The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

&t439Et Master.-Photo BY Miller.
Here is the plan:
The J ournal will provide compe
tent drill master and instructors in
the school of the soldier.
aS& It will provide places for the drills,
halls in. winter and parade ground in
summer. ''.'.. -....
tt offers the services of The Journal
Newsboys' Band of fifty pieces to
the regiment. -: -. 49,. -.s a..
T he: J ournal will do much more
in the way Of assisting and encourag
ing the boys. It will assist them to. uni
form themselves without expense, hav-
ing a plan by which the boys can pro-
cure khaki uniforms, leggins, belts and
campaign hats, particulars Of which
will be given those who call at the re-
cruiting office in The Journal
building.
" Boys will be received who are be-
tween. IL and Is years old. The age
limit, however, will not be strictly en-
forced, as size and physical proportions
will be taken into consideration.
at is proposed to first organize COM
panies of fifty boys to each company.
Next battalions Of companies, and then
the regiment. ~. -.
The Plan Outlined in Detail.
The companies will be organized with
reference to the localities in which the
boys live, and weekly drills will be held
at halls secured in different parts of the
city: AS soon as the weather is suit
able for outdoor drill, and the boys are
sufficiently we'll up in the manual and
company movements, the battaions
will be formed and next the regiment.
Two weeks before the G.. A. R. re-
union the regiment will go into camp,
when daily drills will be held:
When the formation is complete each
company will have it's captain, two
lientenants, five sergeants, and six cor
pora1s. The battalion will have a ma
jor,s adjutant,f quartermaster, sergeant
major and commissary. The regiment
win have colonel, lieutenant colonel,
adjutant, quartermaster, sergeant ma
jor, commissary, color sergeant, chief of
artillery, chief Of musicians. and prin-
cipal musician, chief of hospital corps,
and chaplain. -. ?,
Conception church, and one each
IN the Andrew Presbyterian church
and st. Lawrence Catholic church.
He will have as assistants, Jess.
Hawley, II. p Councilman, G.. G..
Stafford, L. A. Jones, w. II. Newton,
J..H. Ray,R: ". Hansen, w. Shippam,
and r.. A. Pratt, who are now members
of$the university corps of cadets.
The journal has secured as organ.
.izer and drill master w. H. Sprague, a
graduate of the shattuck military
school, captain Of the state university
fancy drill squad and first lieutenant Of
the corps of university cadets. He has
had considerable experience as an or
fganizef of boys military brigades
having organized brigades which he is
now drilling for st. Marks procathe
drel, st. Clement s Episcopal church, St
Paul; two brigades for the Immaculate
The J ou.rnal has other plans fol
encouraging the boys. It can guaran
tee that the drill will be thoro, that
discipline will be enforced and that the
boys will be under careful supervision
1.-THE boys can also make themselve.
sof.treal assistance to the committee IL
charge Of the g. A. R. arrangements
besides forming a feature Of the pa
rades that will be novel and striking.
TO Parents and Guardians:
The invitation to boys to join til,
Journal Cadet Regiment is made sub
fject to your approval.
The intention primarily is to fur
nish in this regiment of the youth O.
the city a feature for the G.. A. R
parades that will be eloquent in it
patriotic significance, novel and strik
Ing.
Aside from this a world of benef
can accrue to the boys from the pre-
paratory course Of instruction which
they will receive Military drilling i
&onessof the best Of physical exercises
especially for growing boys. 1t gives