Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-06
TIE BRAVE BOYS IN BLUE.
Information Concerning the Life
 the Soldier Boys Lead.
co. II MAY NOT LEAVE.
A Talk with Capt. EIdridge. A Basin of Gold. Toward the Kiondike. The New Gold Discov- cry Near Lake Tesln.


 cry Near Lake TesIln.
 Company II of the lith U. $. infantry is still in the city and the boys are put ting in their time as best they can. They have about concluded that they are here to stay and are fixing things up as comfortably for themselves as they can. They live in tents, some of which are round, others square. The means of entrance are through ordinary openings that are provided by the manufacturers. but some of the boys have improved on the old idea and have built little entrances out of lum Der and hung doors. A kind of fami ly entrance. as it were. One of these tents has sign on the door, which reads: "Orphant Home, See?n These entrances and doors are great i'm provement and much more convenient than the opening generally used.
 Capt. Eldridge is in command of the boys He has been left without any leutenants and his first sergeant is al so gone. The Capt. finds Fort Nrangel progressively quiet and orderly. He was sent hero to maintain order. but thinks he is not needed for that purpose.
 You ask what do the boys do? Well, they just loaf and fish. Sometimes d few go hunting. They do lots of read ing. too, and then military discipline requires some little time from them. So little is known of the life of the sol dier: that is, what k required of him while ill camp. that the News man coll cluded to give a little of the inside life of the boys in blue to it's readers and with that end i'll view, Capt. Eldridge was looked up and asked for an inter view on the subject. Of course the captain consented. Anybody that has eyer met him knows he would. He is one of those kind, mild hammered fel lows that is liked by all who meet him. and is one of that class that when it comes to ''show- down. shows that nerve and bravery that has distinguish ed the American soldier the world over.
 "Captan." said the interrogator. Il News a few things concerning life the soldier leads. Everybody knows he lives. moves. has being. and will kill Spaniards. but the readers want to know something of that inner life that many think about and yet hear so lit tie of and. commencing then, at the first toot of the bugle in the morning, what is the routine of camp life?"
 Well, at 5:43 o'clock in the morning we have the first bugle call, which is the first call for getting up. and at 5:5o a second call. which is designated as the reveille This second call orders every soldier up and at 6 o'clock the bugle call is again sounded, at which time the soldiers fall into line and the roll k called. At 6:l5 there is another call. which is named the breakfast call, at which time the boys eat their break fast.
 At 7:15 the bugle sounds the sick call, at which time all those who are sick report at the hospital and are eX amined by the surgeon, and if unfit for duty. are kept at the hospital for treat ment.
 At 7:30 there is fatigue call, at which time those who have been pre- viously assigned to any special duties, such as cleaning up camp. etc, go on duty of such nature, whatever it may be-
 At o'clock we have what is called guard mounting, which means that the men who were selected the previous day for guard duty take the places of those then on guard.
 At II: go we have what is called re- call from fatigue, which indicates the end of the forenoon's work of the men who went to work in the morning, and at :i5 the First Sergeant's or Orderly call is sounded, at which time the ser geant goes to the sergeant majors of flee at headquarters for the company morning report and for further orders of the day, which may be either in writing or oral.
 At l2 there is dinner call sounded by the bugler.
 At o'clock fatigue call is sounded at which time the men called in by the Il go call go to work again.
 "The next call occurs at , o'clock, which is a recall from fatigue duty, and at 5:;}0 the supper call.
 "The next is drill call, at 6:2O, at which time the boys are drilled by some of the company's officers until o'clock at which time we have what is called d retreat roll call.
 At 93O the tattoo is sounded, which with us here only marks the time, but in regular post would indicate that all lights must be eXtinguished not less than fifteen minutes later
 We have a sentry on duty who is re- lieved every two hours. The men take turns in this guard duty according to the order in which their names appear on the roll.
 .In regular garrison duty there is a call also sounded at II o'clock p. m. which is termed taps and means that