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Through all the quiet countryside
And where the cities He
There swell at word a lusty band -
In garb of motley hue fik
Who at the bugle notes command
Are citizens in blue
A patient throng oer dusty road
Oer hard and echoing street
MId heat and cold theyve grimly strode
Nor recked their blistering feet
Theyve drilled In field and dingy hall
When long days tasks were through
And now theyre ready foirthe call
These citizens in blue
Theyve felt the scorn of friendly foes
Who watched them but to jeer
Theyve seen the angry mob oppose
Their bayonets austere
But now behold a nation thrilled
Would ask what they can do
Their answer is Our ranks are filled
With citizens In blue
And thus a eouchant host they wait
Close to their hearthstones plow
iFrom rivmouth to the Golden Gate
TXhe InKlS to Mexico
Their knapsacks packed their rifles scoured
Their hands and courage true
Sweetheart nor mother finds a coward
In citizens in blue
IILINOIS
Springfield correspondence
j history 01 Illinois nas never
rllj produced such a camp us
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means more from
every aspect than
any gathering of the
troops ever held and
all seem to know it
AVlfen the regiments
are called to the an
nual encampments
in this city every
soldier of more than a years experience
knows just what is going to happen He
knows the hours for each turn of duty
what he will have to do each day during
the week and just the day and hour camp
will be struck and the start made for
lionie Here he knows nothing about it
citifer does his captain nor his brigadier
general Whatthe morrow the next hour
may bring no uiaii knows It may be an
order to move at once to Chickamauga
It may he orders to return home The
result of all this is a tense interest in
every move that is made The next call
of the bugle may be for parade and it
tinny be the assembly for breaking camp
Every soldier in the post feels that he
ilias responded to a call that means war
and is duly impressed with the gravity
of the situation whenever he takes time
to think or talk it over
Mud and rain in combination with cold
sraw winds laden with a chilly mist wind
which blows the smoke from camp fires
twisting and writhing into the faces of
rthe cooks who bend over them These
4ie tijthe mettle of
soldiers and all of these the men in camp
pmve nail to struggle with KQH to them
the absence of sufficient blankets and
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clothing and you can judge of the boys
discomfort In the cavalry there is one
blanket fGr every six men and for twenty
men who came into camp with overcoats
there are eighty who rushed away from
home without them trusting with a child
like and pathetic confidence in the Lord
or the government to provide In spite
of all this sickness in the camp steadily
decreased
The first company to be mustered into
the United States volunteers of Illinois
was L of the Fifth Infantry These men
came from Feoria Company G of Fckin
was the next totake the oath and G of
Springfield the third The regiments
mustered in the following order seniority
-of colonels being the test of precedence
The Fifth first the Third second the
Sixth third the First Col Turner in
command fourth the Second Col Moul
tons command fifth the Seventh Col
Kavanaghs command sixth the Fourth
seventh the First Cavalry Col Youngs
command eighth
IOWA
- Des Moines correspondence
Alir McKinley at Des Moines is
an ideal place for sol
diers It is in the
State fair grounds
on which no fair will
be held this year
The grounds are cov
ered with grass and
the buildings in
which
ments
furnish good shelter
the four regi
are quartered
One thing which helps to strengthen
the Iowa soldiers and make them ready
for service sooner than in some other
States is the fact that they have not been
pampered In their annual regimental
-camps they have been kept on regular
army rations If they got anything out
side they had to provide it themselves
They have learned self reliance
The raising of two batteries was assign
ed to Lieut Hanson B Ely U S A
at present instructor in artillery practice
in the State University Tins State has
-not maintained any artillery in connec
tion with the National Guard but its
practice lias been taught in the univer
sity agricultural college State normal
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non and one or two other places JThe
students of these institutions haVe re
sponded nobly to the call for volunteers
Former artillerymen of the regular army
eager to get back into the service conic
by the score to offer their services Grad
uates of military schools have been heard
from It will be necessary to secure 304
men for the two companies Fred Hol
stein captain of the State University
battery is in temporary command but
Lieut Ely will probably command one
of the batteries
Thousands of visitors from all parts of
the State go to the camp daily So ninny
soldiers have never been seen in one place
in Iowa since the civil war
Roast beef with gravy chickens in va
rious styles potatoes onions ritfishes
and fruits constituted the menu at the
dinner served to the soldiers in camp by
the women of Des Moines the other day
Improvised tables were spread at the dif
ferent company barracks and the prettiest
girls in Des Moines acted as waitresses
Most of the companies passed resolutions
of thanks
INDIANA
Indianapolis correspondence
HE camp of the Indiana National
Guard near Indianap
olis is a constant
source of attraction
to all classes Every
thing is now perfectly
systematized and
working in clock like
order All the for
malities of camp Jife
are observed and the discipline is prac
tically as rigid as though an enemy lay
encamped but a few miles away Each
of the companies has from ten to twenty
new recruits and there are six new com
panies in the camp but distributed
through the four regiments These are
rapidly being transformed into real sol
diers and some of them are so earnest
and so deeply interested that were they
uniformed it would take an experienced
eye to distinguish them in the drills from
the older members of the National Guard
The work of examining the troops pre
paratory to muster progressed rapidly
FEED CALL
presence is discouraged as the boys had
to pass through a trying ordeal on leav
ing home and they are now crettinc ac-
jsehool lown Wesleyan College in Mount customed to tent life
Pleasant Cornell College in Mount Ye
Of the men how in camp Detroit fur-
v-
nishes nearly 700 and Grand Rapids
about 350 while the following cities have
each a company Coldwater Kalamazoo
Battle Creek Grand Haven Ionia Flint
Alpena Bay City Saginaw west side
Saginaw east side Port Huron Owos
so Cheboygan Monroe Big Rapids
Manistee Muskegon Calumet Iron
Mountain Houghton Sault Ste Marie
and Ironwood
NEBRASKA
Lincoln correspondence
rw B
OM a habit of pleasure and-
peaceful pursuits the
old State fair grounds
near Lincoln have
been transformed
within a week to a
place of rendezvous of
warlike men
At the present time
between 1500 and 1-
G00 men are bivouacked in Camp Alvin
Saunders so named in honor of Nebras
kas venerable former Senator and terri
torial war Governor They are now
awaiting the orders of Gov Holcoirib
who will turn them over to the Unted
States
The transformation of the grounds from
the civil to the military has not boi u
without excitement On the whole how
ever the rendezvousing was long ago dis
counted well planned and perfectly car
ried out Brig Gen Bills was one of the
first to arrive and military discipline was
quickly established
In exactly forty eight hours Gov Hul
comb was able to telegraph the War De
partment that the Nebraska militia had
assembled to a man and awaited orders
for the mustering in as volunteers of the
United States army Gov Holcomb at
the same time laid claim to the distinction
of being the first State commander to
make such a report as going to prove the
efficiency of the Nebraska guard
OHIO
Columbus correspondence
HE State troops of Ohio are now
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being prepared for
volunteer service at
Camp Bushnell a
mile east of the city
limits of Columbus
The ground was of
fered free to the State
by the owner John
C Bullitt The city
of Columbus furnishes water and light
electric free pipes and wires being ex
tended to the grounds for this purpose
Gen IT A Axline who is in command
of the troops estimates that more than
PREFARING A MEAL IN CAMP
On an average five men to a company
were rejected
There are 5400 men in camp and some
idea of what it takes to supply their wants
may be had from the following issue of
rations for a single day Fresh beef 9375
pounds pork 1350 pounds bread includ
ing hardtack and fresh loaves 9770
pounds beans 075 pounds rice 540
pounds coffee 5G3 pounds sugar 1125
pounds tea 90 pounds salt ISO pounds
pepper 33 pounds potatoes 4500
pounds cabbage 1350 pounds pickles
1200 pounds The beans are furnished
ready baked and the coffee comes to the
camp roasted and ground Besides these
edibles nearly all the men buy pies and
fruit from peddlers and none suffer for
any of the necessaries of life Many do
their own cooking but a majority hire
colored men to do it for them Their
cooking utensils are limited to pots and
frying ruins and the cooking is done in
the open air and often when the dust is
flying
MICHIGAN
Island Lake correspondence
ICHIGAsS Governor H S Pin-
gree is the busiest
man in the State now
beeaxise he is running
the biggest thing in
the State the camp
of volunteers He has
forgotten everything
else politics and bus
iness and is devoting
his entire time to equipping the troops
for the field He hopes to have Michi
gans brigade ready for the field the first
of all State troops The troops through
his efforts are in better shape to day
than ever before
The routine of camp life is seemingly
enjoyable to the men notwithstanding
the fact that they are kept busy drilling
all day and no pass is extended beyond
taps A detail watches all trains going
to neighboring towns at night and the
announcement at the outset that any who
did not wish to be thorough soldiers would
be dismissed has had a good effect There
are so many young men throughout the
State who are so anxious to join the
forces if given the opportunity that all
are anxious to hold their positions
In order to accustom the men to living
in the field each company is obliged to do
its own cooking bing provided with field
ranges and it is wonderful how they man
age to get up meals with them in so short
a time The cook details are kept busy
No visitors are fed in camp and their
75 per cent of the members of the Na
tional Guard are in the ranks and ready
to go into the volunteer service There
are now S2S2 officers and men in Camp
Bushnell A severe routine of daily duty
has been adopted After three days in
camp not a single case of sickness was
reported
Maj Gen Axline has appointed Col
E C Brush of the First Artillery provost
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marshal of Camp Bushnell and Lieut
E C Greiner of the Fourteenth Regi
ment assistant provost marshal
The brigade formation of the State
troops has been put into effect with Col
C B Hunt of the First Regiment in com
mand of the First brigade and Col A B
Colt of the Fourteenth in command of
the Second
Webb C Hayes of Cleveland has com
pleted arrangements with Gov Bushnell
for the organization of the seven addi
tional cavalry troops required of Ohio
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee correspondence
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Camp Harvey everything is
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now done under strict
discipline The
grounds have been
f o u n d excellently
i adapted to camp uses
J ami officers and men
are completely satis
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mated picture at all
times In addition to the bits of blue
picked out all over the fields where men
are drifting from one regimental camp
to another there are always in the fore
ground groups of recruits who are prac
ticing the goose step or the setting up ex
ercises varied with foot movements The
soldiers are now getting accustomed to
the cold and there has not been as much
complaint lately as there was at first
There is one thing the Spaniards will
learn if the Wisconsin regiments happen
to meet them and that is that marks
manship is something to which the badg
ers have paid attention How they can
shoot Take the Third Regiment for
instance this in preference for ever since
riflecpractice has been made a feature the
Third has been assiduous in that line Ev
ery man in the regiment is almost as good
a shot as the trained sharpshooters en
listed in the civil war While the Third
leads the Second is a close second and
the Fourth and First are crowdinir -the
others When it comes to field officers
on the other hand military experts rath
er give the pass to tie First though
neither of the regiments has cause to
grumble in this regard and neither will
admit that any other badger regiment is
any better equipped than they with offi
cers It is a generous rivalry
BI0TERS SHOT DOWN
SPANISH MOBS ASK BREAD AND
GET BULLETS
Violent Demonstrations Are Report
ed Throughout Spain Restaurants
Shops and the Homes of Merchants
Stoned by Hungry Crowds
Many Killed or Wounded
Dispatches indicate that the crisis in
Spain has become intensified The queen
regent is rapidly losing the little popu
larity she has and is now insolently re
ferred to as that Austrian woman It
is believed she would quit Spain at once
should she believe that such a step would
promote the interests of the infant king
Meanwhile the trouble in the provinces
increases and the rioting may become a
revolution Thus far a number of per
sons have been killed and wounded and
several buildings wrecked In the finan
cial world all is chaos Runs on banks
everywhere prevail and the funds with
drawn are being hoarded The speech
of Lord Salisbury in London enraged the
Spaniards They discern that with En
gland in sympathy with America the
other European powers will hesitate to
-act for Spain
The outlook in Mrdrid grows darker
every hour that passes Reports of riot
pour in from the provinces and in most
cases there has been bloodshed A se
rious disturbance occurred at Caceres
and a still more violent demonstration
took place at Leon where large crowds
of women and children paraded the
streets crying Give us bread or work
These paraders were joined by large
numbers of men and the disorder became
greater The mob stoned the restaurants
provision shops and the houses of mer
chants breaking doors and windows and
seizing everything they could lay hands
on The civil guard called upon the
crowd to disperse but the demand was
refused whereupon the troops fired a
volley into the- mob A mob of 10000
persons rioted at Helquist and plundered
houses on all sides The police fired into
the crowd Eight thousand miners who
are on strike at Murcin paraded the
streets shouting Death to the thieves
Down with the octroi dues The mob
tried to set fire to the railway station and
a number of other buildings but was not
successful The mob then marched on
Cartagena but was intercepted by
troops who fired upon and wounded sev
eral of the rioters
All these disturbances are due to eco
nomic causes to the great dearth of
wheat and the consequent advance in the
price of bread and the closing of fac
tories and workshops owing to the com
plete paralyzation of trade and the pro
hibitive prices of coal and raw materials
The government is adopting drastic meas
ures to keep food in the couutry A bill
passed the cortes to come into immediate
operation totally prohibiting expn t of
wheat Hour and potatoes
DOLE OFFERS HAWAII
Malccs Formal Tender of Islands to
Uncle Saui
President Dole has sent a long com
munication to President McKinley offer
ing to President McKinley offering to
transfer the Hawaiian islands to the
United States for purposes of its war
with Spain and to furnish American
ships of war in Pacific waters with large
quantities of coal supplies and ammuni
tion This action was unexpected in
Washington There is a general senti
ment in Congress favorable to the ac
ceptance of the offer and a Washington
correspondent says that when it is for
mally received it is probable that the
President will send to Congress a mes
sage recommending the passage of a bill
granting him authority to act
wfisamDSs
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All records in baseball were broken
Friday a week when two National
League teams were shut out without a
base hit
Jack Daly and Kid Lavigne are to
tackle each other again in the latter end
of May This time they are to try con
clusions at Long Island City
Teter Jackson has retired from the ring
giving as a reason the statement that the
youngsters like Jim Jeffries who are
coming up are too speedy for him
Major Taylor the colored cycle rider
is matched to ride against Jaap Eden
Kiser Gardiner Boulay and August
Lehr five races each on a different track
On March 21 the stallion Boyets trot
ted four miles in a race in Russia in
1007 This performance lowers all rec
ords for the distance not only in Europe
but America
John C Knowles the century rider
who made a 00 century run in 1S94 died
at the Bellevue hospital New York last
week from consumption brought on by
excessive riding
There has been no let up in the enmity
between Tom Cooper and Eddie Bald
Sooner than train at the Fountain Ferry
track at Louisville Ky where Bald is
Cooper went to Cincinnati
There is a good deal of interest mani
fested in the coming contest between Jim
Jeffries and Tom Sharkey in California
inasmuch as the winner is likely to be
pitted against Peter Maker
In his day Bobby Mathews who died
the other day had no peer He was the
second pitcher to knack the art of curv
ing the ball The first to throw a curve
was Arthur Gummings The pitching
rules in those days called for a 45 foot
distance Bobbys curves furnished col
umns of sensations in the newspapers at
the time
Cordang holder of the worlds 24 hour
record of 010 miles is again in great form I
aim will make an attempt to ride even
further in the double revolution of the
clock some time during the spring
The League of American Wheelmen
has secured the support of the State De
partment in pushing the claims for indem
nity against Turkey for the death of
Frank Lenz the American cyclist who
was murdered by Kurds while making a
tour of the world awheel The Turkish
Government has signified its willingness
to pay an indemnity but thinks 40000
the amount churned too high
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