Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
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.FIFTY-FouRTH BAND AND COM.
PANY G FAvoRARLY
MENTIONED.
AREINSTALLED ATCAMP
Eleventh Cavalry OFFICERS Pleased
With Regiment - Night Attacks
Are Planned - Intricate Military
Maneuvers VIII Take Place.

Des Moines, July 26. -(SpeciaD
The Fifty-fourth regiment band and
Company 6 are two of the most popu
lar organizations of Camp Cummins.
On the arrival of the band and COM
panies and their march into the camp,
many complimentary remarks were
heard from the officers of the Elev-
enth cavalry. The order of march
was the band, Companies G., A, M. H.
and q.
Preparations for the weeks encamp-
ment of the regiment were completed
yesterday, and strict discipline was
enforced and the regular camp rou-
tine was conscientiously carried out.
All the tents have been stretched and
staked securely from the ground after
having been left in very ragged shape
! by the companies of the Fifty-third
regiment.
The company streets are properly
aligned and every unsightly object
within the confines of the camp has
been removed. Guards have been
posted with strict orders to prevent
any unseemly disturbances. Every
thing connected with the place, from
the regimental goat to the adjutant's
sword knot has been cleaned and
secured and Strengthened around in
manner that suggests the onslaught
of thousand Des Moines housewives
armed with brooms and dustpans. AS
one Of the rockies expressed 1T, I'VE
are now ready to fight, frolic or be
sociable. Every man In the regiment
feels able to successfully cope with q
midnight attack OF the enemy, the
yicissitudes of July weather or the
opportunities Of bevy Of pretty vis-
litors."
!. AS an encampment Of this nature
4 is supposed to be school for the
soldier, the officers intend to give
their men as much practical expert
ence as can be crowded into a brief
seven days. A number of maneuvers
which have never been attempted be-
fore by the national guard have been
Iinaugurated and severe tests of the
efficiency Of the regulation emergency
drills will be made
i Plan Night Attacks,
j Although no official announcements
have been posted, the men expect to
w SollCu Jul vi LutlI IGutS several
times each night in order to resist
the attacks of an imaginary enemy
or to surround some mythical for
tress in the shape of solitary hay
stack. All sentries and gaurds have
been given orders to keep continually
on the alert for unusual happenings
n and to be instantly ready to sound
the alarm if anything suspicious oc-
ours near their post.
BY this method the officers in COM
mand hope to inject as much realism
as possible into the maneuyers and
{ to teach the rockies to think and act
quickly in emergencies.
i Soon after taps Monday night the
Third battalion, under the command
of Maj. Halstein, was ordered to pre-
pare for outpost duty. as soon as the
camp had become quiet, the 300 men
were marched noiselessly beyond the
lines, taking, their station a quarter
of a mile to the westward, where they
were deployed in long single file
and told to stop anyone attempting
to slip through the Gordon Lieutenant
Colonel Lambert and Major Howell
skirted the battalion and took up
their station several hundred yards
in the rear. When the deployment
: of the battalion had been completed
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