The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-13

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longest faces of all. An election will prob
ably be held tonight to choose two new lieu
tenants to take the places of Lieuts Heyer
and Ross The policy of promoting the old
men which has been carried out heretofore
by the company will be continued, and it is
expected that Sergts. Lee Il. Retain and
Wn. Case will be elected 1st and I'd lieu
tenants respectively.
In general the life of the camp is not sub.
ject TO much change from day to day. There
Is plenty OF good, wholesome food, we'll
cooked, with almost no fancies such as
pies, cakes or puddings, though occasional.
ly one of the latter appears on the tables.
Probably it would surprise many OwOsso
folks to see how we'll the boys will sleep and
how well they feel mornings. The tents
are eight feet square and seven is the aver
age number of men In each. There are
board floors In each tent and one end of the
tent is given up at night to their straw ticks.
Two blankets are then spread on the ticks.
These are the under Sheets" The rest of
the blankets are spread on top and the men
crawl under them. With seven men lying
side by side In tent eight feet wide, it
would not take any very extended arithmet
ical computations to prove that there isn't
much room to spare, though Libby prison
signals for rolling over have not yet become
necessary. But the exercise and the out
door life seem to bring just the right sort of
tired feeling to insure the sOundest OF
sleep, and the men are up, rested and ready
for business, shortly after we o'clock, stand
ard time.
So far Sundays have been the hardest
days In camp for several reasons. There
are so many visitors there is no chance to
sit or rest as usual, and then the stuff that
must be eaten to keep 1t from spelling 20
One poor sufferer who had been trying in
vain to get to sleep, was found at midnight
after the first Sunday in camp hugging his
stomach and expressing the opinion that the
contents of one big, well. filed lunch basket
were laden with more trouble and disaster
in general than any case of beer ever
brought into camp. But still they come
and still every one Is glad to see them come
and Is sure to remember them.
Everything is still uncertain, and no one
knows whether the 1st, or the 31st regiment
will be here Sunday or not, or whether the
regiments sent out will be fitted out with
modern rifles or not. Another week will
doubtless tell. IKE.
Co. G will be In the 33d Mich. regiment
Major Roth returned home Wednesday
evening on 4s hours furlough.
Lee Retain has been chosen as first lieu
tenant. The promotion was deserved.
Hospital Steward Edwards will remain
with the boys while In camp-the request t6
do so coming from G n. Irish.
Sergt. Case asked for and was granted @
second examination and this time passed
BE will be made second lieutenant.
Two train load of Owosso people again
visited Camp Eaton at Island Lake Sunday
and all spent a pleasant day with Co. G.
The Owosso city band accompanied the
exeursionists and dispensed some fine selec.
tions on the train and at the lake.
1t is stated by gentlemen who Is In
position to know that so per cent of the
men disqualified for service at Camp Eator
are bicycle riders who ride to excess They
are not necessarily scOrchers, either, bu,
they are men who spend good share O.
the time in the saddle.
Adriel A. Crawford passed an excellen
physical examination and was mustered
into Uncle Sans army on Sunday as
member of Co. A, 1st Regiment. Burtor
B. johnson, also a member of the sam,
company failed on the physical examina
tion-very much to his regret.
"He was only little bit of kid" sait
one of the medical examiners, 'and coult
see he was stretching himself all he could
Still, he couldn't reach the 5-4 mark and HI
was going TO be rejected. He said to me
Doctor, I've been thrown down ever sine
l was kid where there was hight qualifi
cation. Pm as good as any of 'em ol
everything else and now Pm going to b.
thrown again. It's tough doctor, l wan
to go.' passed him. You never saw sucl
a look in fellows face before. If that lat
don't make his mark I've missed my shot
The following members of Co. G failed +
pass the strict physical examination and re
turned home on Wednesday,: Lleuts
Heyer and Ross; sergeant Ed. Case; corpor
al Frank Hawley; hospital steward, Ere,
Edwards; privates, Ed. Wright, A. Murner
VIM. Robertson, John Deederly, Loui
Seward, Frank Elliott, Will AFFORD, Chas
Beebe, Ii. Crippen, w. A. SpariDV, Z
Miller. NJ. Griffith, Chas. Lukerman, Free
Van Dyne, G. e. Rigley Jr., Thos. Critten
den, Floyd Ostrander. Maj A. M. Hum
was finally disqualified on the physical eS
animation. Capt. Van Epps and numbe
of the boys passed excellent examinations
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