Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-08
RECRUITS WANTED.
Col. SchadePs Plan for Bringing His
Companies Up to Required
Strength.

must enlist in the regular army for a term
of three years, since there is no provision
Tor a division hospital corps in the volun
teer army. The Wisconsin men attached
to the hospital corps are Lieut.. ]. II.
McDil of Milwaukee, Lieut.. j. B. Whit
ing of GAINESVILLE, Hospital Sergeant Oar
ling and four privates Some of them
are from the other regiments and have
decided 10 return to their compares rath-
or than enlist for three years. The Wis
eonsin men are as yet undecided
The first regiment has two patients in
the division hOspital-Private Montgom-
cry, Co. \, and Private Morrill, of Co.
Is, both of whom are recovering. Two
new patients were brought to the brigade
hospital this morning. They are Pri
Yates Shepard and Butternut of Co. A,
both suffering from sore threats. All the
Others who were in the hospital have re-
covered
Gen. Lee has issued several orders
within the last day or two, all looking to
the care of the health of the men. The
most stringent sanitary measures are be-
ing enforced and no pains will be spared
to make the camp healthful. Nothing has
occurred today to indicate an immediate
movement of the First or any other
troops Brighten. G. +. Hubbard, w.
\. Bancroft and Charles Fitzsimmons
have been assigned to Gen. Lees corps,
and il is believed that one of them will
be assigned to command the First brig
AIDE, Second division, to which the First
Wisconsin is attached, and which is now
commanded by Col. Jackson of the Fiji
tieth Iowa. The order to recruit the reg
Iments to LOG men for each company was
received today.
Gen. Lee ana his staff paid a visit to
camp last night and watched two or three
of the regiments parade. The general
and his staff were on the shell road when
the First Wisconsin marched out for its
dress parade When he saw it coming
he drove into the field, watched the pa
rade and in an informal way reviewed
the regiment. The boys all recognized
the famous general and made an effort
to make the parade as perfect as possible.
Later the general and his staff inspected
the parade ground Of one or two other
regiments.
Col. Schadel, Maj. Stearns, Maj.
Joachim and Frank Schadel, the colonePs
son. visited St Augustine yesterday.
Yesterday was a very quiet day IN
camp. most of the boys being away on
Chaplain Narney held services in the Cos
pei tent and many of the men attended
church in the city.
Col. Schadel will be ordered to send his
recruiting officers home at once. Those
who will 90 will be: Lieut-COl Young
from each battalion.
The recruiting order was so modified
this afternoon as to preclude the possibil
ity of Lieut.-Col Young and Maj. Joa
chin from being recruiting officers.
There will be one officer and four enlisted
men from each battalion. The appointee
from the Third battalion will probably
be Capt. Wild of Milwaukee.
Ready for Recruits.
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not be impaired by the presence of the re-
cruits who will be sent here from Wis
consin to bring the companies up TO the
full quota of 1O6 men and three officers.
Col. Schadel has decided to have the new
men trained before making them d part of
the companies.
When the recruits arrive they viii be
assigned to the several companies, but
they will not take part in the drills OF be
required to do any of the company work.
They viii be divided into squads and each
squad will be placed under a competent
officer or private who will get it into
shape. 1t will be drilled hard and as
soon as 1t is up to the requirement will
be allowed to drill with the company.
Col. Schadel thinks a week or ten days
will be sufficient to get them in shane.
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga,
June 81 Special. IA regimental writing
and reading room with current literature
is to be established under tent in the
Smith is in charge of the enterprise
Col. Born today signed an application
for a full set of musical instruments from
the general war department for the use
t0f the band.
More than 200 officers and men visited
lookout mountain yesterday. In the even
ing Chaplain Smith addressed 1000 men
'on the sacrifices and cOmpensations of vol
unteer soldiers
Griggsby's Cowboy ball team admins
tered an overwhelming defeat to Second
Wisconsin team on Kelly field yesterday
afternoon. the score being 81 to Ii.
Supt. Hensell who has charge of a
large machine shop in Southern Georgia,
was a Second regiment guest today
whle en- route for Sheboygan, his for.
mer home, for an extended visit.
Quartermaster Nemibe issued five days
rations this morning.
Private Schmidt of Manitowoc was
taken to the division hospital today, the
first patient from the Second regiment.
He is not suffering seriously al all
The division hospital was relieved of
four Third Wisconsin regiment patients
Sunday and today. They are Privates
Walsted of Menomonie, Hansen of La
Crosse, Howard and Thorsen. Eleven
minor cases were taken to the Third
regiment hospital and four to the Sec
end, Little work is being done in the
Third owing to sore arms from vaccina-
ton. Maj. Bradley and Surgeons Mould
ing and Mann inoculated with virus the
Second regiment companies from Marsh
field, Sheboygan, Ripon and Oshkosh to-
day
New shirts and shoes are being issued
in the Third today.
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
june 6.-iSpecial. While the weather
here for NGrtherners has been hot and is
daily getting hotter as the summer season
advances the absence of serious sickness
IN the Third Wisconsin volunteers is quite
noticeable. This is due largely to the care
taken of the men by their commanding of
ffcers. not only in the way of sanitary
measures but the regular work of the
day-the drills, conform to the weather.
The hardest drilling of the day takes
pace at I a. m. when drill call sounds.
THE battalions march into the woods I'M
der command of the majors and often in
sdulge in sham battles, which is good ex-
perience for the men, who are taught skir-
mish work and the use of natural cover in
the woods. The morning drill usually
lasts an hour and a half and is over be-
fore the heat of the day comes on.
From 8 o'clock to 6 in the evening there