The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
COMPANY |
GOES TO CAMP
LOCAL COMPANY OF I. II. G.
LEAVES FOR FIT. BENJAMIN
HARRISON RIDAY-
SOME INCIDENTS OF
THE GREAT
CAMP.

Company / OF this city, eft on the
5:45 Vandalia train Friday morning
for ten days camp at Fit Benjamin
Harrison. The parting from loved
ones at the station was most pathetic
Particularly so were the cases of Cor
poral Emmett Fields, and Bugler
VIM. Rsh. But with vows 10 come
home with their shields, or upon
Them" the brave boys tore away,
and boarded the train for the scene oi
action. All honor to the brave SOL
diers, who are willing to stake their
lives for the protection. of their fell
low countrymen
Details representing the First,
Fourth. and Eighth Illinois regiments
arrived at Camp Fit Benjamin Harri-
son Thursday to assist the quarter
master IN preparing for the arrival
of the regiments Friday morning.
One of the Illinois regiments is made
up of colored soldiers. They will be
established in a camp east of Cen
eral Carriers headquarters The
white Illinois regiments and West
Virginia regiments will establish
camp near Days crossing The In
dana National Guard will occupy the
field Immediately east of the Fort
Harrison barracks. Governor Ianly
and Major General Mckee will have
their headquarters in the grove va
Gated Thursday by Brigadier-General
Speaks.
Eighteen members of the Eighth
Ohio wished Thursday that they had
never seen Captain Babcock, provost
marshal of Fort Benjamin Harrison.
and his very busy detail of provost
guards The eighteen, all members
of one company, quietly arose about
the midnight hour and stole out OF
camp toward the chickenhouse OF
Frederick Hansing a farmer living
south of the camp. Vigilant men,
bers of the provost guard saw them
disappearing in the moonlight and
followed. The eighteen Ohioans sur
rounded the Hansing coop and had
corrhlled nine chickens, when sud-
denly they found themselves sur
rounded. Captain Babcock and his
provost guard had them.
The owner OF the chickens uas
awakened, the men were compelled
to pay ham $5 for the fright given his
chickens, and the offenders were mar
shaled back to camp and lodged in
the guard house.
A feature of the skirmish Thursday
was when the Blue army fianked the
Browns below Bakers bridge and
came into For. Benjamin Harrison
with a rush Brigadier- General Car
ter, with Vice-President Fairbanks,
Senator Hemenway and Major Cen
eral Dick, witnessed the attack on
Fort HARRISON from hill. and de-
clare the movement to have bee.
splendidly executed. The Blues made
rush on the Browns that could not
be stopped, as the Blues had moved
up in superior numbers.
The Vice President and Senator
Hemenway were greatly pleased with
this warlike spectacle in time of
peace, and saw at a glance the ben
efts of playing the game of war.
The talk of enlarging Fort Ben,
jamin Harrison for the purpose of
having still larger maneuvers has cre-
ated much interest among the army
officers now at the camp Of instruc-
tion. The men of the highest rank
say Fort Harrison is without an equal
as a maneuvering camp, because il
has bluegrass sod on which to camp
has no mosquitoes and fe' lies and
the water lis of fine quality Fall
creek and the hills surrounding it af-
ford splendid opportunities for tacti,
cal exercises.
The officers say they would like to
see Fort Benjamin Harrison enlarged
to from 5000 to 10000 acres and
made into a permanent station for a
regiment of infantry, regiment oi
cavalry and and a battalion of artil-
lery. By having these three arms oi
the service constantly in camp the