Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-10

the Fifth was first mustered into the
service only ten companies were accent
ed.
Lac. night the other two companies
making the full twelve, were taken into
the service. Companies /, of Aurora.
and A, of Streator, of the Third regi-
ment, were not accepted on Saturday
night by the United States recruiting
officers. These two companies are now
full and will be mustered in TO-DAY. 1t
locks as though tomorrow night or
Thursday morning would see part of
the troops at least leaving Camp Tan
ner for the field of battle. Major ]. c.
Buckner, commanding the Ninth bat
TALON, colored, of Chicago, was yester-
day reinstated to his command, his term
OF sentence having expired at noon Sum
| day.
| Under orders from Washington bat
terry A, of Danville, was examined by
United States surgeons this morning
and Immediately mustered into the SER
vice. Captain Mayer and Lieutenant
| Miller spent yesterday at Danville Sc
curing recruits to fl this battery. The
| First cavalry regiment will follow the
| battery. provided the government can
equip them with horses, etc. The First
| regiment, commanded by Colonel Tur-
ner, went to Camp Lincoln in heavy
marching order yesterday to spend the
entire day in field exercises Captain
u. T. Reed, of Chicago, commanding
officer engineering corps, has resigned
Captain Kelly, of Chicago. will probably
| succeed him. The engineering CORPS
ic
the week
James Alexander. of company I, Sec
ond infantry, met with a painful acct
dent Sunday night at Camp Tanner.
He accompanied some friends to the
railway station, and in crossing the
tracks before an approaching train.
stumbled and fell. The wheels passed
over one leg above the ankle. MASKING
1t so badly that Colonel Kreidsr. post
surgeon, found it necessary to amputate
the member
Governor Tanner has issued a procla-
nation calling for meeting of those
who are interested in extending aid to
the soldiers and their families during
the time the troops are at the front.
milwaukee,, May 10.-Governor SEQ
field has wired the war department
from Camp Harvey that the examina-
ton of two Of the three regiments Of
Wisconsin volunteers has been COM
pleted and the men are ready to sign
the muster rolls. The governor says
that if they are not to be equipped be-
fore moving the First regiment will be
ready to move Thursday night. the Sec
ond Friday night, and the Third Sat-
wants the troops equipped here it will
take a week or ten days before they
VIII be ready to move.
Milwaukee, May 10.-Two Wisconsin
regiments will leave Camp Harvey for
the south this week. The Third regi-
ment, under Colonel William T. Moore.
of Lacrosse, will go to Chickamauga
park next Thursday night. The Second
regiment, under Colonel Charlie A. Born,
OF Sheboygan, will be sent to Washing
ton next Friday. The First regiment.
under Colonel S. F. Schadel. of Monroe.
will remain in camp for the present at
least. 1t is to act as a reserve regiment
and will be called out only in the event
that other troops are needed
Camp Eaton, Island Lake, Mich, Nav
lV.-TWelve trains from different sec
tons of the state carried that MANY
thousand persons to the tented village
Sunday that they might once again saw
goodbye to their soldier loved ones
before the latter take their departure
for the scene of conflict. Company A.
First regiment, Captain Granger. has
been mustered in, amid the widest en-
thusiasm. This is the Ann Arbor COM
irct he
becoming accustomed to the hardships
incident to camp life, and all seem more
anxious to go to the front now than at
any time since coming here. Governor
Pinsree is as active as ever in preparing
the soldiers for hard fighting" and ex-
presses the belief that Michigan's quota
of warriors will win fame, if the op-
portunity is given them, in the field of
battle.
Des Moines, Ia. May 10-Governor
Shaw telegraphed Secretary of War AL
ger asking information concerning the
movement of Iowa troops. Secretary
Alger wired Saturday night wishing to
know how soon a regiment could be
sent from Iowa Governor Shaw
asked how the regiment should be
chosen, by numerical order, or by the
rank OF its colonel. The latter is
preferred, because it is the usual rule
IN military operations. There is intense |
feeling over the state on account of the |
action OF the war department in order |
ing a single regiment to the front. Il !
is regarded as plan to break up the |
original organization by filling the ranks |
with regulars and volunteers. The en-
tire camp demands that it go as a |
brigade, to preserve intact Iowa's quota |
of troops.
Sioux Falls. S. D., May 1O-Orders |
from the war department were re- |
ceived yesterday to rush the recruiting |
or state troops and move them to |
washington, where it is understood they |
are e be held as reserves There was |
almdst a mutiny in Camp Dewey when |
the examining surgeons rejected the |
captain ard first and second lieutenants |
Of company II, Of Huron.
Lincoln, May l0.-Saturday night late
Governor Holcomb received a message |
from Secretary Alger saying a sudden |
change had been made in the assign |
lnent of Nebraska troops and that one |
regiment. perhaps BOTH would be sent |
to San Francisco to go to the Philip
pine islands.
Arms on the Way to Cuba.
Tampa, Fla, May 10.-The steamer
GuSSie one of the NaIlor,, limo of 1000. |