The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-16
Louisville Soldiers Will Pitch
Camp at 5 a. m.
Some Of the Officers Arrive In Ad-
vance-Elmer Townsend Turns
Out to BE Militiaman.
DULL ABOUT CAMP GROUNDS

The camp Will take on renewed
life tomorrow morning when the
First regiment arrives from Louis.
vile. The soldiers leave there to-
night and are due to arrive here at
5 O'Clock a. m From 18th and
Broadway they will board street cars
and be hauled to Camp Yeiser"
where they will remain for eight
days leaving the niest of the Gath.
Close to 500 men Will be in the
regiment which is composed of
Louisville men with the exception of
the Bardstown cadets, an adjunct to
the First regiment. The camp will be
lively for the next eight days as the
soldiers are a jovial lot and come
from some of the best families In
Louisville.
Colonel Biscoe Hindman is COM
mander and Judge James P.Gregory
lieutenant colonel.
This morning there arrived Cap
tain j. M. Huffaker, commissary;
Captain Ira S. Barnett, quartermas-
ter; Sergeant Major f. NJ. Terry, of
the quartermaster's department:
Commissary Sergeant Carter Wilson
and Private II. A. Groves, correspon-
dent of the Louisville Herald, who
went to the camp and are making
arrangements for their regiment. All
are from Louisville They were sur
prised at the excellent location for
the camp stating it was one of the
best the state had ever had, havins
so many natural advantages.
Quartermaster General Harry Tan
dy has been very busy today contract
ing for provisions for the next regi-
rient and getting the stores to tho
commissary department.
AS all the tents are up the First
regiment will begin the daily rou-
tine on arrival at Camp Yeiser."
Breakfast will be served first. The
routine will be the same as conduct
ed in the Second. The first dress pa
rade takes place tomorrow evening
at $3.50 at the baseball park. People
should turn out to the guard mounts
which takes place at 9 a. m. They
are one of the prettiest and most i'm
pressive drills in the state guards.
Elmer Townsend "A Militiaman.
Quite a surprise was sprung at
general headquarters this mornins
when Colonel Noel Gaines inspector
general, was informed by Captain
James Caldwell, company |, Padu
cab, that Elmer Townsend, who has
sued Colonel Gaines for $4,000
damages for placing him under ar
rest and combining him to the guard
house, is a member of company /.
which has never been mustered out.
This company is scheduled to be
out when all state proper
ty has been accounted for, but this
has never been done. Colonel Gaines
set. about looking over his records
and found that Captain Caldwell was
and Townsend stands in a
very serious predicament. Colonel
Gaines says he is subject to court
and If convicted the penalty
may be made heavy.
Colonel Gaines last week instruct
ed a proprietor of stand to clean
up the filth around his stand when
Townsend is alleged to have laugh
ed. making fun of the officer. After
Colonel Gaines had finished at the
stand he rode. around to Townsend
and asked him what he meant by in
terfering and acting in such man
ner, when he is said to have In
threatening manner cursed and
abused Colonel Gaines and dared
him to put him off the grounds.
Townsend then turned toward the
heater where he worked when Colo
nel Gaines called three guards and
ordered Townsend arrested. While In
custody he Is alleged to have stated
hat "there Is a man In the theater
Who will fix that fellow Gaines"
In a statement this morning to
sun reporter Colonel Gaines said
hat a civilian. II Townsend had been
uch, has no more right to interfere
With an army officer In the latter's
than a person has TO in
erfere with civil officer In the
performance of his duty"
The governor in his general or
iers No. 10 scheduled" the Padu-
,ah company Captain ]. s. Cald-