Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-01
SOLDIERS IN CAMP
Boys of Company A Are Comfortably
Duty at the State Capital.
COMPLIMENT BY INSPECTOR
Chaplain Ferris Officiates at Sunday
SerVices-Private Don Victim
of the joker.

Camp Lincoln, Springfield, July 81.
Especial The special train bear
ing the Rock Island, Moline, Gencseo,
Kewancc and Galesburg companies OF
the 9Th regiment arrived at o'clock
Saturday morning ana the boys march
ed right out 10 the camp grounds with
Col. Kittilsen, Of Moline, at their head
Each company was assigned its own
street of tents ana after company 4
had unlGaaed baggage, il marched
down To the mess tent.
COMnhssary Sergeant Lucas and
four Of the men Who came the day be
fore had breakfast already prepared
and everyone said il was the best
breakfast they had had 70. a long time
We had bread and butter, b"cfstcak
and fried potatoes and coffee. About
5 O'Clock six more companies arrived
in camp, making the regiment com
picte.
There are now y companies here
besides the band Tie rest Of the
morning was spent in clearing camp.
playing ball and drawing bedding.
Each man was issued a ticl, which he
carried ont 10 the straw pile and
stuffed After dinner guard line was
established around the camp and 30
men drawn from the different com
panies for guard duty. For company
4 Corporal kahlkc and Privates San
grcn, Charles Rain and Walter Rain
went on duty for the first "a hours.
Battalion drill lasting two hours. oc-
cupicd the rest Of the afternoon and
after supper the whole regiment went
on dress parade. Afterwards we had
a band concert and there were a great
many visitors ont from the city. The
band is composed of 30 pieces. from
Sterling. and has the reputation of7be-
ing he finest military band in the Mis-
sissppi valley
Company \ COmpIimentcd.
This morning we had rcgimeutal in
spectiOn. We were drawn up in line
all morning while an inspector went
around and examined the uniform and
arms of each man. When the inspec-
tor had finished with company \. he
cOmplimCntcd the captain on the com
pany's good appearance, saying it was
among the best in the regiment.
After q fine Sunday dinner the regi-
mcut was called together for church
services Chaplain Ferris of Sterling
conducted the services aud made a
short but eloquent address to the
troops. The chaplain accompanied the
regiment all through the Spanish war
All drills have been dispensed with
today except dress parade which is
held every evening at $50.
Camp Lincoln is admirably suited
to it's purpose. both as a camping
ground and a drill ground. The tents
are pitched in a grove of old oak trees
So that it is always shady. Opposite
the grove is a level grassy field a mile
long and half a mile wide which serves
as the parade ground Two regiments
can drilI nj once on the parade ground
without CruwdirE.
Lieut. Col. Channon of Rock island
arrived in camp Saturday afternoon.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Channon
and Miss Faith Chaunon.
Private Jesse Scott arrived this
noon. bringing the total up to IS Off
GERS ana men.
Next Thursday is To he Governors
day. a biz day in camp. Gov. Yates
viii personally review TN" regiment
I'm excursion is To be run from Rocl,
Island and the company hope TO see
big crowd Of their friends here.
As soon as the Moline company got
into camp they celebrated an annual
ceremony cf jncir'S-"Thc horseback
dress parade" The entire company
mounted themselves on wooden saw
horses and drilled around the parade
ground foT the amusement of the regi-
meut.
Private Don got into trouble the
very first nirht n camp. Wishing to
have a little fun. Sergeant Toby Wat
kiuS ordered Don 10 go MP TO head
quarters and ask the officer of the day
for the bayongt - pUt on the cannon.
Don took it all in earnest. ana car
riyd out the order Ia the great amusc-
mont Of the officers 1t headquarters.
who had mover before heard of bay
onCt on cannon.
Wore straw HAT.
"Npbhy" Stewart was given guard
duty III sunny place this morning.
and when the corporal Of the guard
made his rounds what was his constcr-
nation 80 find Stewart wearing a straw
hat with 1o-incl hrim. The offender
was hurried 10 the euard house. but
later released on The captains advice.
Robert Ii0Hr'an. our new corporal.
last night received orders TO grease
the guard line and after hunting
through camp Trported he could find
nothing of a SrCas.vr nature than iho
one bar of soap II the camp cit be
lon-ed 20 Callahan. So he got down
en- his knees and rubbed the soap up
and down The beaten path for about
twenty yards. when Lieut. Koch took