Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-11
llSlTORS DAY HUGE SUCCESS
lfowds Swarm Over Harlan Camp to
See Boys.
TAKE BASKETS OF GOOD THINGS
Picnic I'm Woods, hall Games,
stroIIs, winding UD with re-
view of Regiment, FIN
Happy Day.

CAMP CRAFT, HARLAN, Ia, June a.
Especial )-Five hundred sun-burned, happy
boys met 1000 equally happy parents and
an overwhelming number OF pretty girls
and entertained them for a day at Camp
Graft today.
The day was admittedly the most sue
ressful visitors day that the cadets, now
I'm the battalion, ever had. For the last
four years, either the week Of camp had
nlade the grounds muddy or rain had
spoiled the day for the boys. But today the
old fair grounds was filled with as merry
and gay q crowd as It ever held.
The chief events of the DAY were, first
the meeting Of the train at HOO a. m, and
on the arrival at camp all witnessed guard
/ mount before dinner. After dinner some
went up to the Glee club minstrel show in
I Harlan and the remainder watched the
base ball game between the cadets and the
I Harlan team. The last events were regi-
mental review and dress parade, with re-
treat. Then the speeding of the parting
Oguesis took place. and good-byes were said
J until Saturday.
Mig Crowd Goes.
Tho crowd that came down to see the
boys was so large that IL overlooked the
special Of nine coaches which was used and
some of the visitors were obliged to come
down on the regular morning train TO Har-
Ian.
Arriving at the Harlan station amidst the
crowd OF yelling and waving high school
Lads the huge lunch baskets and hampers
were just forced away from them. 1t was
q JOY to carry that weight to camp. And
almost every girl had a little square box,
or perhaps two, filled with fudge. Fudge
has been the daily word of most cadets all
the week
Although it rained little in the early
morning and sprinkled some Just as the
crowd was leaving. the greater part of the
day the sun shone brightly, and many
merry picnic parties were made up in the
shade Of the trees in the park around the
\ Shelby county racetrack. The boys tried
hard to finish everything, but many of
y them will not have to appear at mess for
Ssome time. because so much food was
brought to them
The show put on by the Glee club was the
same as was given to the townspeople Of
Harlan. Wednesday night, but the per-
formers made~much more of a hit than
their efforts did on Wednesday.
The base ball game was close for the first
few innings, but along about the fifth the
Omaha lads began to got one or two each
inning and in the ninth had to Harlan's
0, and finished that way. Harlans bat
teries were Croszier and Carry; Omaha's,
Hatch and Morrow. Morrow's work at
catcher was the star playing Of the game
In the reviewing line were Colonel Glass
ford and Lieutenant Quinn Of Fort Omaha
Prot E. u. Graft. principal OF the Omaha
High school and Mayor Edward Lockwood
OF Harlan, and Mr.. William Baum, presi-
dent OF the Shelby county fair grounds.
The regiment undoubtedly made the best
appearance Thursday that it has ever made
since cadets were first organized In the
Omaha High school. The white ducks of
tho officers showed off well. especially in
the dress parade. when all the officers
marched up in line. The band appeared for
/ the first time in full dress uniform. white
ducks and white belts. The little fellows
In the smallest company, Company l, re-
'ceived great applause from the audience
for the manner in which they were able to
execute the orders.