The true northerner., 1898-05-11
NEWS FROM THE STATE CAMPS.
Last sunday Some Of the Guards viii
Spend at Home-Orders Received.


Springfield. Ills. May 9.-Yesterday
was probably the last Sunday that
some of the boys will spend at Camp
Tanner before going to the front. Two
regiments, the Fifth and Third, have
been mustered into the service of the
government. and orders have been re-
ceived for them to move to Chicka-
mauga. 1t will take at least three days,
however, to equip the two regiments
with uniforms, cooking utensils. guns.
ammunition. etc. and so the movement
cannot begin before the middle of the
week. Colonel d. Jack Foster, com
manding the Sixth. has been ordered TO
report his regiment to the United States
examination and mastering officers at
the time and place designated by them.
The first men of the Sixth were ex-
amined yesterday morning.
Governor Tanner yesterday received
q message from the war department at
Washington stating that ii was the in
tention Of that department to order the
first two regiments OF infantry and one
of cavalry mustered into service to
Camp Thomas. Chickamauga National
park, as soon as they could be COM
pletely equipped. and asking a report
| by telegraph as soon as the regiments
were ready. Governor Tanner replied
| that the two regiments OF infantry were
ready now, with the exception OF being
| equipped This will be done by the
government.
Governor Tanner held a conference
with a committee from Chicago yester-
| day morning at Camp Tanner for the
purpose Of making the preliminary ar
| rangements for a state organization
| the object OF which will be TO relieve the
| families Of the soldiers Of Illinois while
they are at the front, and also to send
| the troops such necessities as are
not furnished by the army. AS a result
of the conference Governor Tanner will
| issue proclamation calling for a gen.
eral meeting in Springfield this week.
which will be the first in the United
! States to assume this kind of work
| Many thousand people visited Camp
| Tanner yesterday from all parts Of the
state and srent Sunday with the Illinois
| boys. In addition to the relatives and
! friends there were many pleasure and
curiosity seekers. and these sweled the
| crowd TO at least 900 people. The
weather was all that could be expected: :
| if anything the sun shone too brightly
and the rays fell too hot Every rail-
road running into Springfield brought
excursion trains. Several OF the roads
| brought five and six of from ten to
thirteen cars. and all were filled to their
utmost capacity. The various regiments
attended religious services, some in the
morning and some in the afternoon.
Company drills were also engaged in.
Madison, Wis, May Gov. Schofield
received a dispatch from the war de-
partment late Saturday night to send
the First regiment that is mustered into
the United States army from Wisconsin
TO Chickamauga park. The Third regi-
ment being the first on the list to be
examined will probably leave for the
south early this week. The magnificent
work which the three regiments are
doing on the drill grounds has been the
subject of much favorable comment from
the officers and other military men who
have visited the camp. The extended
order work OF the First regiment, and
especially Of company I. of this regi-
ment, has merited special commenda-
tion
There were 1.050 men in the Third
regiment who passed the examination.
Only 1030 of these can be mustered into
| the service. II 'S row hofe'-a' hv the
examining surgeons, who claim they
never saw such a perfect iot Of men
present themselves. that all of the regi-
ments will have more men than they
are entitled to muster in.
Des Moines, Ia, May Gov. Shaw
received a telegram from the war de-
partment Saturday informing him that
the government would accept any OF the
officers in the Iowa National Guard,
providing that he would recommend
them, and that II would be unnecessary
for an examination, so far as going to
the front was concerned. An examina-
tion of the physique Of each officer