The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-16
Special Train Containing the First
Regiment Narrowly Escaped
Rear End Collision.
BATTERY A INCONVENIENCE.
DELAYED Train Responsible for Poor
MesS-SprinCfeld Displays
It's Hospiiality-ldeal
Camp Site.


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SPRINGFIELD. No. July ls-f1T ths frst
time siu-e The general muster G.. jees-sor.
Ea--acBs previous - The Standardization
va-. The E.ssos-i National Guard Is as
s-ntIed IL the del5- Troops from All over
Inc state began pouring -rto ms city IN
special --ai-s ssriy This -nl.-lirE. n spite
. q a .erc= wind and rE.rs:or11. tHs feu-
regiments q Infantry an Battery A
marched ont 70 TIE camping ground. about
twu miles from town, where hey deployec
and immediately set about arranging camp
=. o snort time tents were pitched and con-
1.--y streets and headquarters gotten trto
shape. VVasa mess call sounded Z; noon The
cara., presented degree CO exactuess and
order which would Do cred: % The regular
ATTY
Owing n IRE rain. vhi-A fe-. - torrents
al day. tnsr. were no drills O dress par
ace. camp and provost gla-3 was mounted
u O'Clock.
i point @. numbers ard ruuiprsu: the
camp is the most successful ever hei6 n
this sac. Including officers and enlisted
rner. ths~e are nearly $50 ruili;ia-l.n n a.
;s-langv.
Ideal Location
ne location Is ideal for q camp ground.
= takes Fl. pan @. rne Fair Groguas. c-ver-
TIE line q companies extends over thres-
quarters -.t mile. ~ the south .11 - this
The h@a1uIiar-srs % the t-iEs DE- a. located.
Battery \ 5 gun park and tents are placed
in d grove - ITe-s - the istt u a-adquar-
-a-s A6-u-zc- General NJ. !. BEL and
Er-Es-i.- General Harvey CLARK az n com
--uz u t-l= camp
These cheers. with the SAT. have basn
here several says. LAYING oUt the camp and
completing arrangements il- the sccurn-no-
- !-sSe-. a-- Assistant A1J-tar- General.
Major 6 nuuy Houck. Cua-te-rnGster. MaJcr
Claude Clark. Cr-nH-lsszry. Nslc- : a
TL7ti., and CAPTAINS = a -Itle, !. =
Young and Emmett Newton, Ai-S.
Springfield which Z noted 10Y rs hospital
soldiers. The COMMITTEES @ citizens -
ce-yec The different oTsillllza lions a thty
tfs. freedom q II. city Al manner Of
Jlaus nave npe- arranged for The entertain
Inelt q the troops during ther stay. There
vi. ne 3 series =. halls. parties Ia4 private
social at-ai-s ned u taelr homo
Wednesday and Thursday VII he the big
DAYS. There I'll % a srzm battle and ~
cursilus trO-n al the ne:gaborlng towns VIII
~ run by The railroads. The t1fsi Esg.-
cli..- commanding, arrived here a. IS This
morning
wreck Narrowly Avcrted-
The special vEich h-IuCn; ne regiment
--crrCWy escspc1 & res---ac colhslcn with
the Ugh carrying Battery = : ordnance q
.ex miles west O Pacific The special was
ire engine. The freight train was following
uea- =. hind i WAS coming along g Z f2si
rate II speed ana would have crashs't intc
Ire speci-; :. Ioe engineer had not seen the
signal lights and brought MS tam 10 :
s-auastul i was not Until the fender q
ne -rs .-st engine WIS within d lev Zee. O.
a. y. mr. = which The officers vs-- sleep
ne that IL vas stopped II was nearly eX-
actly II This manner that the accident hap
rreuet 10 -he t-ain carrying thu FIRST EeCl-
rs1t - Chickarasucs Park. IN which one
man was killed and several were badly IN
TIE battery boys 70 the number % about
81 C1- H. shorty after : a IL They had a
log wait about the railroad YARDS IN the
-aiI for thetr tents and ordnance, which cia
veterans criticised railroads in general They
bad 20 b. con-euf with coffee and sand
v-lch..s fu- brsE sfBs;. a. Their camp Kettles
with rhe cannon OF THE freight train
second Regiment
The Second E-giniert. which comes from
the south > r section o. the STATE. AZ
-iseL from Nevada o. a SPECIAL shortly al
~ Battery = They marched out 20 camp
y. -nedia:elv and arrived IN time 20 get
through considerable Work before the ram
The dissipline IN TIE regiment Il excel
ler-- i has ~ men here. = hi-h = more
nan ary Other orsariza-i1n II TIE camp
Colonel t5eury Mitchell is in command
Kansas C.tys quota = the sncsrnprnentt /
cam. under me command Of Colonel FRED
Fleming OF the Third IN GrJ-y- Seven on:
q th- eight companies i, this regiment are
from Kansas CITY The Other l. from In
S.peude-ce. The third Is splend C4y
equipped n fact & possesses better &C
c5utreIneT.;s row than az any either time
u, rs history Colonel Fleming says tn.
: be c-a.k COMPANIES % Other reSl-, erts ha1
better Iock 70 -hel- lau-els as his men have
come with me express purpose Of return
.ag with many hcrars
The Drilling Fourth"
The Drilling FOURTH commanded by
Colonel ~ Z. St-:ECfelloa. was e2rly upon
The ground TIE 81 Joseph company, which
has drilled Is way into fame q contests
al over tne country, Is Il splendid shape
ana the men are couf5ert that they VII!
r.pez- former victories before the week IL
Cy.r IT, different companies are !oratea
rtrourhout The northern part @ the state
III. provost ESaro q IN rry-tve -ne- was
/ brown into The cf-y last night There vGs
small -caG % This. however. Is TIE men
who were uut o. passes proved very peace
81 ana lawat'5lnc. This guard VIII >.
continued every night during the encaup-
men Al .hc men are wen Pleased win
The FOOD furnished by the cOInm-ssa-y-
Last riE.f the first regular meal WIS
served n camp il consisted Of oeef. bac-r.-
corr. potatoes ana steyved fruit The con-
ra-v kitchens are al q e four!shiug con5i-
-iur Fo- :ne most part the cooks are re
cruite5 from the local negro ro2le Popul--