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tion is a holy war They desire to manifest
thelr sympathy by taxing, as a race, an
active part in the efforts for Cuban freedom.
Having served in the war of the re-
belllon, and being past commander of Mar
tin r. Delaney Post. G. A r., very many
Of the leading representatives of my race
have addressed me suggesting the organi-
cation of a colored regiment, to be Differed
by colored men, and have rendered to you,
through me, offers of material assistance
to that end.
Being reluctant to engage in so impor-
tant and extensive an undertaking as the
organization of regiment without assur-
anceS OF your approval, / write in behalf
of the colored citizens of Indiana 10 offer
to undertake the organization of such a
regiment, and to tender its services to the
State and Nation, in the earnest hope that
our offer may be accepted
10 THIS letter Governor Mount maGe the
following reply:
of your favor of this date and, in reply,
l beg to say that am greatly pleased with
the spirit OF patriotism that characterizes
your letter. j am glad to know that the
colored men desire to form a regiment. If
additional volunteers are called for | would
be gratihed to send from Indiana a colored
regiment, fully differed by colored men.
believe they should be accorded the oppor-
tunity to prove to the world their ability to
discipline and command, and to demonstrate
their herolSm on the field of battle.
Il suggested to the colored companies
that they be formed into a battalion by
having new company mustered, colored
nIdIor appointed, ana tnat ChlS would pc the
nucleus for a regiment in the event of war;
that in such event / would commission
field, staff and line officers from the ranks
OF colored men. l take this opportunity of
saying to the people of your race that l
will be glad TO send to the front a colored
regiment thus Differed. and 1 believe this
will give to them an opportunity to demon
strate to the world their worthinesS to be
trusted on the field of battle when the Ma
ton's honor is at stake, as well as in the
marts of business and trade"
Later Willis KerSey and J, III. Lott rep
resenting the nucleus of the colored regi-
ment. now being formed at Wright's Hall,
called upon the Governor and rendered him
the services of the regiment The Governor
said to them substantially what he had said
in his letter quoted above. Last evening an
enthusiastic meeting was held at Wright S
Hall and number of patriotic speeches
were made. The roll now contains over one
hundred names.
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1t is in that spirit that Professor Munyon
has acted from the first. The law reaches
those who deceive in business matters; 1T
mostly has open fingers for those who with
ignorance or guile deceive the sick.
1t is because of the transparent honesty
of his methods the common-sense excellence
of his remedies and the broad philanthropy
of his plan that Professor Munyon draws
such throngs of people to his offices.
Munyon guarantees that his rheumatism
Cure will cure rheumatism in a few hours;
that his Dyspepsia cure will cure any case
of indigestion or stomach trouble; that so
per cent. of kidney complaints, including
Bright's Disease, can be cured with his Kid
ney Cure; that his Headache Cure will cure
any form of headache in three to ten min
utes; that his Catarrh Cure will cure
catarrh of the head. throat and stomach, no
matter how chronic or long standing; thac
nervous affections and diseases of the heart
are controlled and cured by his Nerve ana
Heart Cure; that his Cold Cure will break
up any form of cold in few hours.
This is the best-equipped medical institu-
ton in Indianapolis. A staff of skilled spe-
cialists on duty day and evening. Fullest
examination and advice without costing you
q penny. No matter what your disease,
Munyon has a special cure for 1t. 81 cures
for 81 ills, at all druggists, 25 cents vial
Open all day and evening; Sunday,
10 to IL. Majestic building, Pennsyl-
vnnia and Maryland Streets.
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TENTS WENT UP LATE.
Stakes Had Been Mislaid-HOw They
Killed Time.

The militiamen, much as they wished It,
were deprived of anything like privacy dur
ing the day, and most of the out-of-town
men aimlessly wandered about the grounds
occasionally meeting trains bearing their
human freight
The home boys very nonchalantly appro-
priated the best of the buildings, and using
their knapsacks for pillows. laid themselves
down, and either told stories or smoked the
hours away, sympathizing with one another
over the absence of dinner. The reason
for it all was that the tents which were
sent out early in the day were practically
useless because of the fact that the stakes
had become mislaid in some manner, and
1t was quite dark before supply was sent
out and the men began to erect their shell
ters for the night.
The artillery boys did not seem to care,
and instead of complaining betook them
selves to the stables, where they lounged
in groups on straw in the box stalls where
on fair days the prize horses are wont to
exhibit themselves Battery was quar-
tered in stable H, where the members re-
ceived their numerous gentlemen and lady
friends without visible embarrassment.
Supper, not tents, was the absorbing SUBJ
Ject of cogitation with them.
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Marched the streets All Night.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

special to the indianapolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Ind, April 26.-The old
cannon Of the celebrated Little Az Battery
last midnight notified the people that Com
pany F bad been called. Soon the streets
were filled with people marching to the
strains of martial music and singing songs.
They kept it up all night and this morning
a great reception was rendered the COM
pany at the courthouse. Short addresses
were delivered by Mayor Diggs, Professor
Fred S. Caldwell j. S. Engle, Union B.
Hunt and Judge Marsh. The address of
Judge Mrsh as full of wise counsel and
tender admoniton to the boys as If he
had been to them father. Captain William
A. w. Daily. who has three sons in Com
pany r, was called on and made a speech
Colonel II. II. Neff, of the Eighty-fourth
Indiana, now nearly eighty-three years old
was on the platform. The schools were dis
missed until 10:30 o'clock this morning and
hundreds of children Joined the crowd to
see the boys off.
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The Cowan Brass Band Goes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, April 26.--The present war
spirit caused other unprecedented demon
strations in Muncie to-day. 1t was an
nounced in advance that two trainloads of
state troops would pass through the city
this afternoon for Indianapolis. and fully
eight thousand people assembled where the
cars were transferred from one road to the
other. Cheer after cheer greeted the young
soldiers. Recently the Cowan Brass Band
offered it's services to the government and
indianapolis. The High School Cadets, sew
enty strong, with uniforms and bayoneted
guns, escorted the volunteers through the
principal streets, which were thronged with
cheering people. The third volunteer COM
pany is now being organized from the over
flow in the first one.
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CAVALRY TROOP ORGANIZED.
Its Members Expected to Join John A.
LOEan's Regiment.

A company to join the proposed John A.
Logan, jr., cavalry regiment was organized
last night in the Cyclorama building. One
hundred and ten men were present. The
telegram in the evening papers in regard
to the action taken by Governor Tanner in
regard to this regiment was read and fully
explained. DR.. Martin stated that he would
at once leave for Chicago and know to-day
whether the company will he accepted In
the regiment for which it is organized or
some other. DR.. J. A. Martin was elected
captain by exclamation. Wallace Sherwood,
an old regular army man, was unanimously
elected first lieutenant. There was a little
contest for second lieutenant and James A.
mated; the first named receiving an over
whelming vote Another meeting will be held
tonight at the same place at o'clock.
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The New Huntington Company.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, April 26.-This city
went wild with enthusiasm this morning.
the cause being the departure of the Hun
tington company of the state militia for
Indianapolis. Thousands of people were on
the streets, bands played. anvils were fired.
bells rang, whistles blew and buildings were
loaded down with the national colors. 1t
was repetition of the scenes of 1861. The
company was only mustered in a week ago,
and nobody was aware of it's summons
until late last night. The Huntington COM
pany is from seventy to eighty strong, and
has been assigned to the Third Regiment,
OF National Guard. Its officers are: Cap
tain, j. r. Myers; first lieutenant, l.. +.
Woods; second lieutenant. Bert Spencer;
first sergeant, e. e. Kelsey; second SER
geant, c. w. Howett; third sergeant, Ed
Dreamer; fourth sergeant, Otis Hadley;
fifth sergeant William Morford; first cor
poral, Thomas Beal; second corporal, c. A
Slusser; third corporal, Howard Suit; fourth
corporal, Levi Sayler.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 26.-The six
or seven thousand strangers in the city
to-day on account of the celebration Of the
seventy-ninth anniversary of Odd Fellow
ship joined in the demonstration when
Company B, Of the First Regiment of
Militia. started for Indianapolis. General
Bodine and staff, of the Patriarchs Militant
of the Odd Fellows of the State. joined in
the escort, as did several hundred G.. A. r.
men and a division of the knights of
Pythias. Captain Biegler could have taken
two or three times as many men as his
company limit The Evansville and south
western Indiana companies joined Company
here and thousands were at the station.
All the steam whistles in the city were
opened wide when the train pulled out.
Russell b. Harrison, son of the ex-Presi-
dent, who is a major on the staff of Gov
ernor Mount was with the company. He
goes to Indianapolis to take a position in
the pay corps.
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PLAN OF THE CAMP.
Assignment OF Regiments by the
Major of Engineers.


W. B. Poland, major of engineers, in lay
ing out the camp. gave the Fourth Regi-
ment of the brigade the right of line on ac-
count of the seniority Of its colonel COM
handing. This regiment is camped north
and east of the race track. Next in line
comes the First Regiment, north of the
track. The Third Regiment is in the woods
directly west of the track, while the Second
Regiment, by reason of the lack of tents,
will be housed in the buildings the
ground. The artillery occupies the huge
barns on the south side of the grounds just
east of the street-car entrance. The ar
tilery company which Captain James B.
Curtis commands brought six guns with it,
and they will be parked near the barns.
The parade ground is to be inside the race
track, while as announced before, the adj
ministration building is the headquarters of
Brigadiar General Mckee and staff. The
hospital and signal corps staff will have the
women's building, hundred yards away
from general headquarters. The commits
sary is in the dairy north of the main en-
trance to the grounds. The Guartermaster
of the brigade is in the stable southeast
of headCuarterS
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MAIL FOR THE SOLDIERS.
Postmaster Inaugurates Delivery
System for Camp Mount.

Postmaster Inaugurates Delivery
System for Camp Mount.
Camp Mount is outside the free delivery
district of the Indianapolis postoffice, but
for the convenience of the thousands of
young men who are stationed there Post
master Hess has made arrangements with
General Mckee for special free delivery
system. Messengers will carry the mail in
special pouches from the postoffice to the
camp. Mr.. Hess says that he anticipates
most of the mail intended for the Indiana
National Guard will have some military
marking that will enable the clerks to iden-
tify it, Letters addressed to the care of the
various companies will be easily recog-
nized.
After the militiamen are sworn into the
service Of the United States government
letters will be carried without postage pre-
paid, if they are .'franked' by proper com
pany officers. Mr.. Hess says that oftentimes
soldiers are located where they cannot get
stamps. When the letters are franked the
postage is collected on delivery.
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Routed Out at Night.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BROWNSTOWN. Ind, April 26.-Com-
pany G, First Regiment, received its call
at 1:23 this morning. Captain r. b. Appel
white at once called into service the lieu
tenants and couriers were sent on horse
back to notify the members to come to
armory hall at a. m. ALI the bells in town
were set ringing and anvils shot and soon
the populace was astir. By daylight the
town was full of people from the surround
troops At a. m. the company was given
orders to march. They were headed by the
band and accompanied by twelve to fifteen
Several members of this company were in
the graduating class of the high school AT
SOL the company boarded a train on the
b. & .. Southwestern for Indlanapolis.
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Banquet for Paris Company.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, ILL.,, April accompany H, Fourth
Infantry, 1. N. c., departed this evening on
special train for Springfield to go into
camp. Captain Slanker took 100 men in his
command Major McCord, of the hospital
corps, took twenty-four men with him and
Major Lang, of the second battalion took
five men on his staff. In this complement
of officers and men this city furnishes l20
Captain Slanker refused to take any more
although a large number applied. Another
company is being organized here to go ~
General Vances regiment, of Springfield.
twenty-five men having already enlisted
Company ii was presented with handsome
flag and given a banquet this evening by
the G.. A. r. post and the w. r. G. OF thi1
CITY.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the IndIanapoIlS JouiEaI
WABASH, Ind, April 26.-Wabash had q
holiday to-day in honor of the departing
soldiers. who left for Indianapolis at noon.
The call was received at o'clock last night,
and few minutes later the factory whistles
throughout the city were tied down. Every
manufacturing concern was shut down to-
day, the public schools dismissed and BUSH
ness houses all closed until the hour for
the company's departure. After the ar
rival Of the Wabash train from the East
the Wabash militia escorted the company
from Huntington to G.. A. r. Hall to q
banquet At 1880 the Warsaw and North
Manchester companies arrived, a special
train of five coaches was made up and, with
cheers, the shrieking of whistles and the re-
port of cannon the militia boarded the spe-
cial and departed. The scenes al the station
were extremely pathetic as the members OK
the company bade farewell to their wives
and mothers,
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Patriotic Bishop Rademacher.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, April 25.--At the
dedication of the new Catholic Church here
Sunday nearly everyone wore badges on
which were printed Down with Spain.'
Remember the Maine; TO hell with Spain"
I'VE Follow Mullen, Down with Spain"
Bishop Matchmaker, of Fort Wayne, who
acted as celebrants spoke at length on the
war crisis at the conclusion of the conf1rma-
ton exercises and stated that it was the
duty OF each member OF his diocese TO
defend the American flag against the Spsn-
Ism government, even at the sacrifice or his
lie. Blshop Rademacher is of German de-
scent, although American born. Rev. Father
Die, the local priest, translated the sub
stanc' or the bishops remarks to French
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Sergeant Major Hopkins and Miss
Kennedy Married at New Albany.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April ga little
romance was connected with the departure
of Company c, of this city, for Indianapolis
this morning. Edwin Hopkins. sergeant
major of the First Regiment, and Miss Lou
C. Kennedy daughter of Colonel Kennedy
superintendent of National Soldiers Gene
terry were sweethearts. AT O'Clock a. M
Sergeant Hopkins was notified of the COM
pany's call. He secured a marriage license
and the services of Chaplain Clokey, of the
First Regiment. aroused his bride and they
were married, five minutes before the train
started for Indianapolis.
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The Mastering Officer.

The question of filling the vacancies in
regiments has not yet been determined.
Colonel Wilson, war secretary, said he be-
lieved the new companies would be re-
cruited on the ground, taking the overflow,
If there should be any, from the other COM
panies. Washington dispatches convey the
Information that Lieut.. VIII T. May, of the
Fifteenth Infantry, will act as mastering Of
fcer. Lieut. May is already on the ground.
Every member of the guard must pass a
physical examination and be mustered into
of this city, who is examining surgeon Tor the
regular recruiting office here will probably
have charge of the physical examination.
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Citizens Marched with Troops.

Special TO the Indianapolis JoL rnal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April 26.-Four or
five thousand people accompanied Company
I. under Capt. w. +. Starr, to the train,
and two bands were playing inspiring music
during the wait. Every business house in
the city was closed during the farewell
scenes. The troops were accompanied by
G. A r. men, De PAW Cadets, yoiun-
teer company and hundreds of citizens
troops were on the same train, and as
Company II and / met, there was tremen-
dous cheering. Company i took about
eighty men from here, and will be Joined
by about ten more at Indianapolis. Major
j. f. Fee and Assistant Surgeon r. Haw-
kins both of this city, accompanied the
of organization.
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Company II Has a SILK Flag.
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 26.-TI

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 26.-The de-
parture of Company II to go into camp
called out an immense crowd. No less than
5000 people crowded about the station. The
Mechanics Band met the company at the
armory and headed the march. short
drill exercise was given on the square when
the company boarded the special cars in
waiting They take with them a beautiful
silken banner. the gift OF the citizens. Com"
pany III IS one of the Oldest In the state,
having been organized for nine years, and
has taken several prizes over 100 men
went to indianapolis. and IL is doubtful II
there is a company in the State in bet
ter phYscal condition.
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HOW LONG WILL THEY sTAYs
No Mail Advices from the War De-
partment Received Yesterday.

NO Ma1I AUVIccS from tlte WIT OC-
partment Received Yesterday.
How long the Indiana troops will remain
at Camp Mount is not yet known. 1t was
thought that the letter addressed to Gov
ernor Mount from Secretary Alger would
reach here by last evening, but when the
last delivery of mail was made the letter
was not among the big package of mail
Governor Mount said yesterday that he was
inclined to believe the National Guard would
not be kept long in the places of state
rendezvous The tone Of General Ayers
dispatch led him to believe that the order
would quickly call for the movement of the
troops toward the coast to such a point as
the War Department might desire to have
the National Guard modified. ut is not
likely that all States will be able, to get
their forces together as quickly as has In
DIANA" he said. There must necessarily
be some delay in some of the States. 1t
seems likely that as soon as it is known
that all the troops are ready to move the
order will Ome''
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THEY WANT TO FIGHT.
Colored Citizens Desire to Raise a
ReGiment-Letter to the Governor.

CoAOreu NIuzens Desire 10 RAISE a
ReGiment-Letter to the Governor.
1t is believed now that the feeling enter
tanned by the colored miltiamen and the
colored people in general on account of al
legged discrimination against them has been
overcome. Yesterday George L. Knox, r.
B. Bagby and DR.. j. H. Ballard, represent
ative colored men, called on the Governor
and asked that something be done toward
giving the race recognition in the detailing
OF troops. As the result of fhe conference
Robert Bruce Bagby addressed the follow
ing letter 20 the Governor:
Ane colored people Of Indiana entertain
the proIoundest sympathy for the oppressed
anu anu qoWntrodden Cubans, and feel that
war having Tor its purpose their emancipa-
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WILL PROBABLY BE ATLANTA.
Georgia Capital Will Be the Render
VOus of the Indiana Troops.

In spite of the fact that Governor Mount
has time and again stated that the final
rendezvous of the Indiana troops was known
only to the war authorities in Washington,
the statement Of a prominent officer at
Camp Mount yesterday would lead one to
believe that General Mckee had received
some intimation on that point from the fed
eral authorities while on his recent visit
to Washington. In a conversation of pri-
vate character touching on personal equip
ment the officer referred to made the inter
rogative assertion that the troops would
go South through Louisville, thus intimat-
ing that Atlanta was the final objective
point The assurance he received was to the
effect that that route was the one now de-
cided on, although subject to change on
orders from Washington.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 26.-One of
the incidents of the departure of the Fort
Wayne troops for Indianapolis to-day was
the marriage just before they started of
Clifford Cherry and Miss Ellen Perrine. an
excellent young woman, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Burnett of Lakeside,
member of Company G, Third Regiment,
and is in Indianapolis tonight.
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Married an Illinois Captain.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind. April 26-The marriage Of
Miss Ellen Rogers of this city and Captain
Warren E. Burns. of Chicago, which, was
to have occurred next fall, was solemnized
here at 2:30 o'clock to-day. Captain Burns
left Immediately after the ceremony to join
his regiment at Springfield. Ill.
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Many Pathetic Scenes When the Conn
pnnies Left for Camp Mount.
Special TO the indianapolis journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 26.-Ia re-
Spouse to the Governors call the 1ippe-
canoe Rifles left here at 1858 this afternoon
with eighty-four men. TIE demonstration
has not been eqnaied since the civil war.
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Grimm organlning Companies.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CROWN POINT, Ind, April Eek
Secretary of State Charles F. Griffin, OF
Hammond, will within the next two weeks
have four hundred volunteer signers on his
army roll He is now forming companies at
Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago and
Is meeting with great success. lie will also
enlist a company in this city next week.
MIR. Griffin is experienced in military work.
having been commander general OF the
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