The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
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CAMPING At
INDIANAPOLIS
FORT BENJAMIN HARRI-
SON is MANEUVER CAMP
FOR GUARDS AND RE-
GULARS
Grand Review of All Troops
Including Indiana National
Guard Planned For Mon
day

Oeneral Hodges commanding
the Department of the Lakes, ar.
rived at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Wednesday and formally assume
Command of the 'Maneuver camp
He was greeted by salute o1
eleven guns from the big cannon
at the post and their tl1underou:
report was heard miles away. He
came to Indianapolis from Wash
ington, and his coming put the
maneuver camp in readiness to re
ceive the Indiana brigade of ma
tional guards Thursday under
under command of Conrad Nc
Kee.
The manelver camp this year
will have an innovation which
will be due to Chaplain Dickson
OF the Twenty sixth Infantry
The chaplain, who is liked by
every man in the regiment, look
after the entertainment of his
men as we'll as administering to
their spiritual welfare, and he
brought with him from Camp
Perry, O., where he has been for
several weeks. the government
recreation tent, the first and on
ly one of its kind in the regular
army. This tent, or rather two
tents, is mecca every night for
hundreds of soldiers who &c
there to read or see the vaude-
VILE entertainment provided by
the chaplain.
One of the tents has a thoroug-
.ly equipped library of newspaper
magazines and other periodical:
all of which Chaplain Dickson
has been able to rustic" free Of
government expense. Practically
all the newspapers and magazine
of the country contribute copies
OF their publication for the bene.
fit of the soldiers. The other
tent has a seating capacity ot
about 500, and is used for boxing
and wrestling matches and vaudt
ville entertainments, which in.
clude buck and wing dancing
songs, novelty acts and mono'o,
CUES and minstrel shows, the tai
ent for the entertainment being
recruited from the soldiery.
Several regiments of regular
soldiers went into camp early ir
the week and the camp at sun.
down Wednesday evening pre-
sented a most spectacular ant
inspiring appearance. In the west
the golden rays of the setting sur
Illuminated the sky and emblaz
oned the clouds with yellow ant
red. The brilliant rays cast Z
glow over the brown and white
tents and walitened the deer
green of the trees in the grove.
which shade different parts O
the camp. The strain OF The
Star Spangled Banner, floatee
in from the camp of the Sixth
Cavalry to meet the echos from
the trumpets of the Tenth Infar
try bugle corps and the music
of the Twenty-sixtil Infantry
Band. Everywhere soldiers wer,
standing at retreat or fat atten
ton during the rendition of 9TH,
Star-Spangded Banner and whil,
Old Glory was being lowered
slowly from the flag staffs. The
roar OF the big cannon at TIL.
post, nearly a mile away, TOLD
the men in the camp that th'
flag was being lowered there.
On Monday, Sept. 5, known
this year as Labor day, a srans
review Of all the troops in cuml
will be held. including the mer
of the Indiana national guard. |
Is probable Governor Marshal
will be invited to visit the camI
on that day, as he has sfgnifiet
his intention of spending a
least one day with the Indian;
brigade while it is in camp.
Company |. of this city lef
Thursday morning in full fore,
and gala uniforms. They ar,
members of the Third Regimen
|. \. G.. and will no doubt vii
their full share of honors. a
they are all gentlemen anl ar,
as thoroughly drilled as any mcn
ber> n tie State Gaa !. Tile
viii ell 4 taste OF r2y,.' - aim,