The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-22
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
Well CHARTERED and Busy at
Camp Dodge.
Special Correspondence

OPoCldl
Council Bluffs, Aug. ICON
pany F, 51st Regiment Iowa Ma
tional Guard went to tents Thurs
day evening well satisfied with itself.
The boys are showing up wonderfully
well in all parts of the work and
bouquets are being handed them from
all sides.
Lieut.. Fred Moore was called upon
to oficiate as officer of the guard the
first thing Thursday morning and
following this Leslie Moore won ap-
pointment Of orderly and his services
won the expressed approval of head
quarters. First Corporal Norman
Kissick was acting as battalion SER
geant during guard mount. The com
pauy was again honored when
Musician James Hays was appointed
as orderly trumpeter for the day at
the headquarters of General Byers.
Company F was heard from again
at dress parade in the evening when
Color SergeantJo rdan bore the colors.
Company M, o fred Oak, was escort,
The company is showing up well in
drill and their movements are ex-
ecuted in a manner that tells of weeks
and months of patient and persistent
drill at home. An officer of the regi-
ment, high in authority remarked
Thursday, on discussing the showing
made by the several companies of the
regiment, that Company F of Oska-
loosa, had made more marked i'm
provement since last camp than had
any other company and on the other
hand companies that had held pre-
vious excellent records had retro
graded. This remark is significant.
Should Company F continue in this
excellence established by the work SO
far done it will be up toward the head
when the final reports are made out.
1t Is predicted that Oskaloosa has a
good chance to occupy second place
some have gone so far as to say that
they are in sight of first place.
The first days drill was a hard one
for the regiment but very effective
work was accomplished. Two hours
in the morning OF the drill ground
and the same in the afternoon over a
large stretch of territory east of the
camp under the personal direction
of Colonel Lincoln. The boys were
put through some evere work but
they made a showing that was open
ly complimented.
Dress parade for the regiment was
at 900 O'Clock, p. m. 1t was a very
satisfactory showing of the regiment
for the first parade and was witnessed
by a large crowd of citizens of Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The ladies are honoring
the camp by their presence. They
anne to the camp in large numbers
Thursday afternoon.
There was no trouble about a quiet
camp Thursday evening. Every one
slept-a great sound sleep-.the sleep
of the tired soldier. Mosquitoes fail
ed to disturb the boys and it was a
sleepy looking lot of boys that rolled
out at 5:15 O'Clock Friday morning.
The camp is orderly. The officers
insist upon the best of discipline and
no breaches are tolerated, Gas certain
young men of certain companies have
learned to their sorrow. Colonel
Lincoln tolerates no foolishness what
ever. The camp is for business and
not sport. All possible liberty is al
lowed the men but no license is
granted. AS a general thing there
has been no disposition to take adj
vantage of privileges and liberties.
Lake Manawa park is but a few
blocks south of the camp. The place
nightly affords amusement for thous-
ands of people. The soldiers gather
here in great numbers. There is a
concert by a fine band, boating and
an almost endless variety of pleas
ures on all sides. The soldiers seem
to prefer the park to the city.
Pap" Douglass is the only person
in Company F street who has been to
the hospital. Pap" scratched his
hand on a piece of wire opening a
vein. He took cold in the wound and
is a daily visitor at the hospital tent.
He is not ~incapaciated, however, and
is attending to daily duty in the camp
cuisine.
James Irwin and James Clogston
look after the "mess" and they are
doing excellent work. There is
plenty to eat three times a day and
it is we'll cooked. "Bug-eye" Jones
and Roy Fields are along doing camp
chores and having a kood time.