Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-08-25
CAMP Of BADGERS
STRUCK BY STORM
YOUNG CYCLONE AND A DELUGE
PLAY HAVOC WITH TENTS
AT LEON SPRINGS.
HIKE BACK TO CAMP WILSON
Battery and Troop Make Twenty-Five
Mile March in Teeth Of Gale.
Find Tents Razed and Camp
Wilson a Sea of Mud.

San Antonio-A young cyclone and a
q small deluge struck the Wisconsin
camp at Leon Springs just before the
q men started on their return march to
a Camp Wilson, and tore down nearly
everything in its path. Gen. Richard
sons ten went down as did those of
q other officers and pup tents of the
men. Torrents rushed down the hill
a side and everything the men had on
was saturated Most of them, includ-
" ing officers, marched without socks be-
cause they had none dry to put on,
and the rest of their clothes were wet
when they donned them in the morn
ing
Battery A and Troop A, in their
night march of twenty-five miles to
Camp Wilson, were caught in the
midst of the storm that came at a
rate of from forty to sixty-eight miles
an hour The great force of the wind
drove the rain down the mems necks
and although they wore ponchcs they
we're drenched.
When the artillerymen ard troopers
came into Camp Wilson they found the
place a wreck. Nearly every tent of
;he troop battery and three infantry
regiments was blown dowr, many with
the iron D les smashed, ana even some
of the wooden mess kitchens were
razed. The guards at the camp were
forced to take their cots and ~eek ref
uge in lighthouses when their tents
we're pounded down on them By the
gale
None Drop Out on march.
Not man of the Wisconsin brigade
dropped out on the return march of
twenty-five miles from Leon Springs
10 Camp Wilson
The troops could have covered the
distance in one day instead of two, ="
said Gen. Richardson. However, the
camp was not ready for them because
OF the storm Friday night Then, too,
the men had had no sleep the night
before they started on account of the
storm"
the soldiers will rest for about a
week. Then they probably will march
to Landa's park at New Braunfels,
where they will have an outing for a
week or ten days. Divisional maneu-
Vers are expected to follow, and it is
81 possible that when they are concluded
the men will return home.
Recruiting Detail Chosen.
The following have been detailed to
return to Carp Douglas, Wis, to as
slst in recruiting work
FIRST infantry = Second Lieut.. Jos.
b. Zawodney, Company K; Sergeant
christian NJ. Brown of Company G.;
sergeant Glenn Cass, Company l.;
a corporal James Leister, Company E;
corporal Fred Reupert, Company F;
FflVate Joseph Kassa, Company K;
FflVate Walter Gaulke, Company F.
second infantry - Second Lieut..
Ihomas A. Watson, Company E; Sec
ond Lieut.. Walter E. Rosebush, Com
pany @; Sergeant Albert Parker,
company X; Sergeant Donald Ma
.newson. Company NJ; Corporal Doug
las Taylor, Company L; Private Jo-
Seph HaHus, Company A: Private Har-
~ AIqu1st, sanitary detachment
Ahlrd lnfantry-First Lieut. George
a Hale, Company NJ; First Lieut..
marry ]. Lyon, Company D; Battalion
sergeant. Major John B. Gay; Cor
goral Marion Benedict, Company A;
FTIyate Carl S. Cady. Company K
me paymaster has again visited the
"Heonsin camp and the men are in
poSsession of months pay, which in
uiosl cases amounts TO SIS. The pay
uiaster was welcomed with joy as the
.ien have been penniless for a long
.'iue' many not being able to get
uiohey with which to make a few
necessary purchases.
Second Lieut.. A. S. Chiids OF the
second infantry machine gun company
Las oeen promoted to first lieutenant,
.iiuer the reorganization plan which
eso'ldes for three lieutenants instead
one in machine gun companies.
list sergeant Stanley Smith has been
p.ohoted to second lieutenant. Sec
Iu Lieut. Harvey F. Smith of the
Goud infantry Supply company will
'aOly be transferred to the machine
T-- company to fill the other vacancy.
81 tne reorganization the supply
'panles will have one lieutenant in
VI TWO as heretofore.