The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-20

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ing put through heavy drills to harden
the men for duty. Close order move
ments are executed by the infantry
while the members of Troop A have
been put through skirmish drills. The
mounted troopers and the members of
Battery A were given mounted drill.
Both are making good Roadway with
their horses.
Establish Close Guard.
A close regimental guard has been
established around each Wisconsin
regiment and few persons are allowed
to pass through the lines. Camp Will
son, where the Wisconsin men are
camping is now great city of tents
with about $4,000 soldier inhabitants.
Troops have been coming in almost
daily and the place that was once a
prairie around the.Xisconsin men, is
now thickly settleu' with guardsmen
and regulars. Supplies, arms and am
.unition are arriving by the trainload.
1000 Badgers at Camp Wilson.
With the arrival of the First field
hospital corps of Wisconsin, the full
infantry quota of Wisconsin, which
makes UP the First brigade of Thir-
teenth division, is now in camp, be-
sides Troop and Battery A, totaling
about 1000 men The Third infantry
was delayed by wreck in which
flagman was killed at Fort Worth,
Tex.
The machine gun company and sup
ply companies of infantry regiments
are to be reorganized. This will be
completed in a few days. Under pres
ent plans, officers and men are assign
ed to machine gun and supply compa-
MES from other companies.
The sergeants, cooks and others get
only the pay of the rank they held in
their regular companies. Now these
commands will be fulltiedged compa-
MES. Full pay will be drawn by vari-
will be appointed for each company, as
they now have only one lieutenant and
captain.
Arrested for Food Complaint
Private H. II. Albright, Company |,
First infantry, who signed the tele
gram sent by men of the company to
Senator La Toilette complaining about
food, was court martialed on a charge
of failing to report for drill and fined
81. He said medical officers told him
to battle his feet, but they denied it.
He is still under guard and will be
tried on the charge of conduct to the
prejudice of military discipline In con-
nection with the complaint to La Fol
lette. He was in the service during the
Spanish American war.
The intense heat has affected sever
al of the Wisconsin men, but no Sc
we're prostrations are reported. The
mercury has gone as high as III, and
officers are planning to have drills
early in the day. The soldiers are
now drilling six hours each day. but
are given rests and are not over
worked
Mumps Hits Badger Camp.
Wisconsin soldiers at Camp Wilson
are fighting the humps. The first
case of the epidemic which broke out
in the Illinois camp several days ago,
has struck the Badgers, and several
men are nursing swollen jaws at the
base hospital, where seven cases are
confined. Every precaution is being
taken to prevent the disease from
spreading.
Rain has halted infantry drills here
considerably and the Wisconsin men
bave been at work digging drains to
Keep the tents dry. The sanitary con-
dition of the camp has ELECTED consid
cradle praise from officers of the san
itation corps.
Many companies are in need of
large number of recruits to bring the
organizations up to war strength. The
new equipment ordered for the Wis.
consln troops has been received and
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