The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-19
OFFICERS GO TO SCHOOL
TEACHER DURBIN TELLS THEM
ABOUT THEIR DUTIES.
He Insists He Would Not Accept a
Brigadiership If Offered-TrOu-
sers Not Here.

The e-hundred-and-sixty-f Regiment
is gradually being shaped into working or
der. Yesterday, for the first time, all the
officers were called together to attend the
regimental school" Here the men who
wear shoulder straps were given good
talking to by the colonel on their duties and
the necessity for their constant attendance
at the meetings. During the course of the
meeting it was decided to appoint Adjutant
Tichenor recruiting officer of the regi-
ment. His duties will be to secure the en-
listment of suitable men to fill UP the va
cancies in the several companies left open
for the purpose of recruiting the band.
Immediately after school Colonel Dur
bin paid his respects to the man who started
the talk of his being made a brigadier gen.
eral. He says he has never even wished for
the place and certainly does not hope for it.
Neither has any one, at any time, APP
preached him with even a remote hint of
such a possibility. Said he: 81 am with
this regiment to stay, and if such a place
should be offered me I would decline it, as
1 believe such places should be given to men
who earn them. l want this regiment to
be the finest one turned out by Indiana, and
1 am going to stick to it through thick and
thin
frain from battalion and reg;mental drill
for a week or two at least. They believe
squad drill really does more to train the
men in the elementary tactics than any 9TH
err form Of maneuver, and besides, when
once the men have drilled by battalions and
regiments, squad drill becomes distasteful
and beneath their dignity. More than that
in regimentaI drills one man is lost sight of
to a large degree, while in small squad
each man is under the eye of the drill mas
ter all the time
Clerk Miller, of lAdjutant Cores office,
was in camp yesterday for the purpose of
getting the correct name of each of the
commissioned officers. Their commissions
were filled out yesterday afternoon, and it
was not desired to have any mistakes in the
0ames.
The trousers for the soldiers have not ar
rived yet, though the shipment was made
last Wednesday from New York. The men
are so impatient, however, Quartermaster
Brunt has decided to issue all the rest Of
the equipment to-day and let the boys wait
day or two for their ''unmentionables.
The entire equipment for the colored COM
panieS has been on hand for some time and
Yesterday, in response to a plea for new
them, and before dark the men strutted
around in their complete uniforms and from
time to time GLANCED over toward a the SQUADS
first with a superior air.
Lieut.. Waterman has finished his duties
a as n anG Wn rest Wang I b
old home in the southern part of the State.
Part OF his regiment is now at Fort Meade,
N D., where he expects to be sent as soon
relieved here.
All the officers and men feel the heat ex-
tremely, but stick to their work because.
as one man said yesterday, IF we see any
real work in this war ii will be in mucn
warmer place than this"
All the officers, except Major Megrew, are
on the still hunt for horses and so far not
animal, fit for service, has been found.
The officers of the first called regiments
cleaned up the supply of good animals, and
what horses were left here have been sent
to other States since that time for the use
of other officers.