Evening star., 1948-06-06

from CnlCKamauga Park, ga, QlSpatCH
to The Star for May %, 1893, reported: "Work
work, work Is the order OF the day
District for District boys at Camp George
Troons H. Thomas from early morning
till dewy eve. The regiment Is
rapidly reaching high standard OF efhciency.
SQUADS from the various companies are drilled
in the practical military movements necessary
In wartime. &" Both officers and men ap-
preciate the fact that war is on, and they must
be prepared for it, {" - 1t is remarkable fact
that there has not been a case OF serious
sickness since the regiment left home.
Fresh meat is scarce and vegetables and water
are scarce. There has been considerable quiet
protesting among the men over the fact that
there is no change in their rations Fat-back,
hard tack and beans are plentiful, but the
cooks in many instances are inexperienced and
do not know how to make them palatable
80 The boys are indignant over the fact that
some Of their tentage will be taken from them,
and the men made to sleep six IN tent, but
they will soon get used to It," The last line
of the special" read: Leroy Heron has been
detailed as adjutant Of the battalion" Hall .
century later the same Leroy Heron Is pre-
pairing to retire from the position OF advertising
director of The Star, closing 81 years OF service
to the paper He is a veteran OF the First
World War as we'll as the War With Spain.
The 3l3th Field Artillery was organized by him
in 1920 and commanded by him during nearly
the whole Of two decades.
Memorial Day in 1898 brought forth rash
OF poetry which The Star faithfully printed
as written. One character
Memorial Day istic achievement Of 80 lines
Poems began:
The year awakes; the birds proclaim
The advent OF the spring. In flame
The roses burst to make old earth
A bridal bed for life's new BIRTH
The south wind stirs among the trees;
A siren whisper on the breeze
Is calling life away from care
To springtide Joy and summer air.
A forerunner of Charles E. Tracewell who
signed himself Northeast, declared In The Star
OF May 81, 1898: In reply to OBJ
Friend server = regarding the cherry
Of fBirds destroying sparrows, I wish to
. answer that If his or her observa-
tions were accurate they would more probably
find that the BIRDS instead Of destroying the
fruit, are busiy devouring the innumerable
small insects infesting the delicate foliage
below the buds remember this city
previous to the introduction of the sparrow
and can state positively from my observations
that at that time, with less than one-third OF
the trees and plants now existing, the insects
in existence each summer were so numerous
and destructive that, believe, without spar
rows We would find anything but comfort or
pleasure from our photographer city
~
amid the music of hundred bands, the
cheers of 100000 people, the blasts OF many
whistles and the waving OF
Or,oho innumerable flags" announced
E~,o.;+;on The Star on June /, 1898. the
Trans Mississippi and Inter-
national Exposition was formally opened to-
day." The great civic parade started its march
through Omaha at $50 in the morning 1t
was miles long and included "all the secret
societies Of this tNebraska and adjacent
States" When the procession reached the
grounds, @. w. Wattles, John L. Webster ana
John N. Baldwin delivered addresses. Presi-
dent william Mckinley then greeted the crowd
by telegraph from Washington. The weather
"could not have been 7ors propdt'ouA