The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-17

HoOsIERs TAKING FIRST r.
! Fer. BENJAMIN Harrison, " Ind. !,
Sept. II - The. West Virginia troops
got down, to the real work OF soldier
tpg, n opday when a big fight was on
between the Blue. and the Brown
Army. The two, West L Virginia
regiments fought against each other
and the:work of both was good . y
/. General Scott, Commander, of the
First Brigade w est Ysrgt nta JNatioa-
al Guard, was In command OF the
Browns and had ASST gnad,to his com.
mand the Second West Virginia, the
First, Fourth and Eighth *(coIored)
Illinois, d battery OF Indiana artiI-
:terE and detachments Of the signal
and hospital corps. E i. Z p p. T.:
!: The, Blues were, commanded !, BY
Col. Harry 3. Smith, Of the Second
Indiana, who had assigned to, him
the First West Virginia, the FIRST,
SECOND and Third Indiana, a battery
Of Indiana artillery and .detach-
ments of the hospital and signal
sss}t' L. -: - - -
: Some $1,000 ROUNDS Of annmuni4
ton, were used in the battle. The
regulars encamped" here did not par
tictpate but their Officers acted, as
'umpires. * &s'>i a. " AZ q IT, -
The barracks at Fort BENJAMIN
Harrison are quite interesting to the
miiittamen encamped here. II Hav-
ing been recently constructed they
are modern In every nespect = and
furnish excellent quarters for the
troops permanently stationed here. !;
The West Virginia troops reached
here, without special Incident early
last Friday morning. BY evening
they were established In their quar-
ters- and ready tor hold their own
with any other state troops en-
camped here. - r.-.. s...&.. +
:, Saturday the West Virginia. troops
did their first drilling. They did
we'll too, Notwithstanding several
of, the companies are new and this
is their first encampmen : Sunday
was quiet as nothing but inspections
were on the boards, ..,:l ~ S,.sa Il. Will
The West Virginians, always popu-
lar with the ladies' are at disad-
vantage with the *Hoosfer maidens.
The 4hdiaH& troops, are. here, s@laew
and are proving the fayorites, in the
affairs OF the heart. .5;;' d. $3.50 =. !:
- About 200 soldiers were among
the $4,000 who Saturday afternoon
saw the Indianapolis team defeat
the Louisville team, thereby cinchv
ing the American Association PEN
nant for this year. =. g.. -. Il.
It's dust, dust everywhere. T. For
forty days the, Indiana soil has not
been favored with. asshower and even
the meadoWs are dusty. The, roads,
and they are good, too are covered
with half a foot Of the stuff and
this. would be doubled-ff that in the
air would settle. Everybody is
.&osagaatng and there is littles hope of
rain .On has been used to sprin-
KIe the roads but the local supply
has been exhausted. This dust cou+
pled&with a sunshine temperature of
;;dfTonss 800, toll 40 degrees is destined
to make man forget to study his
Sunday School lesson. ............\ -
@Adiptant General Burlew, of West
Virginia made a hit with his troops
by accompanying them to camp and
seeing them comfortably CHARTERED.
They were. sorry when his business
matters made it necessary for hin
to return to his home at CharlesE
Mo booze ON the government reserc
yation1 That is the order. Every
day and every might the men, reE
turning. from " Indianapolis, r nine
miles away, are held up by the regtl,.
lar provost guard at the boundary
line and the wet goods confiscated.
The only way Is to smugg1e it in uni
der. the belt. - >~..l>. Il.
The cigarette bugaboo failed. Not
withstanding the law Of Indiana, the
West VirgiAians are purch asing
them right in the states capital.
Howeter, most Of the men brought
enough along to-, do them. -. =.
The biggest regiment here is the
Eighth Illinois, colored. The reg1
ment: has nearly / 900 men. !,
- About the best thing here is the
water. Strange to say the army
surgeons, whose main duties consist
n@coHdemning, have pronounced At
pure. 1t Is piped all through the
camp and when, treated tn a certain
degree=7of frigidity is quite zzpalae-
fble, The shower baths do much
to remove the dust from the outer
man though the longing for "Ka-
Eawha Chief remains mnatared. y
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