The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-05-06
Camp Mount.

Al all nOurs OF the uay ana tncl
greater part of the night there is
of interest occurring at
Camp Mount. You can't strike
the place when it is dull. There
ar drills, squads of men marching
hithe, and thither. "m'ss" prepar-
atoms, commissariat detailS, the
pranks and games of soldiers OH
duty, band concerts and the cease
less Thong of visitors, all to inter-
esl and am.se one. During the
regin,entai drill, Friday afternoon,
it is safe to say 1000 spectators
were in camp.
1t would be hard to say which
feature of soldier life at Camp
Mount is the most interesting.
Probably the drills attract the great
est attention, but undoubtedly the
question of eating, in some OF its
manifold phas es, lies nearest tc the
soldiers hearts and gives rise to the
greatest diversity of camp life.
Young fellows are in camp whose
home tables are set with Furnished
silver and damask cloth and loaded
with the rarest pastry and the
choicest viands. And yet these
fellows 90 after bacon and hash
served in tin plates, dry unbuttered
bread and tin cup OF swt etened
coffee and smack their lips in gen
uine pleasure.
FEAST AND FAMINE.
The greatest complaint with the
food is its scarcity. So much pro-
visions are allowed each company
These are issued once day. lfthe
cook has been extravagant at one
meal he must cut down the next.
This frequently results in feast for
breakfast and famine for supper.
Then, too, some of the soldiers,
10 matter how hungry they may
get, can't eat some of the things on
the limited menu. Such are 10 be
pitied, for they can't be helped.
DRAWING RATIONs.
At O'Clock each evening the
quartermaster sergeant OF each
company chooses a detail OF mer
and goes to the commissary depart
ment for the morrow's rations. The
men carry buckets, pans and an i'm
mense tray. Some one usually
goes along with a blanket. VIII,
do they want a blanket? The com
missary Office guages the appetitei
Of those he feeds by rules. AL
rules are subject to exception ar {
the commissary especially. The
boys, therefore, try to get more
than their share. The provisions
are not watched too closely. They
are simply piled in boxes or blank
cts on the ground. In the uncer
tain light of the hour and the hurry
and hustle of the place, many al
arr lad of bread, many a handful
of steaks, many side Of bacon,
many bucketful Of crackers slip:
away through other hands thar
the commissary officers. Thii
plunder il usually concealed in th'
blanket, and the one holding it il
Immediately sent on wide detou
for the company mess chest.
THE GREEN vINcENNEs BOYS.
The Vincennes cadets are il
, camp for the first time and are no
thoroughly initiated. They cal
drill all right, but that isn't all o
camp life. Friday night their quar-
termaster sergeant went after bi'
company's rations, but didn't take
enough utensils. In the argumel
that followed the commissary office
began asking the sergeant what h
needed.
"Have you got enough rice?" h
asked, roughly.
eyes, we have rice" was the re
Iply.
"Aud potatoes, toC," asked th'
officer.
"We have potatoes, too" poli'e
'ly answered the sergeant. His at
: sfirmative answers stamped him a
green. !"
"Why don't the d fool sa,
"no" and get more," grumbled al
old forager who was waiting his turn
, HAPPY DOG
A member of Company |,
| Greencastle, has his dog with him,
"How does your dog like cam
Ilife?n he was asked.
"Oh, he likes it. He ought tc
Q He gets ID sight MOI
to eat than | do
no MONEY 40 EATS.
One fellow, who had evidentl
j left home in a hurry and withol
> any money in his pocket, was al
preached by sandwich vender.
$50 on away" said the soldie
= IL couldn't make the first payIneI