The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-02
BOYS N BLU. DJukOED.
Sure Thing Men Roughly Handled
ct Camp Rogers.
ARRESTED BY ANGRY SOLDIERS.
Gel. whosJey Makes m EssmSte al
the Gsassers ssd Orders the Lfs<s
strictly Gsavdes-t Volunteers stiii
BELIEVE Th~y VIII Get q" Guss--
eaaAay Crowds Watt th@ Eneamp-
asDa FrOa Tacoma aad Seattle.


Gpeciai Dispatch TO tigs PeBt-Insa.llgencer-
CAMP JOHN X. ROGERS May H.
Wh~n the Post-InteiIgsneer arrived In
camp this morning .gfh tins intelligence
that according 10 Washington, ID g. sd-
Nsces the Washington militia wsll Sos be
cent East bst will be kept on ne Pa-
cts5c coast Tor defense purposes, t5s~e was
. lang loud wall There II no doubt that
shs militia boys Of this state are crazy
Tor war and nothing would be- 80 wei
come ~ afvfces to move East az 5TsSs.
with the auies urdeFsta Bdsng that later
on would see the troops OF the Evergreen
stats nghfing the spsnisrds in Cuba. or
on Spanish sol for that matter
Notwithstanding tie statement tina. the
troops viii remain in this state. the Of
Acers In charge believe that troops are
likely TO 20 East. and they have 80 told
their men, Col Wnoiley would not dis
Csiss the matter wlih newspaper men. bat
IL is said that he too, Is OF The opinion
that the men may sci have chance tn
smell Spanish guneowder and try and
escape yellow fever. Today Col. Who'll
eey In the busiest man III the state OF
Washington. He has gsaeral charge Of tho
clustering work which viii soon be In fun
eFay. II f. said thai the government viii
be very strict in It's selection of men. ard
they will be put through q moat rigid OK
animation. Said one captain today:
The truth - that An at work as
hard a. my men, getting ready for my
examinatloss. II will not be a snap ard
every m!iitiaman who goes into che United
States volunteers viii do so. no; so much
because he Ii needed as because the gov
eminent officers believe that be- IL cum
petent from every standpoint, TO be a SOL
der
II In but natural that Sunday should be
. great day In camp. And II was. There
were thousands OF visitors during the day
OF course. they were not allowed inside
the lines. Guards were on duty all day
long and many n man was turned away
al the point Of haYonst A pretty girl
Or bicycle showed ur during the after
noon. She said she ~as from Seattle and
that she had lover i'm Company II. and
that she proposed 10 see him.
Get a pass from the colonel and you
can see him. said tho guard
Well, / won. get pass. but I'll see
nv fellow said the Girl.
it's just difference % opinion said
TIE guard. and as have a gun i guess
my words law
Would you shoe. a woman screamed
&the bicycle girl
just thea aer lover came along. kissed
the bicycle girl and i,sace reigned at Camp
Rogers again.
The sensation OF the day came during
tie afternoon when several squads OF MI
Htiafnen arrested half dozen snre-thlng
men who had been operating in and around
the camp. There are some members Of
the state militia who have not seen verv
much Of city life. and there are things
IN the world OF which ths'y know nothing.
When h comes 10 killing Standards they
VIII be a; hons but tn different thing
when they Try To pick ,ut the little black
ball under The she'll when II Is not there.
The ssife~thing men showed ,ap Saturday
This morning they were at work early and
one by one the nlisi;iamen from the coun
try fell victims
Bet you ten 10 one yol; can't ana the lit-
tie black ball" said the jolly fakir.
The boy In blue from the country took
him mp, and the fakir didn't lose. Dozens
OF the BOYS dropped their money In this
wsy. News reached Tecoma that the mi
Hsia eoys were good things. and the man,
Der OF fskifs began Ga increase. nntil there
Mere dozen or more an the grounds.
The matter was reported 20 Cot. Wholley
IL shere Is ore man on earth who Is an
army man m every sense Of the word II IL
Col. Wholey He doesn't think war II a
joke, He thinks "ft's hi" When. an ar.
tlst asked him If he might make few
sketches Inside the line the colonel az
swered:
Yes but let !, he understood that Won
don't make any funny ones This ls not a
game IN which humor plays the principal
rn.a-s
. And 80 when Col Wholley wax told that
the boys Ia blue were being relieved Of
their money by the S3re-lhing nl.n. he
stated that anything which went towards
with the goe.t morals % The
camp should be stopped That WAS enough
In i've minutes Il squad OF the boys gnoSr OF
whom had been robbed % a iits.e gold lnA
wanted revenge. had surrounded q shell
man and ordered him 10 surrender lie
refused. but when taaDed sew tsme. by
hayoaets. he changed h.s mind. and whIle
Thousands who saw the arrest cfee~ed
he was marched into camp, Col. Whollay
ordered him detained and set q number
OF guards 20 watch him
The squad went after the other 5unko
men. They tried Ia escape. lyl, II would
he "a easy for that hunfybAck ANNA, OF
the desert Ia squeeze Through the eye OF
q needle for haink0 exam - get away
from squad OK mlislamen he had robbed
One hunke man drew revolver. and IN
return received blow ever tina bead that
would have seiled aa OK. A. eue bysiauder
said:
'erhe ass managed 60 stand np under the
blew very we'll"
]. third lsssnko man sAw . ss,faA coming
his WAY. Tie gave = Sos s. fog she ll..a ~
his bie>cle. i1mped on h sui sArtcd for
Tacoma. HE snieag "a Nell naxa frie,i 20
stSseh Cuba. BE MAS captured after he aA4
gone assaat 3 ,uiic and Vent iu;o camp
with a russ taat reminded one ef % ras,e
Of Hale-Prlpeesen football 'yaa go4~i work
Went a1l unfa there were a h4lf dozas4 ga
kris arrested They we're tesrrA gsq the ,ri-
ilsiamea hacisd At Is re nrchirs e-4u-
ned BY iaatg SitlYs vtSlaea aHd altogether
wefs ,nsaa 10 sra5sa vsfX ente1 s,lp few
h-ara IA the hot saa There VII hy. Pa
mafe huuke Nesk at Camp Rogers Tncy
ae things quicker Hegp fhaR "a A,aSka.
IRE men ARRESTED we're later taken 20
Tacoma and lec&ed ~.
The 1.i2wsas companies arrived t1.s
49, etrs.