The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-10
FIRST AT LAKEVIEW
Preparations for Journal Excursion
Reviews and Mock Parade.

'S<AsWfg LAfNEFlEW, 5LAAE eOII9, MlTNEN.
-1Ihe companies are hard attwork preparing
1or the Inspections that commence on Friday.
The news of the death of Private Harrington,
Who was injured Monday and sent TO the
hospital in Minneapolis. was received with
the greatest sorrow by his comrades in Com
pany B. A detail from the company will be
sent to be present at the funeral.
The troops ARE docking ahead with great
pleasure to Friday as The Jour3na a
Is to run an excursion to camp. The boat
Is expected to arrive shortly after noon, and
will not return until after parade and re-
view.
Competition for Cup.
There is keen competition among the bat
talions TO secure the Smith trophy cup,
which is now held 10y the first battalion. This
cup was put up in 1900 by Captain Wash
ington Smith commanding Company pt
THAT time. 1t is awarded to the battalion
having the highest record in battalion drill.
Last year Colonel Reeve and Lieutenant
Colonel Friedrich were the judges.
Ii "A mock paraue is arranging for Governors s
day, next Monday, and some exquisite garbs
will be brought o&t The boys came to camp
with this paradt, in view and many brought
garments especially for the occasion.
5 During the afternoon several OF the COM
panies had extepded-order drill. Fhe Gay
was lovely one for work and exery ad-
vantage was takeE OF 1t.
Promotions. ~
The following promotions have been an
nounced in Company F, Minneapolis: Cor
poral l.. P. Campbell to be sergeant; Pri-
Yates w. F. RosenwaM, H. M Mullan and
S. S. Smith to be corporals "=.-Sa
Sergeant C.. T. DeLemere, Company G, st.
Paul, has been reduced to the ranks at mis-
own request, and Private William b. Bur-
lington has been appointed sergeant.
Howard w. Page, Company "A, Minneapo-
lis has been discharged for expiration OF
term of enlistment. Guy D. Boynton, Min
neapolis receives discharge for same reason
Privates George H. Hoskins and Arthur H.
Woody, Company F, Minneapolis, have been
appointed corporals. - 49,
Private E. ]. Richmond has been appointed
corporal in Company K. saltwater.
Companies F. X. and G will be inspected
on Friday, July Ii; Companies IA, D. and |
aon Saturday, July az; Eompanles ~ y ana
e. Monday, July II. 5...- III
Captain w. B. Birmingham, Company c.
/ St. Paul, recently resigned as captain OF
Company x, saltwater, and was in camp as
commander of x last year.
With the Big Guns.
The artillery spent the forenoon at bat
TALON drill Ut has the horses In excellen,
shape for work The batteries pa1aded last
evening along with the infantry.
Firing with the breech-loading pieces com
menced yesterday afternoon and resulted IN
Many excellent hits. The firing was simply
preliminary and, at "a range of 1,sO0 yards
Telephone connections have been made, sc
an accident can be promptly reported at tne
hospital The initial nluzzle velocity of these
shells Is 1.6S5 feet per second, ana II takes
about 3h seconds for the shell to land The
heavy wind of the afternoon caused a nat
,,ral drift but as soon as THE target was
found, the hits came fast, and never before
in THE history of Camp Iakev1eW were 81
/ many made. Sergeant Nelson OF Battery
5yr1f
marvellous score Lieutenant "A. F.,Pray, Bat
tery B. was the first to find the target Th'
Minneapolis battery took the lead and hal
a good string of hits before the st. Pau
battery got In. -
ter, accompanied by his wife, were guest
of Lieutenant F. P. Bruce in the artller!
camp to-day. -, ~ ~
Major Ashley j. Bell, Chicago, accompa
MED by his wife and little daughters Dorotn!
and Helen, took dinner with Major Lamoer
and officers Of the artillery yesterday. AdJu
tant General Libbey was also guest. ma
jor Abel represents the uniform house o
the Henderson-Ames company, which ma
supplied much clothing to this state ana j
spending q ten-days' vacation at Lake City
This firm recently supplied the Third resl
ment officers with khaki uniforms; but, ow
ing to a. ruch of work, it was necessary =
s,ublet the contract and a result, the uni
forms were a disappointment. Major Aoel
says the officers have been requested to sen'
in the uniforms and an entirely new lot, Z
be made in their own factory, will be sh1ppeo
One of the Battery B horses, supplied IRON
MINNEAPOLIS dropped dead on return IRON
battalion drill yesterday morning.
Private j. Asmussen, Battery b, Mime
apolis has seen detailed as assistant quar-
termaster. The cook detail for the battery
consisting of Mike Tyler and John wright
with Fl. Beauford as head waiter, IS g1Vln
the greatest Of satisfaction.
Major Lambert has been presented with
fiery red shirt, which is the Warmest thin
in camp, and gives the popular officer grea
prominence.
Picked Up Along Pepin.
Colonel Reeve will receive a review OF tn
First regiment and artillery tomorrow eve
ming. Major >seebach was in command 3a, las
+ night and rendered a review to Lieutenan
Colonel Friedrich Major Frank T. Corr1sto1
received the review - ~ l-.,.-
sary, has been detailed in charge Of the cam
inspection and accompanies the medical Off
GERS and officer of the day. =.
q ELieutenan A B. Coke, Eighth United State
cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan, is 4
guest at camp, and accompanied General Lib
bey as aide during the review last evening
several years with the Minnesota nationa
guard prior to his acceptance of commits
sion IN the regular service. ~ -
lied Is a, p eiub known as the "Ui-Kuluk- -aluk
Each evening a court of thirst is held an
victims broug up scr examination.
Private q. v koeh company - ST. Pau
Captain Roy G.. Staples: saltwater, is i
command of Company K this year. He wa
81 battalion adiutant of the Third regiment prio
4 to his advancement. s.
5$ The new arrangement of the battalion is 70
purposes of ceremony entirely, and will IN n
way interfere with the battalion drills. Th
new order provides that Companies B, an
E constitute the first battalion; compan nies ]
g and the second, and D. K. and G tn
third. This change is made so as to give tn
senior captain F. B. Rowley, Company E
right Of line, an honor to which he is en-
titled s.,
lieutenant Colonel R. J. Fitzgerald medi
t. cal director, is again in camp. He has i'm
proved in health during his outing. 4, ::
MILWAUKEE,, WIS. esssf .F@-s - 80
a fire in the Windsor Hotel caused pani
among theater people who were asleep in tn
rooms, and they elambered out on the fir
escapes partly dressed. and threw their bag
one time to destroy the building, but the los
was kept down to a few hundred dollars
William Rohrdanz, an etcher in the Evenin
through a glass roof over the ground floor
i a building and striking the floor ina hear
His legs and arms were broken and his fac
and head were cut, but he will recover.
STORM LAKE, IOWA zs
The body Of Daniel johnson, farmer liz
I f1a r. Albert City, in this county, wa
sol yesterday and an inquest held NJ
Doe hson and Mrs Maria Anderson, who swe1
engaged to be married, quarreled recentl.
EsSand as q result Mrs. Anderson became insar
and was takn to the hospital at Independence
while Mr.. Johnson, who was blamed by b
friends and neighbors for the misundel
ls5f ,-ton ding hecama deSnondent md hanged him