The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-04

a call would bring out more men than ere
hhsva r. ne naid a ana thsv we expsh hsw wouho
examined and mustered. The proposition
that the camp brigade has no room for the
men who had not the courage to stick until
the end, is met by the statement that many
OF those who left the camp were not cow
ards, but were so honesick that they could
not stand 70 remain away from their homes.
Though this statement Is not made
to excuse the dsserters the officers say that
many or the men would have stood by their
families came to camp on Sunday. Those
who opposed allowing visitors in the camp
Sunday find In this justification of their
o~plnon-that II tile camp had been closed
and the excursions not been run from all
points OF the State as they were, bringing
to pet and cry over them, there would rave
been not half the desertiors that there were.
II Is pointed ont that a great part OF the
the camp, calling them towards and yellow
dogs are as hcmesick as those who went
away and that when a few days more have
elapsed many Of them also will have been
forced by their feelings to swallow their
nerve" and follow those at whom they
mustered into the regular army and bound
by Its regulations, there could be no more
| there wouId he hut few secret ones and the
men who long for home would resign the
intention of leaving the camp whether by
open or secret means.
Another reason that is agreed on that the
men should Immediately become members OF
the regular army is that many of those
who live outside Of Indianapolis are in need
OF clothes and more especially shoes; that
before pay day the demand will have become
general and strong, that those that live OUT
side of indianapolis and have no money will
suffer for want OF proper clothing, where ie
they were In the regular army they would
be supplied by the quartermaster.
1t was because of the conditions related
above that all yesterday morning the off,
GERS of the camp waited with some inn
patience for 1iAnfananfS Peterson and Nav
and DR.. Wakeman. They knew that These
men were in indianapolis and they expected
them to appear at.headquarters every hour.
The boys themselves were no less anxious
about the arrival of the regular army off,
Gals. They had heard of the strictness of
the examination through which they must
pass to become regulars" and each was
concerned as to whether he would be able
to pass. As a body the men expected that
at least half of them would be rejected.
No department. of the brigade was mora
concerned about the coming of the U. S: A.
officials than some of the surgeons. The
sentiment was strongly expressed that the
examination of their leaders by the regular
army surgeon to determine whether or not
they were fit to examine the men before
mastering them into the regular service
would be an indignity to which they should
not submit. The feeling was that the heads
of the hospital corps, being men long in
practice and with state regulations. and the
army surgeons men that had entered the
service when they were young and Just out
of college, 1t would be ridiculous that the
latter should examine the former. The ex-
II ANIMATION IGdlY is HOT an dlidlT l1dI SIlDulu
cause such strong feeling. in the hospital
corps, it is said, for it is only superficial and
is carried out merely to prevent incompotent
men from becoming army surgeons. 1t
would be put to the physicians of the In
diana brigade in order to carry out the
stipulation of the government regulations
on the subject. The hospital corps'is formed
of young men and but one or two of them
will not take the field when the call comes.
1t had been reported that the hospital corps
would not be mustered in as part of the
brigade, but the men received assurances
from high authority yesterday morning that
they need not be uneasy on that score and
that they would continue a part of the
brigade when it was made a body of United
FIRST REGIMENT GRIEVANCE.
Another regimental grievance came to
light yesterday afternoon, when a pass
issued by Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy, acting
for Colonel G. A. Pennington, of the First
Regiment, was dishonored by a sentry. The
pass was issued to one OF the Vincennes
University cadets, who now compose Com
pany L, of that regiment, In order to allow
him to go TO the city to purchase clean
clothing. The cadet, in attempting to pass
the guard, was told that he could not leave
the grounds. and that Colonel McCoy's pass
was no good. Feeling that he had done all
that could be expected of hin, the cadet
thereupon ran the guard, made his trip to
the city. came back loaded with bundles
and again eluded the guard. The latter was
reported to Lieutenant Colonel Mccoy, but
it could not be learned what action had been
taken. There exists in Camp Mount a wide
diversity of opinion as to the limitations
Of the right of colonies to Issue such passes.
The reglmental leaders claim that they
have the right to issue such passes
for their own men when being sent on some
specific purpose, The matter was brought
to the attention of General Mckee last
evening by a reporter with a view to as
certaining their rights in the matter. The
| general stated that General Order No. 1
fully covered the matter, and added that
such passes were good unless he had orr
dered otherwise. AS no specific orders
touching on this subject have been issued
by General Mckee. General Order No. l
becomes the authority for the action on the
part of the colonels. The order reads, in
substance, that re~gimental commanders will
except when detailed on some special err
rand. 1t is the opinion of many that a del
icate point of military etiquette is thus in
volved in the question as to what consti-
tutes a specific errand. Unless General Nc
Kee gives some further specific directions in
the matter, serious complaints are looked
for in camp along these lines.