they have
a dog that is the pride of the regiment.
! 1t belongs to Sergt. Lemke and has been
with the company since the muster-in.
It has not met its equal yet and only the
other day gave tie First battalion dog the
closest shave it ever had. Long live
Triston.
The new battalion adjutants, Lieuts.
Christensen. Driscoll and Kiely, are hav-
ing and awful time trying to secure good
mounts. 1t seems queer that this coun-
try, that has such a reputation in the
North for good horses, cannot supply
them with the required mounts. How
ever, battalion adjutants, as a rule, must
have the very best, SO their seeming tar
diness in securing the right kind of ami
mails can no Uall md ,rstoCI Nv &hC.o
who know.
There is much speculation among the
men in regard to the future of the regi-
ment and quite a difference of opinion as
to the best place to De stationed. Quite
a number of them think Cuba the best
and most healthful location, while others
favor Porto Rico, with the usual number
who would rather so home. However,
the men stand ready to go where duty
calls.
Col. Seaman is about the busiest man
in camp and much good has been accom-
pliShed through his efforts, both i'll drill
and for the comfort and health Of his big
family. 1t is quite the thing to soc him
hustling around the camp at any hour of
the day or night, and he is ever on the
alert for any new idea for the advance
ment Of his regiment.
Even in athletics the regiment does not
take a back seat, as can readily be seen
by the good work accomplished on the
track and field in the events at Oxford
Lake yesterday.
The regimental canteen is without a
doubt the best one in the volunteer serv-
ice and the activity of its promoter, Mr..
Stewart, wins praise. Not only fruits
and wholesome soft drinks are dispensed
at moderate prices, but there is an excel
lent lunch room in connection. where the
most particular appetite can be satisfied.
The profits of all the sales are to be di-
vided between the companies, and it is
said that they will reach the magnificent
sum of at least IS a month.
Fortunately it has not been necessary
to enlarge the guard tent and the cases
that are on the books are all petty Of
lenses. A few days confinement there
with considerable hard work attached,
and possibly q light fine. does much TO
improve the ways of the offender. In
nearly every instance one term of expert
ence in this military Workhouse is sufi-
cient to bring the guilty one to his senses.
Chaplain Jacobs has done much for the
comfort of the men, for it was through
his efforts that the large Y. NJ. c.. A. tent
used at Camp Douglas was purchased for
the men, and he makes it a large part o.
his business to keep it supplied with writ
ing material, stationery and reading mat
ter. Through the generosity of q resident
of Admission an organ has been added to
this supply of good things and many Il
NCAS ~ 10 oDChl IhCl1 " thC
men singing songs and reading books and
magazines. Several times a week the
chaplain holds prayer-meetings at the tent
and much good is being accomplished
there every dcy.
A good-sized bath-house has been built
just south of the ~guardhouse and here
after the men will not have to divide their
baths between going to the lake and using
a washbasin in the tents. This is a well
come addition to the many comforts Of
the men.
1t is no uncommon sight to see Lieut.
Col. Caldwell out with a fatigue party,
plying a pick or shovel, and it seems as
though this. popular officer never gets tired
or played out. He is continually on the
go and not a little of his knowledge,
gained by years of experience in the regu-
lar army, has been unfolded to the volun-
teers here.
After the Badger band got through
playing Dixie the other evening the
Wisconsin men were thrown into raptures
of delight on hearing the Third Tennessee
band respond with Yankee Doodle" and
the shouting and cheering that followed
North and South are nearer to each 9th
er's hearts today than they ever were be-
fore.
The weather is becoming cooler every
day and now two blankets can be used
with comfort at night. Real cold wealth
er IS not expected mere TOT some time, al
though real snow is not a curiosity in this
country. An old settler remarked that not
SO very many years ago the ground here
was covered with twelve inches of the
beautiful, and it didn't melt in a hurry
either.
Admission can be surely called a city of
churches, for they can be found at every
turn, and not only are the white people
well supplied with these temples of wor
ship, but the colored ones, too, have MAI
churches of different denominations. On
Sunday the town is closed up tight, ex,
cepting of course the churches, and a doc
tors prescription for a thirsty pilgrim is
at a premium on that day.
The Fourth Wisconsin is to have its
regimental hospital again, much to the de-
light of the men. Next to going or
guard, about the most dreaded feature OF
this life is to be sent to the division hos
pial-not because the treatment there is
not good, but because it is the most lone.
" part of the camp and causes more cases
of homesickness than anything else. A
present the regiment has several hospita
tents and one surgeon with the regiment
but the sick can only remain in thcs
fonts twenty-four hours, after which. :.
they have not recovered, they are sent II
the division hospital. Under the new