The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-17
AT INSTRUCTION CAMP
sPANIsH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS
ELECT OFFICERS.
Resolution Adopted -COndemning Per-
sons Who AssaiI Army in Philip
pines-Notes of the Camp.

The camp OF instruction Of the National
Guard at the fair grounds took on a livelier
appearance yesterday. Perhaps it was due
TO the large numbe of visitors. The white
shirtwaists Of the girls made a pleasing
contrast to the blue uniforms of the SOL
diers. The members of Company r, Third
Regiment, resented the guying assertion of
the Second that the boys dropped out of
line during the march TO the city on Thurs
day. The Third Regiment was never in bet
ter condition than when it arrived in town,
its champions say.
The Spanish-American war veterans held
a meeting at the camp yesterday after
noon and elected officers for the ensuing
year, as follows: Colonel Charles l.. Jewett,
department commander; George w. Powell,
senior vice commander; Herman l.. Hut
son. junior vice commander; w. j. Cole
man. assistant adjutant general; Major
Clifford Arrick, assistant inspector general;
Lieutenant J. c. Jackson. assistant quar-
termaster general; c. l.. Medbury, chap
lain: Captain r. w. Garstang, assistant
surgeon general; George S. Harvey. judge
advocate. The delegates to the national
convention. which will be held here from
Sept. Is to IS. will he chosen later. Speeches
Ao11 IT taA1 Z ny LOI
Durtin. Colonel Russell b. Harrison, Capt.
William E. English. Chaplain Medbury and
w. c.. Liller. adjutant general Of the ma
tional association. who is from Lancaster,
Pa.
Captain English condemned certain per-
sons in Washington and elsewhere for
Elandering the soldiers that are now fight
ing In the Philippines. At the close of the
meeting Captain English offered a resolu-
ton TO this effect, and it was adopted. 1t is
the same resolution that was adopted by
the @. A. r. encampment. Colonel Harri-
son begged the soldiers to get together and
make this association as important as the
Grand Army of the Republic. There are
now twenty-eight camps in the State, and
IL is expected that there will be at least
fifty by the time that the national conven-
newspapers that the G.. A. r. was trying to
slight the younger soldiers during the pa
rade. This was denied at the meeting.
ARTILLERYMEN PLEASED.
The artillery officers say that this camp
Is the best disciplined that they have ever
seen. The two batteries went through
their drills yesterday morning. and the
officers were delighted with the way the
boys worked. When the guns were fired
il sounded as though one man had pulled
the strings.
The members of Battery A say that Cap
tain Gallon and Lieut.. ''Swede" HeiskeIl
are the men that deserve the credit for
the reputation the battery has sustained
since Captain Curtis left.
At the school yesterday three interesting
papers were read. The subjects were
military Law" Duties of Sergeantsa
and Rules and Regulations" They were
read b. Capt. III. N. Mccain, Second Regi-
ment, Mai A. l.. Huffman, Third Resi-
ment. and Adjutant David Il. Gebhart.
The artillery boys say that they are hav-
tng-a better time than all the rest of the
soldiers put together. The check roll call
substitute" who is famous from last year,
IS again visiting Battery A. Last. year his
name was Shellschmidt at night and Davis
I'm the day time. One night last year he is
said TO have wrapped a blanket around
himself. run from tent to tent and an
swered to the roll call for about twenty
fve boys who were missing.
Corporal Claude Shelley. Company G..
Second Regiment. has resigned his rank
and has entered the ministry. He preached
a sermon TO the boys last night.
IL was discovered yesterday that Rus
sell Powell was the man that blew the
TO arms" call the other night. He stood
at the entrance OF the fair grounds when
he blew ii so that he could be near the car
line when he had finished. The artillery
boys were the only ones that turned out.
All the rest should have, but none of them
heard the call.