The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-24

with a bed that rolled right up. when
Iit was not needed. ana had q canvas
Towering. with Gaps at the side. which
eovered the person who slept In II.
There was also a mosquito bar.
which could be- raised over the bed
with. frame work under It, He also
lshowed the. complete riding outnt
which was indeed an elaborate one.
ITO take care OF all this equip
ment," said he at Is necessary for
an officer to have the service Of an
orderly. DR.. ], f. Merrill Of Amboy,
who Is also surgeon OF our regiment,
and ], had an orderly together. These
orderlies have plenty 70. do in taking
care OF the horses and all of this
equipment.
"A private has a rubber blanket
and wooden blanket. which he car
rles In . rolls also a shelter half
tent. several tent pins ana one tent
pole; two Of the privates get together
under one tent These shelter tents
are six and a half by four feet and
only eighteen to twenty inches high.
SO they are only large enough to
admit oftwo men craving under them
70 sleep. Each man also has can.
vas sack. which he fills with straw
and uses as a mattress. II was only
on the last night that the men used
these shelter tents. The regular tents
which were provided for them, had
all been put away. Itwas q great deal
of work to break up camp and get
the ground all cleared on. Everything
had 10 be left perfectly clean. In the
pyramidai tents. which were pro
vided for the regular use Of the men,
seven OF eight men could sleep to-
gether. There was = single pole in the
center.
I'm the cook shack. where Company
II had It's meals prepared. there were
1.-TWO COOKS The cooks are paid extra
for their services. The officers Of
each company mess with their men.
This helps to preserve order. The
members OF the coioneis staff, how
ever have their own separate mess.
There was some complaint that
the rations were not adequate for
somei Of the companies. When thfs
happened II was almost In every In
stance due to the fact that the cook
or conimissary did not get his order
in at the right time. II Is true that
ratious we're somewhat short the last
day You see. 1t would not do to lay
In a large stock of provisions and
have lot Of things left over. II was
better TO be a little short.
The nIsn were certainly kept busy
most OF the time during the entire
camp. There was plenty TO do. our
regiment was the one that rose
earliest In the morning, being called
at FIVE O'Clock In the morning 10
reveflle The. trumpets would sound
and the regimental band would play.
The Star Spangied Banner,
There was practically no sickness
In our camp during the entire ten
days OF the encarnpment and the in.
juries were only or a minor fiatute.
Theirs was one case OF q man being
poisoned by some plant on the
grounds. when any man In the canii,
has the slightest silmeht, he Is at
once taken to the hospital and ex.
amined. and. he Is then listed &C:
cording to his condition, for fun
duty; light duty. in quarters or In the
hospital.
We had seven men IN the hospital
on the first night, when four hundred
and twenty-five were inocniated for
typhoid fever. All OF these men were
on duty the next morning. So the
inoculation made only ISIS per cent
Of the men III. and they only for
one night. -
"Fhere were two maneuvers dur.
Ing the camp. One was between the
mounted scouts and tine regiment.
The mounted scouts were defeated
by The infantry Then there vas the
working out inaneurer problem be-
tween the second regiment and the
regiment from South Dakota. The ufn.
pire was Captain Ball OF the regular
army. s
~The inspections OF the camp took
place every afternoon, at four o'clock
They were very rigid. Everything
had to be absolutely clean. Every
mans mess KIT has not only to be
Washed but also secured All df the
refuse from the Kitchens mad to be
disposed Of BY means OF ificinsfators,
which were constructed 81 brick By
the men Of the cafnp Even the dish
water was disposed OF IA these inein-
orators. No dish water or waste food
was allowed 10 lie around the kitch-
ems. fs So q
aThe horse ana mile coftais were
also regularly and rieidfya inspected.
All the rsfuss was kaths9ed into
piles every dat and huriled BY means
of petroleum. t
There we're practically no iiies in
the camp. either when we came or
when we isff. Tliis was due without
doubt. to the rigid sanitary measures
that we're insisted upoh. n is, true
that the horses we're bothered SOME.
what BY atlittle bee 81, and there
were some ghats. moths and niosqul
toes, but the annoyance We had from
insects swas remarkabiy small.
'fSpsaKing Of the rIsidits Of the