The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
A CROWD.
Soldiers at La keview D. delighted With
Visit Of Journal Excursionists.
BAND SERENA HEADQUARTERS
Surprising Practice work of the AR
4 i A fiIIsry BattaIipnS We ith the
& Heavy Field Pieces.s q 4

Spec1dl LQ9 ne " ournal 4 .ry3E EsS ss s st
Camp Iiakeyiew Lake q Nv. N I'M, July
scheduled and brought a monster crowd.
The enterprise Of r be .JsoSl + nal was
greatly aappre ciated 3hy the boys, who
lined the river bank toe welcome the
boat. Cheers Weres freely given. Seyeras
Of the companies scheduled for yolley
firing found it impessi Bile to locate the
men Tor the range and their records will
departed for the elites shortly before 3
o'clock. The band segenade ed both In
fantry and ART lery s. ss3s
The sprac tice OF tthsg al illerys battalion
witt n the d heavy Held pieces lis almost
wonderful. Very few shots miss the
target, and most of them count high.
Major George g. Lambert lis greatly in
terested In the results, and believes, the
Minnesota boys will ysbe far better able
to compete with their opponents this
year than last, as many of their new
men are proving excellent shots. Cor
poral Prasko, Battery B, Minneapolis,
yesterday made one of the best scores
ever recorded on the artillery range
six consecutive bullseyes. or a possible
80. The competition will be keen fbe-
tween the two teams In August on the
Camp Douglas, Wis. IS range. The Minne-
sofa boys are confident, for the reason
they now have men who can be depended
upon for scores. zac cess as -a.::&,
Rest Company Inspected. >s
captain w. w. Price, brigade. inspec-
tor, arrived in camp Thursday evening,
and commenced theainspection promptly
at 8 O'Clock the next. morning. - Com
IIpany.F, Minneapolis, Captain Percy Wal
tom comm handing, was the first company
to be inspected, and it made an excellent
showing. The ceremony Of inspection was
carried outS almost faultlessly, and the
manual and foot movements were almost
first place in the state. The present
Company F is not the company which
went. through the Philippine service, but
was organized in: the fall of 1898 as
Company p Of the Fourth regiment, and
| afterwards stransferredE to the First reg
| inaent when,,the volunteer company, was
mustered out. It is the only company OF
the Fourth regiment to remain in exist
ence. ;-s@ s.s.sf5s SOS 81 ssss 49, I s}5f-rzs
| The competition forsthe colonePs prizes
goes on merrily. Company B, Minneapo-
| lis, will win the prize for largest num-
bera of of men in camp, and Company A,
| Minneapolis, for the largest average-sof
enlisted strength. ins camp !. Company "A
reports az full company of fifty men on
each mornings report. : Each company
| will receive cashaaward of 81 for each
man in camp. Company3.D has almost a
"cinch" on the orderly prize. Nothing
can he .told4as to the prizes on shooting
as the company team shoot has not YET
taken place. tsjs eTfss. --t.s5 a..
A. change. in the inspection program
will bring the st. Paul battalion up oE
Sunday instead Of Mondoy. The artillery
| will be- Inspected m Monday. The changf
does not cause any trouble, and, cin fact
4 is preferable as tt 4 will allow two full
days before. camp breaks to work the
battaHons and lregim mt without the wor.
ry of inspection. - xSstst Sd :; :. 81 j.