Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-31
MEET CALLED OFF
Track Contest of Sixth Regi-
ment Prevented by Controver-
versy Over Monmouth Man.
MISS RIFLE SHOOT, TOO
Injunction lnterferes With Marksman.
ship Trial-Company A Holds
Election Tonight.

Camp Lincoln, Springfield, H., Ju'y
80, 1907.-(Special correspondence 20
The Argus From the present ou..
look the boys at Camp Lincoln will
miss out on two of the features of the
annual encampment. These are the
rife shoot and the track meet The
range is still closed and there is no
chance now that it will be opened IN
time to give the 9Th regiment time to
shoot. for the case did not come up
until today and tomorrow is Cove
nor's day and Friday the regiment
will receive its annual inspection h.
the state inspector, Colonel FieldhOuse.
Refuse to Compete.
There are two reasons for not hav-
ing the field meet: the first is that suit
able time is not available and the se:-
Ond is that n squabble has arisen over
the eligibility of a man named Nixon
whose entry by Co. II of Monmouth
caused trouble last year also. This
! year he repeated his performance OF
last year of showing up the day before
| the meet in civilian clothes. and put
ting in his time lOafing and training.
! rather than serving as a soldier. The
| companies were next to" Monmouth
last year. but finally decided TO give
them the advantage. But this yea.
the contestants absolutely refuse TO
participate if Co. II is not fair enough
to withdraw the protested man. This
does not seem probable and so the
meet is about off
Election Tonight.
The election for captain of Co. \
will be held Wednesday evening at
o'clock This is causing little excite
ment as the result seems a settle
thing, the reelection of Captain Ed
Dunavin.
The third battalion spent their time
Tuesday in receiving instruction froCl
the regulars in sentry duty. The wor,;
was very interesting.
Tuesday evening an entertainment
was held for the vets" of '9S. The
band gave a concert, quartet from
the local company sang. and feH
short speeches were made. The sol
diers had a fine time. The 9th was
one of the volunteer regiments whicf
saw much service in Cuba and Por,;
Rico
| Camp Chan.
The meals that were served 10 the
company on Tuesday were fine O.
The second cook was trying his han,
at serving up the dope and the resu
was something awful. The beefsteAl
had to be chewed three separate am
distinct times. the pudding was so poo
that even MacManus couldn't ea
! much of it. The only good thing OF
, the table was the dill pickles, bu
= Lieutenant Hart took all of those be
fore Lieutenant Souders could &c
them. No more second cook meals 70
+ Co a.
!. Private Rookie" Steenburg ha
! trouble in getting First Sergean
: Straussburser to pronounce his nam
y correctly. The top sergeant keep
! calling him steamboat and trying t
! get him to take out an excursion.
+ Despite the many letters pleadin
;, for kind treatment for the rockies
q they were very roughly handled whe
! the old men initiated them Tuesda'
, To calm the fears of the fond mOthe:
=, and sisters the vets send word tn I
. the hospital attendants report tina
! there are strong hopes for the recON
cry of all, with the possible exception
of Private Rich who is suffering frof
his enforced loss of dignity.