The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
FIRST TO MOVE.



mate gave him spoonful of liniment used
for sprains and solely for external applica-
lions. The surgeon was unable to diagnose
the pain. being somewhat in doubt as to
where that caused by the cramp left off,
and where that caused by the liniment be-
gan. Between the two, the young man had
quite an unpleasant time in his midriff.
Battery A is living high these days hav-
ing discovered a cooking detail which is
simply the finest that ever was Andy
Forsythe has been made chef with private
Hutton. Joe Brstow and big Swede"
Johnson as his assistants. They are not
content with giving the potato its usual pro-
sale army treatment Instead, they put on
so many artistic twirls and frills to the
murphes the boys never get tired of eating
them. Ezra Hendricks, of Indianapolis, who
was rejected on the physical examination
because he could not come up to- the requi-
site chest measurement, came in camp to-
day BY sedulously devotng himself to ex
ercising a dozen times DAY, he has passed
mustered in when the battery is increased
TO a membership of us. The artillery
guidOns which were taken from the batter
les during the State governments denuding
process on the eve of the troops departure,
arrived to-day by express, and the CRATE
ful State of Indiana sent them G.. O. D. The
come later by mail. All through the regi-
ments one still hears those pleasant little
remarks about the kind-hearted State gov
eminent
"Hogs-head John Venable, is no more the
cook for the regimental officers of the One
hundred-and-f ifty-eighth Indiana Regiment
1t is grave state secret why Johns resig
nation was accepted. The officers are as
mum IS oysters about the affair. An army
cookbook has arrived and it may be the
officers discovered, by perusing this Off
cial document that there was great deal
to the culinary art which the gentleman
did not know anything about Be that as it
may, detail from the companies now has
the colOnel's cook stove in charge. The
regiment also looses two others who accom-
panied it from Hoosierdom. Two mascots,
Fred Mertz and Charles Waterman. each
about twelve years old ran off with one of
the companies. They did not have penny
when they reached camp, but they left yes
terday with about ten dollars each, which
they had made selling lemonade and running
errandS. They were both seized with
severe attack of homesickness. when get
home, said one of them just before leav-
Ing, i amt going TO say word to no.
body, till hit that old pump on the kitchen
porch, and when get filled clear up to my
teeth with that elegant old water, I'll just
sit down and tell the folks all about it.
Company E. of the old Second Regiment,
which is credited to Franklin, has twenty
nine boys in it who hail from tie locale Of
greenfelds and running brooks" Lieut.
Col Ed. Thayer. who also comes from
Greenfield, gives some of his personal atten-
ton of these fellow-townsmen. He sees
that they get their Hancock county papers,
while Robert A. Brown, of the secretary of
states office. furnishes the Franklin boys
with their home papers. D. O. Scott is one
OF the Greenfield BOYS whose comrades twit
him with looking for a Georgia wife. He
has heard a great deal about the Southern
haar
those whom the soldier boys have seen thus
Tar are of the wrong complexion Mr.. Scott
preparing for an extra dinner the other day,
analyZed MS appetite as one tor chicken
and so he bought an old hen, but on the
way back to camp his appetite veered a few
points and when he met a farmers wife
Tor the shiny onions. Jeff Balser. the mu-
stefan of the Franklin company. is another
character who is somewhat renowned as a
letter writer. He has fine voice and can
sing coon song 10 the queens taste. He
was over in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
regiment the other day and after hearing his
imitation. the chaps from the keystone
State made him black his face and give a
song recital for the benefit of the regiment.
mas already gained a sobriquet. This is
Charles Flemming who is known as the
Fighting Irish Corporal"
The old Second Regiment men are bound
70 maintain their dignity and their senior
lily, If nothing else. Corporal Ruben, of
Company A, was sent with a detail to di-
vision headquarters for guard duty. When
the details from the different regiments as
semb.ed near General Poland's line of tents,
the proper officer said it would be necessary
70 select nOncommiSSioned officer as Of
hoer of the guard. The senior corporal was
entitled TO this honor. A corporal from
an ONO regiment claimed to antedate all
the others in the matter of muster. Cor
poral Ruben, however, said: Il don't care
what date that man has on his muster roll,
my colonel is the senior colonel, and am.
therefore, the senior corporal This con-
tention finally prevailed:
Ulysses Grant Blankenship, Martinsville
private was the proudest man in camp yes
terday. He has been hostler to the colonel
but when Col. Harry Smith went UP peg
Blankenship concluded that he moved up
too, and no doubt he did, for on his cam
pagn hat, written in ink, is this legend. in
ecribed presumably by Lieutenant Colonel
Thayer's adjutant: Colonel Thayers host
Ter. Promoted to brigade hostler Tor mer-
ttoriOus service May 30. 1885" Mr.. Blank
enship figured out that his new position m
creases his pay from $1,000 TO $40 q month
he ascertained that he would be rejected on
account of not having full quota or teeth
He was considerably shy on the minimum
necessary to crush hard tack de HE'D MINI
self to town, bought seven dollars worth
Of teeth and paid the dentist $40 TO work ali
night on the job, in order that he could pass
muster in the morning. Now aLa then MT
Blankenship runs his fist into his mouth
and pulls out the evidences of his patriot
ism. He has a family record OF patriouc
service. of which he Justly has occasion to
be proud His father, p. M. Blankenship
Eas major of Col. Fred Knefiers regiment
on this same battlefield. / understand, and
William Blankenship. brother, was cap
tain in the same regiment
On every side come litt,s stories illustrat-
ing the patriotism and the sacrifices made
by men IN the higher walks Of life to serve
their country. Yesterday call was made
on c.olonel snifh.a hrigada 70 furnish