The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-08-22

D al Inconvenience is scarcely felt b,
> the individual sufferers.
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Ill The morning and afternoon drill
} lconstitAte the severe worlS of the da.
, and the lads return to quarter
oftimes hot and perspiring. The SUI
is hot and the work in the open tiek
is not easy.
The boys of Compapy F Drill clat
in their ''Kahki" trousers and darh
blue flannel shirts. There isybut one
other company in cansp that is like
wise equipped. The new trousers
were purchased st the expense Of the
company and not furnished by the
state of Iowa as many have supposed.
The Kahh goods is of cotton and is
much cooler than the. heavy wooden
trousers that must be worn OF gnard
duty and on dress parade.
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The encanopment for the 51st, boys
came near ending and the companies
sent home Monday morning. Colo
mel Lincoln kas been. denied tive drill
fields by property owners and other
places were rot available The Colo
mel is a fine drill master and desiring
to teach lessons in battle formations,
extended order, he sought unOecu-
pied fields near the camp the drih
grounds being insufficient for his
purposes. The land owners appeared
at the headquarters of General Bgers
and made protest against the use of
their stubble field for this purpose.
They could not be persuaded to per
NIT the use of their fields by the SOL
diers. Officers and men we're in bad
humar when they learned of the
complaint. Colonel Lincoln had done
no damage and snch. unwarr anted
| treatment to an Iowa guard encanp-
ment has never before been heard of
Colonel Lincoln was in earnest IN his
statement that the camp should ter
inmate. He said it was useless for
the companies to remain in camp at
great expense to the state when, they
could not have room for the proper
drilling and perfecting Of the organi-
cations. Lieut.. Donald Macrae gave
premise of securing grounds, how
ever and Monday will determine
whether the 5Ist viii remain at Camp
Dodge the allotted eight days or not.
The Fifty FIRST regiment was in
spected Saturday evening and muster
roll was caAed by Major J T. Hume
and Lieut.. A. L Rule, acting as as
sistant inspector general. The cere-
mony, occupying nearly an hour, was
witnessed by large crowd of people.
Each officer and man was closely in
spected as to neatness of dress and
accoutrements.
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Former members of Company F,
51st Iowa, U. s. W, and members oi
the Eighth Army Corps viii be much
interested in the announcement that
the next annual meeting of the corps
viii be held at Council Bluffs next
year. The prize was secured through
the personal effort of Lieut.. Donald
Macrae, of Council Bluffs, who attend
ed the recent meeting held at Salt
Lake City. The meeting is partieu'
larIy available to members of the
, corps residing in this state, Nebraska
Colorado, Kansas and the Dakotas
and will no doubt be very largely at.
tended. Council Bluffs will do the
honors well.
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il 1t became necessary Saturday even
. ing to form a provost guard to round
mp young soldiers who were abusing
| privileges The guard, twenty strong
. went TO the Manawa park where the
soldiers congregate in large numbers
and rounded up about fifty soldiers
, and took them into camp. 1t is to the
lasting credit of Company r that moi
one OF its men YVES found In the list
reported to headquarters.
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There was d Blst regiment ofacers'