The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-27


quieted the boys ".rhe boys would have
1xed him If the captain hadn't jumped i'm, .
had occurred COMPANY AS got the Ten,,o
tation of being the toughest company in
the state, anyway"
The Indianapolis companies were marched
70 horticultural hall and quartered there
Battery &, Of Dana, next arrived on the
First Regiment from RoachdaIe After a
snort interval companies began to arrive on
al sides Trains on the L. L. &. w tracks
Al tEe east or the grounds. unloaded COM
pany after company. The street cars
brought several companies, and the Monon
track at the west of the grounds, had no
relief from the heavy trains There was no
one TO receive the companies and assign
mem TO quarters; Brigadier General Mckee
nau not arrived The captains of the COM
panleS marched them to the empty exhibi-
Ilon buildings and quartered them there.
NO strict dlscipfne was maintained, and the
Dogs soon spread out over the grounds w.
ing IN groups on the grass, or, as hundreds
81 anfm ola, hunting for place to get
supplies to the commissary department lIn-
loaded at the Dairy building, and the
grub was raw bacon, boxes of canned
Deans and barrels of pickles. Before the
great mass Of the troops arrived the road
stand at the entrance had been cleaned of
All that was edible The boys were raven-
o6siy hungry, but there was no serious
gaumDilng. Good nature and faith in their
officers to provide for them as soon as it
was possible prevailed. Great crowds of the
s SOsIIms so4uieEs stood at the sides of the
Taliroad and street car tracks and greeted
the others as they came in, shaking hands
with them and shouting congratulations.
THE MEAGER RATIONs.
shortly after noon the commissary de-
partment began operations. The meager ra-
Tons were dealt out fairly to the companies
and the supply was, in few minutes. ex-
hausted. Fresh bread. large pickles and |
canned baked beans formed the noon meal |
and the little that nh mn
down with water, not coffee.
All through the afternoon there entered
the camp an almost ceaseless stream CT
troops. The bodies Of the companies were
made up of uniformed men and these were
followed by disorganized crowds of volun-
teers m seemingly, their Oldest clothes.
who had enlisted in the companies at the
last moment, but had been gladly well
coined. Battery A, known through the coun-
try as the Indianapolis Light Artillery, in
vineible in drill contests. dragged by hand
1ts CANNON from the railroad to the southern
BARI aftari NI, the grounds assigned to the
ny increased in strength blew the dust into
the races of the artillerymen and when thew |
AZ last were allowed to break ranks and
ne down In the grass, they were tired and
hungry. Two of the men went out of the
grounds and returned with two baskets full
or nam sandwiches. For a moment it looked
as II there would be a general dash for the
sandwiches, but the officers called the men
on ana put q gliard over the grub, Yet
only man heard to grumble was one who
mad lost all but cents in a crap game on
nat car going to the grounds The sand
wlches and other rations were disposed of
in a hurry.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when
General Mckee arrived at his quarters in |
the administration building and about two |
thousand of the militia were in camp. 1t |
was not till then that there was a move at |
assigning the troops to permanent quar-
ters: The driveways of the grounds were |
lined with crowds of camp visitors and car
a sol
movement of the troops to the quarters as
signed to them began. Winding in and out |
~ we uriiveWayS' the boys swung to their
buckles squeakng to the movement of their
bodies Otficers and aids dashed here and
there on horses delivering orders and the
scene was one Of constant change and in {
There was little war talk among the
troops. They talked of the camp arrange {
nent, of incidents on their trips, and of the
send offs" they had when they left their i
horrible side of war was when one would {
point to the building where the red-crossed
lag of the hospital corps waved and said: {
nave much to do" s
SECOND REGIMENT REPORTS.
The Second Regiment was the first to be
able to report that all companies had ar
lived at camp and were in quarters and s
Colonel Harry B. Smith was ell smiles when
ne reported it. The companies of the Sec
ond were quartered at three of the largest
and most comfortable buildings on the !
grounds and the colonel established his
in a fancy log cottage on the
west side Of the grounds, Company f, of
the Second Regiment, from Winchester, has |
three sons of w. A w. DAILY in it. One {
IS the captain, Walter DAILY; one sergeant ,
u y DAILY, and one q private. The COM
pany is called the Marsh Light Infantry
and ii was speeded at it's parting from Win
chester by an address by the man whose
came 1T bears, Judge A. o. Marsh. When
he chief officers of the law of Randolph
,ounty-Will Simmons, the sheriff. and
Marshal Daily, of the town of Winchester
The business Of assigning the troops to !
quarters took UP the last hours of the aft :
'rnoon. AS fast as the companies entered
he camp grounds the captains reported /
o the colonies of the regiments. Bed ticks | i
IND tents enough, it seemed, to accommo- {
late twice the number of men at the camp
we're dumped from street cars and wagons {
nat had brought them out to the camp.
me commisSary department was rapidly be-
ng supplied and all danger that the men
would further suffer from hunger was re- !
moved. The last want a way of commune
cation with parents and friends at the
homes or the young soldiers from out of J
town. was given by an arrangement by
which one OF them was sworn in by Post
master Hess to carry mail between the |
camp grounds and the city postoffice.