Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-01
PRACTICE MARCH
FOR STATE TROOPS
ALI Companies Whose Members
Are Sworn In Given Hike
Into Lincoln.
MASTERING IS SLOW WORK
(From a Staff Correspondent

Lincoln, Neb., June 30.-(Speclal
Telegram)-The Nebraska troops
had their first practice march tonight
when all companies of the Fourth
regiment and the five of the Fifth
which have already been sworn into
the federal service marched to the
city and paraded up 0 street to the
Lincoln hotel and back to the grounds
by way of P street.
The parade was headed by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Baehr followed by the
Fourth regiment band of Friend.
Then came the Fourth regiment fol-
lowed by the five companies of the
Fifth, headed by the band of that
regiment from Lincoln.
The column composed all COM
panies of the Guard which have been
sworn into the federal service up to
this time. ." g..
Waiting for Orders.
y 7NWatchful waiting" might properly
be applied to officers and men of the
mobilization camp here regarding
movement to theb order. '''
Each day they look forward to the
hope that before night thief inal order
may come to entrain as quickly as
possible and get away from the fair
grounds. Just now everybody is suf-
fering to a more or less extent from
wounds received in engagements with
the surgeons, who have been inocu-
lating the men as a preventative of
typhoid and small pox. Vaccination
is made on one arm for small pox
and on the other for typhoid, and so
the popular expression around camp
nowadays is, Ouch, be careful, that's
my sore arm
With the swearing in yesterday of
Colonel Eberly of the Fourth regi-
ment he assumed command of that
body, which heretofore had been in
charge of Lieutenant Colonel Baehr.
The latter will still continue as the
commander of the federal enlisted
men until Colonel Paul has been mus
tered into the service.
Kramer in Command.
General Phil Hall, elected COM
inander of the Fairfield company of
the Fifth regiment, is endeavoring to
clean up his work as federal disburs-
ing officer so as to take charge of
his company as soon as possible. He
hopes to get the work completed as
early in July as possible, but it de-
pends upon how soon the Nebraska
troops are sent away. AS soon as the
work is completed he will join his
company. In the meantime Lieutenant
II. F. Kramer of the company will
have command of the company.
Captain Jess of the signal corps has
succeeded in recruiting his company
up again to seventy-five men. The
company was badly shot to pieces by
the examinations, but Captain Jess
has been active in securing men and
he is now ready for work.
Captain Ralph McMillen, in charge
of recruiting for the aviation service,
has secured about thirty-five men so
far and more are being received daily.
He desires to reach the required
number of forty-five before tomor-
row night, so as to report as soon
as possible, when the men will be
sent to the aviation instruction
school at Newport News, Va.
Some Ranks Trimmed.
Some people have been pretty
active in condemning methods used
by officers in getting their men to
take the federal oath. On one hand
they have been criticized because
they did not get the regiments
equipped up to the required strength,
and again criticized because they re-
quired the men to stand for re-enlist-
Tment. Company commanders, COM
ing to camp with a full company
have seen the ranks of their compa-
nies riddled by those who have come
onto the company streets and pre-
vailed upon the men to ask for dis
charges or refuse to take the federal
oath. In some instances attorneys
have been hired to convince the pow
ers that be that they had no right
to hold the men in the service.
Under such conditions ii is not at
all strange if the officers have en-
deavored to show the enlisted men
in plain language just exactly what
their duty is as members of the Ma
tional Guard.
Company D, Fifth regiment, Au-
burn, and Company f, Fourth regi-
ment, Wayne, were examined yester-
day. Later Company d Of the Fourth,
Continued on Page s, Column A.