Evening journal., 1913-07-25
O. M. d. Works Again
After Show Day

Continued From First Page.
The afternoon put a damper on the
day. and il was probably responsible
Tor the attendance Of visitors being
much smaller than last year on ihe
hir dav. A little aiter three o'clock
The rain started TO fall, but II was
very light and but few Of the crowd
sought shelter Later in the after
noon heavy doWnpour settled over
camp. and lasted over an hour.
crowd OF more than 1900 persons Wit
messed the drills by the First Rcai'
mont I'M the afternoon, and all of them
We,c of the opinion that the Militia
has improved greatly since last year
,ha inspection OF the troops by
Governor Charles r. Miller. the rcgi-
mental review. guard mount and
evening parade were tho drills IN
which the spectators were most IN
terested. Following the regimcnial
review there was a demonstration ~
drc and control ON the parade
grounds
At $40 o'clock in the morning, the
Governor aud all the other men at
The camp were up and about making
preparations for the day. During
Tho morning mess the Governor ant
bis staff inspected the camp and sur
prised the men who had no knowledge
Of when the inspection would take
place lie found the camp in excel
lent condition,
Following the inspection the militia
men went out on the drill ground foI
practice in rcgimental advance and At
tack The advance consisted of attack
Ing an imaginary enemy by the regi'
mcnt
At 9.3O o'clock in tho afternoon
the regiment WAS assembled on the
drill grounds with tho band and hos.
rltal corps and the annual inepec.
ton Of the troops took place. The
Governor with Lieutenant ElVio
Hunt. 4. s. A.. and the members ol
his staff marched out from the GOV.
ernor's tent down 10 the regiment
and walked along the front Of The
line. saluting tho colors When they
reached the hospital corps they turn
"a and passed back of the regiment
Every man was carefully looked ovel
bv the Governor and his stan Aftei
passing down the line the Goveruci
and his stan returned 10 the com
mander-in-chiefs tent where thel
stood while the troops passed In re
view. Following the regimental re-
view the demonstration Of ire an'
control Of the regiment under com
mand OF Lieutenant Colonel Dohert'
took place. The drill consisted Of ad
vancing on the firing line 10 the sup
rosed enemy about 1000 IN front .
The attacking regiment. During ih
engagement several men who hal
been tagged by the hospital corps fel
over with all sorts Of wounds"
Shot in the Hand.
Little did tho spectators realize
however. that during the battle on
man was actually shot before thei
very eyes and like the game it'll
soldier that he Is. he kept right q
shootlnr and made no mention
the accident until the troops ha
marched TO their quarters Private
Fisher. OF Company G. IN some va
was shot in the hack OF the hand
enc Of the soldiers next 10 him wh'
thrv throw themselves on the groun
Although ihc soldiers we're shootiI
blanks the end Of his comrades ri
Was hu fcw inches from the hai
B and tnc wad was forced into the nc'
and Fishers hand severely burnt. ,
received treatment at the hospital,
During the attack men fell ol
With supposed wounds and wei
treated by tho hrst aid men Att'
the smoke OF battle had cleared ava
The ambulance came upon the hel
and carried of the wounded
Guard mount was held at ~
o'clock in tho rain but was watche
by an interested crowd Of spectator
gathered in the tents Of the gener'
staff
Presented the Colors.
OWNS 70 the rain evening paraC
was not held until o'clock when u
sun pecped from behind the clou'
for a few moments. A feature
the drill was the presentation OF q
colors TO the regiment by Miss eth
Tarman. Governor Miller ram'
her 10 present the colors.
The presentation took place d'reC
Is in front Of the Governors tel
Standing with Miss Tallman We
Governor Miller and Lieutena
Tlvid Hunt. The regular regiment
parade maneuvers we're CARR
through after the presentation.
During yesterday well-known m