The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-08
TROOPS SENT TO EVANSVILLE.
Gov. Durbin Dispatches Battery A and
Battalion of Infantry.


and Battery A of the Light Artillery to
Evansville yesterday afternoon to reinforce
the Evansville, vincennes and Terre Haute
companies. The troops left the Union Sta
tion in a special train over the Pennsylva-
MIA line about 3 o'clock. in charge of Col.
| Harry g. Smith, of the First Regiment. The
| train was In charge of Trainmaster Rey-
| nolds Of the Pennsylvania Company. and
was expected to make the run TO Evans
| vile in three hours, landing the troops there
by o'clock
| Immediately after the departure of the
troops Adjutant General Ward hurried to
his office in the Stafehouse and wired in
structions to eight companies of the First
and Second regiments and Battery c, Of
Lafayette, OF the Light Artillery, to be
| ready TO proceed at once to Evansville. 1t
| is not thought, however. that ii will be
| found necessary to call out any more
| troops.
The Indianapolis battalion is composed Of
| Companies A, c, d and II. Just before the
| train pulled out of the station COL Harry Is.
| Smith gave out the statement that he had
| 197 men, including the members OF the bat
| terry. He thought the several captains had
| done extraordinarily well to mobilize so
| many men in the short time they were
| given.
Gen VIII j. Mckee and Quartermaster
| General Perry went to Evansville at
o'clock yesterday morning after confer
| ence of several hours with the Governor.
| General Mckee had Instructions from the
| Governor TO take immediate command OF all
| the troops in Evansville. Quartermaster
General Perry will have charge of the
| housing Of the troops.
The Indianapolis guardsmen and the bat
| terry left here under very warlike prepara-
| tions, each member of the infantry COM
panies having in his belt forty-five rounds
OF ammunition and each officer being armed
/ with a revolver. Besides the ammunition
the men carried Adjutant General Ward
| provided the train with 1900 rounds for each
company. The battery was armed with
carbines and Calling gun.
Capt. Charles A. Garrard was in COM
mand of Company A, Capt. 7. c. Power of
Company G. Capt: William H; Comfy, of
| Company d and Capt. Harry NJ Franklin
of Company H. With Company A there
were thirty-five men and three officers.
with COMPANY g thirty-three men and three
/ officers, with Company ID thirty men and
three officers. and with Company II twenty
nine men and three officers. There were
| about thirty-three members with the bat
| terry The battery was in charge Of Senior
Lieutenant w. w. Heiskell The officers
| with the battalion were Major Charlton,
Captain Jones. Adjutant McLein, Quarter
| master Van Camp, Lieutenant Moorehead
and Major Conde.
OTHER COMPANIES NOTIFIED.
Immediately after the troops left Indian
| apolis Adjutant General Ward issued orders
| to the following companies over the State
| TO be ready to start for Evansville agiy time
last night this morning: Company NJ,
| Greenfield, w. o. Bragg, captain; Company
| H. Delphi, Capt ]. p. Wason; Company H,
Rensselaer,, Capt. 1. M. Washburn: Com
| pany III, Bloomington Capt. w. III. Low
! den; Company I, Union City, Capt. j. r.
Griffin; Company F, Winchester, Capt. w.
| o. Jericho; Company b, Crawfordsville,
| Capt. G. S. Harnly; Company X, Danville,
| Capt. j. B. Kinter. Battery c, at Lafay-
| cite. was also instructed to be I'm readiness
to proceed on a moments notice to Evans
| ville and Major Stevenson, of Rockville,
| was informed that he might be needed at
| any time to assist in the command of the
| troops at Evansville. Following was the
order issued: "Be in readiness TO respond
| promptly to call TO arms. May be called to-
| night or tomorrow
General Mckee and Quartermaster General
| Perry Governor Durbin decided yesterday
morning to respond TO the request of Mayor
| Covert and Sheriff Kritz and send the In
dianapolis battalion of the National Guard
| and Battery to Evansville and to have
other companies and Battery c, of Lafay-
! ette, ready to proceed TO Evansville imme-
| diately.
Mayor Covert and Sheriff Kratz teIe-
phoned Governor Durbin that they did not
expect another outbreak like the one Mon
day night. but they thought the best possi-
| BILE plan was to have enough troops in Ev
ansville TO overawe the mob and clear the
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| last night. AT noon, after Governor Dur
| bin had ordered out the troops. he received
another message from Mayor Covert. and a
| message from a prominent citizen, asking
that troops be sent to Evansville.
AT $50 Governor Durbin ordered out the
| four companies of the Indianapolis bat
| and those in command of Battery A were
| ordered 10 assemble in the courthouse yard
TO be ready at ] o'clock TO march to the
Statehouse and be reviewed by the Gov
ernor. In less than two hours Adjutant
General Ward. through whom the Governor
issued his instructions, had received suffi-
cient reports from the captains and those
in charge Of the battery TO assure him that
all four companies and the battery would
make splendid showings when IL came time
TO start for Evansville. AT o'clock Colonel
Smith marched the troops TO the State
n, nnouse, wneTe they We're reviewed by the
Capitol avenue TO the Union Station, where
the special train over the PENNSYLVANIA line
was standing on the outer track.
LEFT ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK
Yesterday was the first time since. the
10th day of May. 1s9s. that Indiana's troops
have left Indianapolis under preparations
similar to those under which the Indian
apolis battalion and the battery started for
Evansville. There was some delay in get
ting started. and the train did not pull out
OF the station until nearly 3 o'clock The
interval from the time the companies
/
left gave the soldiers much time to talk to
their mothers, fathers. brothers and sisters,
sweethearts and friends
The scenes at the station while the SOL
diers were waiting there were very similar
to the ones during the Standardization
war, when nearly all of the troops in the
State left Indanapolis-some TO go TO Cuba
and some only as far south the Florida
ports. The train was not so long yester-
day. the excitement was not so great and
IL could be seen on all sides that prepara-
tions for the trip had been made very hur-
riedly but Just the same the trip was taken
quite seriously by many of the national
guardsmen. and especially SO by their
mothers and young women friends.
The officers and the more experienced
members OF the companies and the battery
| especially those who were south during
the Spanish-American war, did not seem TO
| regard the Evansville trip very seriously.