Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-29
PLAN A CAMPING TRIP.
Battalion Plan TO Play
soldier During spring Vacation.


Iowa City, Jan. Mai. G. F.
Hardness. the comma nslant of the uni-
versity battalion. Is planning camp
ing trip for the Battalion to occur some
time in the spring term The object OF
the camp Will be to famiiiarize the ca
diets with he camp duties and some of
the routine work of actual service. to
afford the boys a good time while
working hard in the military depart
nlent, and especially to allow the prac-
stice of the battle formations, which It
is practically Impossible for the bat
TALON to 80 thru without devoting some
considerable time to them. The week
or so afforded by the camp WOULD be
just the time to practice the battle for-,
nations and give the cadets a good
working knowledge and experience
with this important branch of military
science. The periods allowed for mill
tary drill at the university are of one
hour in extent. just enough to start g
good battle formation. BY the week
camp. the combination of business and
pleasure for the cadets will be most
enjoyable. The plan Of having the
camp is largely due to DR.. a.. A. knipe.
the battalion surgeon, who has done
much to help solve the practical prob
LENS connected with the projection Of
camp.
1t Is thought that the state will all
Low: the university to use the quarters
masters supplies THAT are necessary,
thus relieving the university of one
heavy source of expense The other
heavy expense. the subsistence, viii
probably be provided for by all the ca
diets clubbing together to provide a
battalion commissary. The cad!e. offs
GERS all speak in highest terms of the
plan to hold the camp and think that
when the matter is preached, to the
men it will meet with the heartiest re-
sponse. There has been the greatest
interest felt in drill this year of any
year in the history of the battalion
The men last term all voluntarily Pc
titioned the faculty to add the cam
paign hat ard eggings to the battalion
uniform. This is only one of the in
stances of the interest that is felt by
the cadets in the military department
this year.
The place of encampment is not def
nitely fixed as yet. There are number
of excellent locations near Iowa City
ness last summer when he was working
for time on the plan to secure the
Tiftieth Iowa encampment at Iowa City.
One of the best is situated northwest of
Iowa City just below Coralville. 1t has
on excellent field for drill and is accessi-
BILE from the Rock Island tracks and
from the Iowa river. The heavy bag
gage and provisions can be shipped to
the place by rail and it is one of the
INCEST features OF the place that the peo-
pie of Iowa City will be able to visit the
camp by coming up the river in boats.
The camp is situated about two miles
from Iowa City by wagon road
The camp if held will be most at
tractive one and will possess the great
est interest for the university, as almost
all the men In the collegiate department
will be out at the camp. The announce
ment of the possible holding of the camp
will probably cause some Of the stu
dents who have procured discharges
from drill on grounds not absolutely in
capacitated to regret their their eager
ness to get out of drill. DIR. Knipe. the
battalion surgeon. will be at the camp
with fully equipped hospital, ready to
take care of any sick. The quartermas-
ter of the battalion, on whom much OF
the hard work of the camp will fall, is
Clyde Williams. the captain OF the 1901
foot ball team. Mai. Hardness. whose
success with the battalion this year
marks him a. one Of the best university