The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-27
BAT Terry D DEPARTED
The Route of Their Retreat StreWn
With Broken Hearts and
Other BriG-a- BraC.
THEY VANISH IN THE NIGHT
The Last Review of Military Drama En-
acted on Main Streets Skill With
Rapid Fire Guns.

Battery D has left us. No more does
uniformed so1diery parade the streets
or mounted guardians of the interest
of Uncle Same make glad the eyes of
the on1ooker. The camp is deserted,
and the shouted command and the
boom of cannon are only "reminiscences
Last evening they swarmed the city
streets and at night they folded their
tents like the Arabs and silently stole
away" This morning when the citi-
ems dwelling on the southern edge of
the city awoke they looked in vain for
the white canvas city that had been
the home of the soldiers. 1t had dis
appeared as completely as if the earth
had swallowed it up. When the ear1i-
est riser in the city was about the train
of horsemen was far on it's way toward
the south. Before leaving the city
they stormed the county Jail and effect
ed the release of one of their number
who had1been a guest of the sheriff over
night. They had been in our midst
damage except to the government
targets and a few hearts which it is
reported were found broken this morn
ing.
The purpose of the battery in coming
to Kenosha was not to have good
time and make the acquaintance of
the maids of the city, though of course
these things wore incidental to their
presence. They came for the purpose
of increasing their proficiency in the
use of the big guns and rapid fire bat
terry. If all the reports are true their
time was not wasted. It is said that
they were able before they stopped
practice to write the name of the
battery on the lake with the rapid fire
guns so that it could be read before
disappearing.
The public drill that was hoped for
by the citizens of the city did not
materia1ize, but the public was given
the pleasure of seeing the horses led
to water three times a day, besides
other feats of so1dier1y strength and
hardihood as highly exciting.
They broke camp this morning be-
fore daybreak and were on their way
to Fort Sheridan before the birds were
up and expected to cover the distance
between here and the fort during the
day easily and without haste.
The last scene of the military drama
was enacted last evening at a rather
late hour and was performed by
single private, who had spent his
wages little too freely at the bar.
He took up a conspicuous position in
the middle of Main street and pro-
ceeded to pull up the pavement as a
preliminary to the main act, which
was to be realistic representation of
how, single handed, he had sur
rounded and captured band of
Spaniards in Cuba. Any of the on
lockers who had the nerve were invited
to volunteer as the Spaniards in the,
case. What might have been a great
performance was interrupted by an &C
cident in the shape Of a policeman,
who took the soldier and put him to
bed at the county Jail.
It is reported that Capt. Thorpe, who
had command of the battery, was
made a colonel today, but the report
has not found confederation. The
captain is certainly splendid speci-
man of the soldier and no doubt merits
the honor and will achieve it in time if
he has not already.