The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-29
Douglas and Mai. Gilbert E. Seaman

Douglas and Maj Gilbert f. Seaman
of Milwaukee, were appointed majors
in the federal service. Capt. f. T.
Markell of Fond du Lac, and Capt.
Charles A. Green of the quartermas.
tiers corps, from Appleton, were given
captaincies. They were mustered in
by Capt. l.. T. Richardson and Lieut..
Carrothers of the regular army
Mais. Williams and Seaman, it is UNI
derstood, will 20 to the front with the
first brigade Of troops. Tie other
three officers may be left behind for
administrative duties. They may or
eanize troops throughout the state.
Col. j. G.. Salsman, it is thought, will
remain to assist Gen. Orlando Holway
in organization work.
Work Hard for Efficiency.
Not a single thing which might in
crease the efficiency of the organiza-
ton which is TO represent Wisconsin
in Mexico is being left undone. on
GERS are determined to do everything
within their power to keep the brigade
in Wisconsin until it is in such condi-
ton that the state may be proud of it.
They do not want men without uni
forms and only partly equipped to 90
out % Wisconsin as the states con
tribution to the national forces. The
states reputation is too good to per
nit such a thing, they declare. If
the federal government is to blame be
cause an organization is only partly
equipped and only partly trained, the
blame is not going to be shifted to
Wisconsin, which has developed one of
the best military organizations of
peace strength in the country.
$500 Men in Camp.
Upon general orders from brigade
headquarters company commanders
keep sending in the names of recruits
as they arrive. 1t was estimated at
brigade headquarters on Saturday that
there were about $500 men on the
reservation.
The report that Wisconsin troops
will soon leave for Mexico resulted
relatives and friends. Recruits or
dered to Camp Douglas by Gen. Hol-
way arrive on every train and with
them come their relatives and scores
of persons interested in other men in
camp.
Arrival Of Troops at Camp.
Camp Douglas, Wis, June 23.-The
greatest military demonstration in
Wisconsin since 1861 occurred on
Thursday, when over $500 Wisconsin
National guardsmen modified upon
orders Of the President.
Thousands OF people swamped rail
road platforms and filled the railroad
yards in forty cities TO bid the guards
farewell. Practically every company
came into camp with the maximum
peace strength and many are near
the war strength of $50.
That the adjutant general antici-
pates an early summons, calling his
men to the Mexican border, was indi-
Gated by the absence Of tent floors.
The entire brigade will sleep on straw
filled ticks laid on the ground. These
usually are laid on a wood floor or
on cots. Recruiting officers have been
left in all home stations to examine
and enlist volunteers.
Gen. Holway says more than 1000
men have enlisted in the state since
the call The number Of men now in
| state service exceeds 1000. Five min
listers have written him Offering their
services. Several doctors have volun-
teered. Or. Schwartz, IIumbert, Wis,
didn't wait to come as a doctor, but
enlisted as a private in Company A,
| Third regiment. Gen. Holway may
transfer him to the medical corps.
Few of the men seemed to regard
the situation as serious. Their faces
| beamed with smiles as they marched
into the big reservation. the finest
military maneuyer grounds owned by
any state in the Union. The dctraining
of the troops was observed by thou
| sands of spectators. who came from
nearby towns and villages troop
train steamed into the station every
twenty minutes.