The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

OF a large CROWD WhlcA naQ aSSemD DleQ
10 witness the drill A scout rushed up
to the colonel commanding and informed
him that the regiment was being hard
pressed and losing ground. The message
was supposed to have come from GER
tain major, but he denied having sent the
same. The scout failing to offer sufficient
excuse for his action was ordered shot.
A corporal of the guard" with eight
Immediately hauled out on the field and
"shot" for Delivering a false message
He barred his breast dramatically and re-
fused to be blindfolded. He fell as the
hammers Of the weapons sounded, and the
eXecutionerS then placed their weapons
under him and bore the rigid body away
Many of the civilians at first believed the
affair real, and were preparing for the
worst when the command fire was given,
but when the hammers fell on empty
chambers the truth of the josh dawned
upon them
The fact is becoming clearly apparent
that regimental adjutants have been
sadly neglected in distributing of annual
allowances. OF all the Officers Of the reg
work now for glory. The new system of
the war department in distributing to
certain proportion Of the officers of the
national guard all orders and circulars or
that department is proving WEAKNESS TO
the flesh of the adjutant upon whom is
placed the burden of distributing them.
Only a small proportion of war depart
ment orders are of any use TO the average
militia officer.
Maj. Arthur Williams. Third u s. in
fantry, well known to Minnesota national
guardsmen, recently inspected the com
panies Of the Ohio national guard located
in Cincinnati. He will also. attend the
brigade eneampment of the Ohio troops at
Newark from Aug. II to "a.
small arms practice for 1903 will
open at the state rife range In
Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, July 2S,
and continue for four days. Col.
u A will he in
command. Five men will be detalled
from each company to attend the school;
to whom transportation, subsistence and
competitions will commence after the
school closes A state rife association
will also be organized to compete, for
trophies. Several valuable trophies have
been donated. A rife team of ten active
and four alternates will be chosen to COM
pete for the Washburn trophy in the in
terstate contest.
Iowa to Be Represented at Fort Riley.
the regular army and national guard
n1aneuvers at Fort Riley this fall. Iowa
will send one regiment-the Fifty fifth.
The strength of this regiment Is only
about $50 members. and as the war de-
partment requires that every regiment
participating must have a strength of SIC
officers and men, the deficiency will be
made up by details of five or more men
from each of the other thirty-six com
panies in the state. The encampments of
the other regiments will be held as fol-
lows. the location having not yet been de-
cided on: Fifty-third Aug. 13 to 20;
F1fty-sixth, Sept. to 8; Fifty fourth,
Sept. II to 16.
The Race for crderlies.
During the encampment of the First
regiment, friendly competition was in
dulged in in the race for orderlies in or
der tO secure the prizes offered bV Col.
Reeve. But the race seemed one-sided.
SO the Company B pret saluted and sent
the following poem to the adjutant:
An angel came drown from heaven
At the prayer of Company B,
Presenting himself in the detail
To try for an orderle.
His form OF matchless glory
His raiment without a stain,
Was perfect in fit and texture.
And fresh as a rose in rain.
His shining gun and brasses
Rayed like the burning sun,
Lighting the wondering forces
Turned toward this celestial one.
The manuals quick precision
The hammer and camlatch clicked
Like a silver bell in Ginning
AS the passing seconds licked.
But with looks of seorn and meaprness
The adjutant passed him by.
And shouted in tones of thunder,
"The orderly goes to Company l.
The angel said in sadness
With slowly gathering tear,
"In heaven B will get justice;
1t cannot get it here
The summer encampment season ended
on Tuesday last, When the Second regi-
ment departed for home.