The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-24

Tax ceremony Will DE a I dl tiu.
a number of members of the Governors
staff arrived in camp yesterday and the in
dicatfons are that by tonight practically
the entire staff will be on the ground. There
are said TO be only two occurrences that
can interfere will tomorrow being a red
letter day in the history of the Indiana
National Guard-a heavy downpour OF rain
or a renewal OF Mondays ferocious heat.
Incidents of Camp Life.
Capt. Kenneth NJ. Burr. of Anderson. Ind,
late of the Thirtieth United States Volun-
teer Infantry, in the Philippines, was a WIS.,
itor at camp yesterday.
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Private Otis Majors, Company h. Third
Regiment. will be sent home to-day on &C.
count of illness. He is reported suffering
with a mild attack of malarial fever.
Members Of the various regiments and
the artillery battalion are being sent in
squads every night to Fall creek TO enjoy
the luxury of bathing and swimming.
Capt. James Little. formerly OF Company
A, Second Regiment, visited his old COM
mand yesterday. Captain Little resigned
about a month ago because his tailor shop
demanded so much OF his time that he had
none left to devote to his company.
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Colonel Smith was "swelled up yester-
day over two facts: First, that the Second
was the only regiment TO drill in the open
field inside the race track during the day.
and. second. that his guard Monday night
was conceded to be the best in camp.
The resignation of Lieut.. William Nc
Creary. of Company /, Third Regiment,
and an election ordered to fill the vacancy
thus caused. Lieutenant McCreary assigned
press of civil business as the reason for his
resignation.
Captain Charles A. Gerard, of Company
A Qndianapolis). was officer of the day in
the Second yesterday. He had scarcely
assumed the duties of the position until
he began policing the camp in a way that
called forth many warm compliments from
Colonel Smith.
80 far as quality of rations is concerned,
Gen. Andy Foster is the best quartermas-
ter general the state of Indiana has had
Smith yesterday as he bit into a piece of
juicy steak that was cut from a quarter of
beef issued to the Second by Gen. Foster.
Captain De Vinney, brigade commissary
at Columbus, Ga, on General Wiley's staff,
spent the day yesterday very pleasantly
with the friends among the officers of the
Second that ne had made when that regi-
ment (then the One-hundred-and-sixtieth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry brigaded al
ia. Captain De Ninney was the
special guest of Maj. John j. Bachman, of
the Second.
The members of Governor Durbin's staff
believe in having "all the comforts of
home when they are away from home.
They have dubbed together and equipped
a refreshment pavilion I'm which one can
get any kind of soft and cooling drink or
light refreshment during the day and even
ing. The place is literally patronized. AS
patrons sit or stand partaking of refresh
ment they are canopied by the national
colors artistically draped overhead.
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The examining board of the Third Regi-
ment made recommendations yesterday for
promotion as follows: Sergt. II. c. Cop
page, of Monticello, of the second battalion,
10 be made first lieutenant. and sergt. Maj.
j. c. Lochner, of Auburn. also of the sec
ond battalion, TO be commissioned as bat
talon quartermaster and commissary. The
examining board is made up of Maj, A s.
E. Graves and Lieutenant Brubaker, re-
corder.
There will be more drill in sighting prac-
tice to-day in camp and tomorrow a range
will be put up. The firing on this range
will be done with reduced ammunition, in
Oruer TO guard against accidents as far as
possible and for the further reason that
1t is not desired to waste any more powder
than necessary. One thousand rounds of
ammunition will be issued to each COM
pany. and the men will gather up the lead
after shooting and mold it into bullets
again. They will reload the shells them
selves.
CONSERVATION prevailed at brigade head
quarters for a few minutes yesterday after
noon. A big. burly citizen, dressed after
the fashion of a sporting gent appeared
suddenly on the piazza of the administra-
ton building, and instantly a staff officer
rushed to General Mckee and cried breath
lessly, General. Gus Rahke is outside on
the porch" By the time the general reached
the porch the discovery had been made that
the visitor was only a man that strongly
Mr.. Rahke, and not the redoubt-
able butcher-gambler in person.
Talk about it's being hot Yesterday"
said General Mckee last evening, as he
reclined at ease in the barber chair in the
rear room of the administration building
on the ground floor. Il saw a thing that
was enough to knock anybody almost silly.
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, when a
thermometer placed at the base of a tree
in the sun registered 100. l saw the driver
OF the %sprinkling cart come up here TO re-
new the supply of water in his tank. Well.
that fellow was either SO lazy that he
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necessary to climb down and get into the
shade while his tank was filling. or else
he is a human Salamander. At any rate,
he sat on the seat of the cart for ten or
fifteen minutes in the broiling sun and IL
did not seem to phase him. Why. he
called in and asked me what time IL was.
Thinking of something to eat, l suppose"
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Among the multiplicity of small details
about a camp is one that has practically
escaped notice until YESTERDAY. This detail
is the duty that devolves upon the guard
or sentry that patrols the beat in front
of brigade headquarters. 1t seems that
one OF the chief duties of this guard is
to see that no harm comes TO the flag
that floats proudly TO the breezes from an
eighty-foot staff in front of the admins
tration building. He is supposed TO keen
al eye on this flag constantly, but thus
far In the camp this detail has been over
looked Yesterday morning the flag be-
came wrapped about the staff several times,
but the sentry did not notice this fact.
however, and he quietly directed the at
tention of a staff officer TO IL. The guard
vas at once instructed in this part of his
duties, and hereafter ii will be carefully
attended to-.
An important branch of the national
guard service that attracts little attention
because of it's lack of ostentation is the
signal corps. The men OF this corps put
in the complete and efficient Geographic
service that connects the headquarters OF
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