The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-20
COMPANY A" FROM CLARkSbURG +.
Is PERMANENTLY LOCATE HERE
TERS ESTABLISHED
AND MEN ARE READY FOR
ACTIVE DUTY TODAY.
Many Nursing Sore Arms as Result Of
incubation Of Typhoid
Fever Serum.

Company A, First regiment, West
Virginia infantry, considered by""its
officers and men rs the cream oil Inc
state troopers. has established per-
Imaneni camp in the state fair
grounds. &.
They arrived in Wheeling Wednes.
day morning and have been busy as
bees ever since. preparing to- locate
in The Wheeling district permanently
for guard duty Last night every
thing was in tip-top shape and today
he first active work Of the company
Twill be commenced
Visitors by the hundreds have paid
their respects 10 the troopers. Many
have been almost urged 1a enlist by
the apparently good time the men are
having.
Gee, but YOU fellows have it soft
a Whee!nCile was overheard 10 re-
mark.
soft: Where do YOU get that
stuff? Tomorrow We start on guard
duty and if you want 10 call standing
erect for the greater part OF the. day
soft, | would like TO DO something
| harder" one Of the troopers replied.
The work of pitching tents was
! during the afternoon and evening the
men visited Wheeling and suburban
cities. Others conlentca themselves
! by sleeping. preparatory 10 the active
work Of today
Many Nursing Arms.
+ Many are nursing very painful
iarmS. the result of typhoid serum
IinoCuation Lieutenant Ford, the
!cOmpany physician, arrived in Wheel
ling from FairmOni yesterday and did
his duty. Their arms are just about
well from incubation for scarlet fever
and 10 have the typhoid fever serum
injected into them is not the most
delightful experience. Intervals Of len
days elapSe between the inOcula1lOnS
Three are required by The war depart
meni
Say YOU can pu: it in the paper
that i said We like our new camp
grounds. Look all round YOU. Notice
how nice and green the grass is. Why
down in Fairmont we had 10 wear
boots and then part of the time swim
ito our tents" one Of the men said
when>a question regarding their new
camp WAS asked.
Sergeant Davis called the Speed
King" arrived vest erday with his
squad OF motorcycle dispatch riIG:s
They are a finely-eqGpped organiZa
tion and If Wheeling people are wide
awake they will see some riding $dch
as never before. Al least. that is
what Sergeant Davis promised the
Intelligcncer reporter.
Not al! Work
All work and no play makes JatK
ia dull boy" reads an ancient maxim
1t is not all work being Il stale troop
Ter and several Of The boys had ;helr
fun Wednesday night when they as
sisted Wheeling in celebrating Paul
,Revrre'S ride First Lieutenant Win
field. Sergeant June Powell, First
Sergeant Travis. Sergeant Diniy
Moore. PrivaierS Thomas Martin
Snodgrass and Knapp had charge OF
Two five-inch cannon near near the
RESERVOIR. These they fired a; The
appoinred hour and assisted in many
,olher ways in making plenty Of noise
for the Wheeling celcbrators.
The boys in Company \ are PROUD
Of their detachment. 1t is one Of thu
finest in The state. they say. To prove
their assertions, they point 10 the
fact that recently every membcT OF
the company was examined r. th-
United States officer and all success
fully passed the examination. There
.are lis men in camp in the fair
grounds. including the officers. Major
jackson Arnold j. in charge. He : as
nroud Of his company as the boys and
has taken great pleasure in laying out
the camp. II includes thirty tents
erected along two streets.
Camp Fort Henry.
Camp Fort Henry is the name
chosen for the camp by Major Arnold
III has not Yet been adopted by the
var department but in all probability