The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-23
TO MOBILIZE MILITIA
EVERYTHING IN READINESS For
GATHERING OF THE WARRIORS.
Camp Mount Located at the Fair
GrOunds-CaI Expected To-
Day-Transportatio


the first call for troops and by tomorrow
| night three thousand militiamen will be
| camped at the state fair grounds No order
for the mobilization Of the troops will be
issued by Governor Mount until he receives
the formal order from Washington, al
though it is now only question of formal
ity to wait, for the call Is almost as good
as made
Every one of the companies in the In
diana National Guard will be notified by
telegraph this afternoon to come to In
annapolis. the order including information
as to the trains on which the companies will
be expected to come Adjutant General
Gore, Lieutenant May, War Secretary Will
son and r. B. Richardson, who will act as
master of transportation for r. G.. Darling
ton, spent two hours yesterday In revising
the schedule OF trains. The schedule was
made out few days ago by Lieutenant
May and shows exactly how each company
snail reach Indianapolis. The most of them
viii leave on early morning trains Sunday
and will get in here during the afternoon
Special trains will have to be run for some
companies in order to get all here by Sun
day night.
Mr.. Richardson worked all day yesterday
getting things ready for the movement of
the troops. He communicated with the off,
Gals of all the roads over which the troops
are to come, arranging for the extra service
and for the special trains where necessary
The telegraphic dispatch to the captains of
companies is all the transportation tickets
that will be offered to conductors, who will
be instructed by the railroad companies to
pass all militiamen. and report the number
carried in the place of tickets.
Adjutant General Gore made request of
MIR. Richardson that each railroad be re-
quested to render bills for the transporta-
ton of the troops at this time separate
from any other bills which there might be
against the State. 1t is expected that the
government will some day refund to the
States the necessary expense incurred in
furnishing troops.
The soldiers will begin getting here by
moon or little before and they will be
taken at once to Camp Mount at the fair
grounds Those who come over the Monon
and L. E. G. w. will be discharged from the
cars at the fair grounds without coming
into the Union Station. Others will be
taken at once to the camp over one of these
railroads, arrangements having been made
by Mr.. Richardson last night for this serv-
lce The coaches containing the militiamen
Will be pulled right through, some OF them
probably going around the Belt. 1t was
suggested that 1t might have a good effect
TO allow the soldiers to leave the trains at
the Union Station and go through the city
to the camp. This scheme was worked eff
Tectually at Cincinnati during the civil war,
the sight of the volunteers arousing the
patriotism in many men and resulting in
many enlistments. This scheme was not
thought necessary in this war, 1T is be-
heved there will be four volunteers for
every man needed. The quickest and quiet
est way to get the soldiers to Camp Mount
thQrQf0TG fOllQwn6
Quartermaster General Richardson has
been engaged for two days getting the fair
ground in condition to receive the soldiers.
lie was out there yesterday with Samuel G.
Shut, engineer OF the Statehouse, and a
force of men repairing and extending. the
water mains SO as to cover the part of the
grounds to be occupied by the troops. The
camp will be east of the grand stand and
south of the track. Several hundred tents
viii be pitched here, while as many as can
be accommodated in the buildings will be
thus disposed of, some of the buildings be-
Ing turned into temporary barracks. There
are about eight hundred tents in the base
ment of the Statehouse, each of which will
accommodate two men. This Is about
fhe number IF froons that if is expected will
respond to the first call.
IL the entire brigade is called for, and 1t is
the intention of Governor Mount to issue the
call in this way, 1t is likely that a serious
problem will present itself.
Indiana's apportionment of troops, accord
ing to the Information last received at the
Statehouse, will be 3,442 and 1t has been
estimated that not more than this number
of men will respond. Information has been
coming to headquarters to the effect that
the companies throughout NE State are
filling up to the full war quota of eighty
four men each. There will be nearly i've
thousand men in camp instead OF about
three thousand If this Is generally true.
What to do with them and where to Top
off companies or individuals will be hard to
determine At Governor Mounts Office the
war spirit was up yesterday and al through
the day there was O. constant stream OF
callers and every delivery brought huge
package OF letters Among the callers was
whom Governor Mount defeated for the
place tbs latter now occupies. He was very
enthusiastic over the war and while he said
he had hoped it could be averted he be-
lieved, now that it is on, 1t ought to be
pushed rapidly and aggressively to a finish.
"This war will overshadow 16 to and may
put an end to it, he said.
Among those who offered their services to
the State and Nation was Lieutenant Ham,
any capacity A Fort Wayne man wrote
for appointment to go to the front, saying
that he had family which probably needed
his support, but not so badly as they needed
that their country's honor be defended.
1t is not known how long the troops will
be kept at Camp Mount. Some of those in
terested claim they will remain here until
they can be fully equipped for the federal
service while others are of opinion that
they will be moving to the coast within
mustered in Lieutenant May, of, the regu-
lar army, who is stationed here as instructor
to the Indiana National Guard, will serve
as recruiting officer Every man must be
mustered into the government service for
period of two years; 1t will take several
days to attend to this because each man
must be subjected to severe medical ex-
animation.