The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-07
Every One Ready To
Move Last Satur-
day.
The Orders Were Reversed
And the Boys Had TO start at work
Unloading Their Baggsge from
the Train

ISLAND LAKE, June /, 1898.
Still at Island Lake. Just as every
thing was in readiness TO move to Wash
ington and the plan OF the trip and car
loaded and ready for the start bright anC
early the next morning, Colonel Peter
mann received telegram from the wal
department at Washington instructing
him TO remain at Island Lake, il not a.
ready on the road, the purport OF which
was included in my message OF last Fri
day afternoon
at the present moment as to what it all
means and various theories are advanced
for the sudden change in the plans OF the
department at such a late hour. One
was the Camp Alger grounds had been
condemned by the Ulcers and that it
was decided to move the camp and there
fore the Thirty Fourth would be held at
island Lake until the change was made
This was knocked in the head by the
messages in the newspapers from Wash
inRton to the opposite effect. Another
theory was that il the regiment was TO
be sent to the Philippines and as it would
move west, the department did not see
the necessity OF taking it to Washington
first. One man knows as mu,h about it
as another, and that is simply nothing.
The colonel, however. thints that some
thing more definite will be received soon
and the work of unloading the baggage
has not been commenced, for it is
thought that it is within the range OF
possibilities that moving orders will be
received today or tomorrow.
Although the men are sick and tired OF
Island Lake they we're by no means dis
appointed when the news came that they
were TO stay here, for the repor from
Washington concerning the camp facii-
ties have made them think that they will
have 20 90 a long way to find such fue
camp ground as this same old Island
Like, Neither Camp Alger nor Chicka-
m uga compare with it and from every
STANDPOINT the Thirty Fourth is still 10
the best camp ground OF any of the Mich
igan regiments.
THERE'S not great deal oiimprovement
10 the matter OF mess and the boys are
dong Il great deal of hard kicking. The |
cooks come in for considerable roasting |
and very liz lie credit and there is some
talk OF securing a professional man TO |
look after the culinary department OF the |
company. Boxes u good things to eat
from bone are relished great deal more |
than they were before and they come less
frequent than they did he first few weeks
OF camp. The 500 boysare 10 great luck.
Yesterday afternoon they received sew.
eral boxes Of one thing and another from
their town, in all amounting to thouF-
and pouncs, which was presented with
the compliments OF the citizsns OF their
home. The boxes included everything in
the way OF good things to eat and az a
consequence the boys Of Company q have
beeu ! yil Ugh ever since.
Governor Pingree is keeping sharp
lookout tor the Michigan boys. II the
Thirty-FOurth stays at leland Lake long
enough he Tm ploviue tnen with good
Z ting and well-made tan shoes which he
viii furnish the boys at cost price. They
will be issued to them instead OF the reg.
ular government shoe. The samples OF
the shoes which have been seen at camp
are very fine and the boys will be in great
luck to get them in preference to the gov
ernuent issue.
The past few days have been very warm
here and some Of the men have suffered
greatly from the extreme heat. How.
ever, the nights are reasonably cool and
thsir is no trouble to sleep. There is gen.
orally a light breeze during a greater part
OF the day which helps to keep things
little cooler.
The entire regiment was photographed
IN mass formation on the parade grounds
yesterday afternoon. Each OF the COM
Danies also had their pictures taken sen
4rately and the officers OF the regiment
had picture taken in a group. Pbotog-
'apher Sterling is making a book of pho
,os taken at camp and he has similar pic
ures OF the other regiments and lot OF
Toe pictures which he has secured since
amp Eaton has been running.
GUcK.
h0bbed the Grave