The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-14
WITH COL. SMITHS REGIMENT.
List of Eighty-One Privates Promoted
to Be COrpOraIs.


Correspondence of the Journal.
CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ga, camp of
the hundreds nd-f1fty-eighth Indiana
Volunteers, July 1.-THE old Second Regi-
ment of the Indiana National Guard has
been in the service of the United States
two months, and has therefore served one
twelfth of the time for which the men were
mustered in And while the months of May
and June have passed very quickly, the
other twenty-five months seem pretty long.
Rumors are again flying pretty thick and
some of the preparations being carried out
look to an early movement of this army
corps. Each company is being asked for
a report of what is lacking in its equip
ment Rumor has it that this corps will be
started for Porto Rico by July 81. The men
are delighted with the prospect, and enter
into their work with much more snap The
weather here is simply perfect. Sunday
was day long to be remembered. After
the hard rain Saturday a cool breeze came
up Sunday and blew all day, and Sunday
night an extra blanket would have been
enjoyed Target practice is the order of
the day. Adjutant William B. Poland of
this regiment, has been designated range
officer of this brigade and Lieutenant Will
hte, of Company M. is range officer for this
regiment Corporal Charles Clarke, of
Company H, is in charge of the targets
and Corporal Enloe of the same company,
is in immediate charge of the firing. To-
day Companies l. and Fl went to the range
and will remain there over night. They
took their shelter tents and rations for two
days and marched to the range, two miles
away, where they will camp for the night
and begin their firing early Tuesday morn
ing.
1t had been the intention to give this reg
iment ten-mile practice march to-day
The entire camp was to have been torn up
and all tents and baggage packed in wag-
ons and the tent re-established at night
but owing to the fact that target practice
was ordered the march was postponed The
health of the regiment continues good. The
men who were in the division hospital are
being returned to their work. and only a
few new men have been sent over, and they
are not seriously i'll. Major Rich has been
slightly indisposed for a few days, but is
recovering, and is as quick at repartee as
ever. At supper Sunday evening it was re-
marked by Colonel Smith that General Nc
Kee had started for regimental headquar-
tiers the evening before and had got as far
any farther. Major Condo remarked that
he made the general so welcome that he
did not wish to leave. "Oh, no." remarked
Major Rich. lit was because two blocks of
ice came together and froze'
Sergeant Gadd, of Company A. who has
been most efficient first sergeant, is pro-
NOTED to be second lieutenant to succeed
Lieutenant Mackey resigned
AS result of the examinations the fol-
lowing men have been appointed corporals
and Adjutant Powell1is now making out the
Company D-Sam wilkinson. Fred John
son, Fred Hornaday, Mansur B. Oaks, Earl
Cathron and Charles Walker.
Company A-Lewis Arbuckle. Otis Ashley,
James Eaton, Salem Enloe Ed Thompson
and Henry Victor.
Company E-Jefferson Boltzer, Fred Rob-
erts, VIM. Lutz. James W. Kelly, j. K.
Hart and Hal Lemasters.
Company A-Preston Nash, Clarence Shell.
by, Elmer Gissell, Fred Reinking. Chessel-
Company &C. c., O'Brien, David Geb-
hart. George Mealey. E. e. Thompson, Sew
Evans and Edward Walther.
Company Be. G. Apt, Ivan Berry, Chas.
Borders EoI ?: L; Hqot. Benjamin Naftsger;
Lewis DreSch.
Company l-Chares Myers. Clyde Wolf,
L. L. Spencer, Walter Pritsch Floyd An
Company M-Paul Eckley, Robert Dunlap
Harry Miller, Harry Huntington. jeremiah
Casey. Joseph McBroom and Daniel Barton.
Company L-George Cady Wesley DWig-
gins Ernest Stebbins. Harry Jacks, Milton
Hobson, Raymond Woods and Claude Spur
II.
Company Oscar Phillips, Chas. A. Lo-
gan, Ray Alexander, Lewis A. Smith, AL
bert T. White. Frank E. McNeff and John
w. Barrico.
Company F-Win Dragoo. George ToIen,
H. H. Bragg. Charles Wandell. Warren
Jaqua. Troy Smith and Jas. Bales.
Company KERRY Avery, Phil A. Bar
nett clifton A. Schnaiter, Harvey Balm,
Grafton McIllhenny and Ed Williams.
The promotion of Sergeant Gadd. of Com
pany A, to second lieutenant, made room
for promotions along the line. Sergeant
William f. Core becomes first sergeant and
Corporal Francis Acklin is promoted to SER
geant. In Company G Corporal De Haven
has been promoted to sergeant. In Com
pany Corporals 0. j. Collins and Alonzo
Moore were made sergeants: also. in Com
promoted to sergeant.
Tuesday afternoon Companies and 1
marched to the. rifle range and remained
there over Wednesday. The boys tell a
story on Lieut. Albert Isensee, of Com
pany D. Some friends of his spent the lat
ter part of last week here, among them be-
went to Chattanooga with them Sunday
and Lieutenant Kreeber insists that Lieut.
Isensee was quietly married to one of the
young women. Lieutenant Isensee denies
the story in a half-hearted way but the
young woman in question compelled him to
shave off his beard, something that the
whole regiment was unable to accomplish
Hal Rouser, of Company d, whose pro-
pensity for going out of camp without leave
is we'll known, went once too often, and to-
day he is digging kitchen sink
Lieutenant Durham. of Company E. has
been laid up with an attack of neuralgia of
the stomach. He is much better at this
writing.
First Sergeant Smith Kelly. of Company
-, has returned from seven !ays' fur
lough. He says he answered mere oues-
tions in those seven days than he ever did
before in a year. At this writing Colonel
Smith is preparing to go home on seven