The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-18
Missouri Soldiers Will Wage Mimic
War at Camp Bell
To-Day.
MANY VISITORS EXPECTED.
Rainy Weather Intcrferes With
Grill Battery AS Ex-
perience Breaking In
New Horses.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

| BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Camp Bel. Springfield Mo. July IL
Camp Bell appears To- be doomed to bad
| weather The sun has not shone upon IL for
| one hour since the tents were pitched early
| Sunday morning
| To-day when the rcveillc broke the SUM
| bers OF M'ssouris trained bands. it was
| pouring down rain and the men were
Obliged TO line up in front of their quarters
| Tor RON c-H protected from the elements
~ nothing better than the regulation pom
| cho.
me entire camping ground was flooded
and the cooks experienced no end of trouble
starring the fires for breakfast. Rain kept
| up steadily until 9 o'clock. when it let up
suf'cientiy 10 allow morning drills. Re-
| CAL was sounded. hove yer. shortly after
! the men had gotten into the field, as they
sunk over their shoe tops in mud. i, had
cleared off sufficiently in the afternoon for
! the regular battalion maneuv.rs and dress
| parade.
The parade. which was scheduled TO take
place at O'Clock this afternoon through
springheid. YVES postponed. If the weather
VIII permit. the parade will occur Thurs
day afternoon.
sham Battle To-Day.
tomorrow afternoon there will be
iahtry and Battery A will participate
'Sherai Clark, assisted by the Council of
'he fesimentai commanders. has laid out
plans of attack and defense
Each command mas been assigned a par
IicaIar position to maintain Th, center will
De composed of the Fourth Regiment and
battefy A The right and left wings will
De the Second and Fourth regiments re-
s2ectiFely. The Third Regiment will be
.i gro, up info Hines OF skirmishers. which
VIII DC thrown forward occasion war
rants The action will commence with a
general attack upon a given position and
VIII De carried through according to the
ATTEST tactics. The men are eager to display
TIER efficiency in driIl in a battle There is
Sisat rivalry between the different organiza-
tiniis. anu every inch OF ground will be hot
contested. Camp He'll has now go,iea
INTO perfect shape, and the regular CAMP
routine u running smoothly.
All ca.ls are nrst sounded In front of
p.isaue headquarters. From there they ar.
I'd seq up by me regimental buslers all along
the Inc and Is finally heard IN tine batter
camp tar over to the right. State nationIl
anu resitnental colors ny gayiy IN front of |
rIcn ies.ment headquarters. The camp
presents an appearance quite eul,i! to ,,a,,,
Ihomas at cnickamauga Park during M, |
paimiest days. The health of the men Com |
fnl h,d dA cteiss Win the exceptions of a
tt" nau colds caused by the wet weather
the Hospital Corps has nothing TO De.
l., o9dtlcks and chigeers are stil present |
IN endless quantities. and seem TO take par
t!cular delight in sheltering Themselves |
from the weather in the soldiers tents Tba |
hospital men have been unable TO produce !,
any spec'hc which VIII give relief from, /
the pests. Twice daily the entire camp is /
Lonced; ana every particle of dirt and rub /
peeh given To the sanitary arrangements. |!
ANY man found throwing scraps or rubbish |
ahout camp Il arrested ard placed under
Concerts by Regiment Bands.
ms afternoon there were concerts by
an me regiment bands. The music was
splendid: especially that OF the Kansas City /
band- There were several hundred WISH
tors In camp for these concerts and the
brigade review at Z. m.
The different regiments have organized
baseball teams. and challenges have al
ready been exchanged for enough games 10 !
last "A month.
Yesterday afternoon 4 match game was
played between the hospital corps and a |
picked team of the Second Regiment. The
athletes as well as medical men by win
ning out with score Of Is to 3.
Colonel Sinclair and STAFF gave reception
We're number of ladies from town pres
ent. and representatives from every regi-
ment in camp Captain Emo and Lieuten-
were among the guests. The festivities |
lasted until taps sounded.
fcer of the day and Lieutenant L. II. Som
mers officer of the guard Lieutenant
Gnasies W. Harris. battalion adjutant. ar
rived IN camp from St Louis to-day. Pri-
Vate Frank Fulton of Company ID was
given leave to return home ON account
sickness in his family
The battery boys were engaged all day
IN breaking horses. Prvates Hunt, Mich |
oils and Hall were the center % admir-
ing group of visitors In the afterno on. They
recsiNed loud cheers aiii applause fer their
method OF riding bucking horses.
Hall was thrown twice but r.,moun,ed |
nimbiy and finally succeeded in tanning his |
horse. There was short drill in the morn |
ing, but the horses were too green TO raake
much of a showing. First Licu'enint L. on |
Gale was officer of the provost guard to- |
DAY. He reports that the entire city is |
quiet and that soldiers who visited town |
were perfectly orderly
Tomorrow the provost will Re increased !
10 forty-eight men. and both Nor-h and |
south Springfield will be natrolled. The
reason for this is the great n,jrnnc- of |
strangers who wiz arrive IN town O. ex-
cursion trains l. WON pApIN