Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-10
WITH SOLDIER BOYS
Forty.ninth at Camp Kellogg, Cedar
Rapids. Gets Down to Real
Business.
Tho First Guard Mount Proves q
Troublesome Affair for the
Rockies"
Fifty first. Iowa Breaks Camp at
Red Oak Reunion of Philip.
pines Veterans.
scial to Times Republican.


Cedar Rapids, Aug. 10.-The Forty
ninth regiment has settled down to bus
mess and the boys are all loud In their
praise of the arrangement of the camp.
The first guard mount of the encamp-
ment occurred about 5Fo'clock Wednes-
day evening. 1t was severe trial for
the new men, an exasperating expert
ence for the veterans in line and pic-a
MIC for the old-timers who sat around
and looked on. Col. Bows was charita-6
BILE enough to say that the boys did first
rate for the first attempt after being out
of service so long, but Adj. Jaeggi and
Capt. Whipple of Company G, officer of
the day, evidently thought there was
one time when silence was golden.
Orders had been issued for a detail of
eight men from each company, double
the usual numbSr, 1t being the plan to
give the largest possible number the
drill and to excuse the extra men. The
bugles, blew and the details marched out
in front of headquarters. The band
played and the men lined up for inspec-
ton. The first lineup was fairly we'll
done and everything proceeded smooth
~ until the inspection Of arms began;
then the new men fell all over them
selves and the veterans laid down on the
grass aud roared This over and the
four orderlies selected for duty at head
tquarters. the four men being selected for
their soldierly appearance, the band be-
itr,,, I'D y,1f,t
l8oons looked like four Demonstrators
| going to supper. The agony was soor
lover, however. the extra men We're sen,
We're to go on duty Immediately Went to
/ their post. the relief making themselves
comfortable in their special quarters
luntil needed.
4 Guard mounting is one of the pretties
sights to be Scent a military camp
land as it will hereafter occur at 7:45S a
m, doubtless thousands of Cedar Rap.
lids people will visit the camp in the coo
of the morning to see how the veterans
perform and how the rockies have t.
learn.
/ Good report has come to Col. Dow:
tconcerning the conduct of the men doWr
town in the evening and he is Well sat
4 isfied with the first days work in Cafnl
kellogg. A very large per cent of thu
5ISnen are new. the old members of thu
companies seeming to believe that the.
had all the experience they wanted
4 when off south during $50. The officer
i are finding that the encampment is
good deal like the old National Guar
4 days, for nothing moves off as smooth
lily as 1t did in the volunteer service
Everything will get regulated by Sun
sI8day. however; the men will all knoy
what is wanted of them and Sunday
maneuvers will be interesting to wit
4 mess.
From the moment the regimenta
i band struck town i I has made decide,
Il hit. Last night. following dress parade
lat 4 o'clock, the band gave concert
land it was Well worth hearing. Thi
u Organization has only been playing
month and did not get its uniforms un
It'll last Saturday. bur lit is going to b
81 popular With the troops and the public
There is no department of the arm
liservice so near to the hearts of tn
men, whether veterans or rockies q
1.-The commissary. This department. g
1.-the Forty-ninth is in charge OF Lieu
Stewart, of Dubuque, son OF In
i spector Stewart, of the railway ma
service, who formerly resided in thi
city, and a nephew of j. o. Stewart, tn
4 veteran clerk of the United States dis
u trict court. Lieut.. Stewart was orc
q nance officer in ..the old days and
s finding the duties of his new positio
llquite strange. He arrived here Nor
q day, so as to look after the contract
81 for various supplies that 4Adjt. Gel
q Byers had previously made. The con
Il missary and quartermaster's depar1
n meuts are located in a frame buildin
q at the northeast corner of the encamI
4 ment field, the latter department bein
I under Quartermaster George "A. Evan
.. Isof this city. with Acting Quartermastt
\. Sergeant Carl Leo, of Company G, {
assistant.
Lieut. Stewart has a detail of thrs
assistants, sergeant and two me,
u Everything that the regiment ca
i i passes thru their hands on requisite
! / from the first sergeants of the con
, spanies Few people have any ide
What it requires to feed a regiment
$ men. A ..ration" consists of enoue
81 food for one man at three meals. ~
: cry morning, the first sergeant of eae
; company fills out list showing Il
e number of rations he desires for Il
II day, according to the number of me
i he has under him, and the requisite
u goes to the adjutant to be Q I'D, WHIT
Iii Is honored at the commissary.
i few figures on the quantity of fot
consumed each day at Camp kelloe
will be of interest:
Estimating the average strensth
J. the companies to be fly, and this is
= trifie high, the following rations will
$ Issued by Lieut.. Stewart daily:
!. Fresh or salt meat, g. pounds,
s ounces.
Soft bread or flour 80 pounds.
Pork, ham, bacon. 81 pounds,
{ ounces.
. Hard bread, 81 pounds, ounces.
I Beans, sugar peas. pounds,
q ounces.
: Rice, hominy.5 pounds.
8 Sugar, pounds, ounces.
e Coffee (ground). 8 pounds.
Adamantine candles, 10 pounds.
r Soap. 2 pounds.
y Salt, pound IA ounces.
{ Pepper, Q ounces.
. Potatoes. so pounds.
t Onions. pounds, 5 ounces.
: Tea. 1 pound.
: Vinegar, gill.
Multiply these figures by twelve a.
add few for the band, hospital corr
\ signal corps and regimental staff a.
= lit will be seen that the cost of feedi