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Nebraska Guardsmen Assemble
Camp John H. Mickey, located In the
lower level of the valley southeast of
Bellevue. Il a tented town of nearly
khakl-rlad Nebraska National guards
mcn, come to receive Instruction In the
use of firearms. In the ethic of military
manner and the science of war.
Two regiments of the Nebraska mllltla,
the signal corps, the engineering corps
and the field hospital corra comprise the
various wards of this city of tents.
To police this city requires mure skill
than to administer the government of thu
ordinary town of J.000 Inhabitants, for
at Camp Mickey the guardsmen are
brought In close contact and with no re
strain but that Imposed upon them by the
Tommandlng officer.
A-nd yet Camp Mickey Is one of the
cleanest, most orderly and pleasant
-places In the state. Ta bring It to this
standard has required the personal skill
nd Interest of the company and regi
mental officers and the personal super
vlston of Brigadier General John A.
Jtorch.
The .guardsmen are called at In the
morning, and If they have not responded
vRhln a few minutes a- brawny first
sergeant with a lantern In his hand and
4a Therclleee determination featured In his
face1 goes to each tent and with little
roremony yanxs the offender, from the
irm blankets Into the rally mornnu
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first Meal F.arlr.
When the first meal of the day ha.i
cen consumed, only after march and rev
IUend assembly, come fatigue call and
then guard mount. The first call for
.guard mount ta sounded at 7:40 o'clock
and at 7:50 assembly sounds. Then fol
low the calls to the various duties of
the day drill at 8:25. assembly at 8:J7,
recall at 10:35. first sergrunt's call at 11:30,
mess at noon, school under the direction
of regular army officers at I; at J o'clock
In the call to drill again, with assembly
at 810 and recall at 4:4:; from t to 30
Is given to parade and then mess comes
at .fi.l.". The call to quarters formerly
sounded at 10 o'clock. Is blown at 11
o'clock at Camp Mickey, and flften min
utes later the clear note of the tattoo
ring out over the camp and at 11:30 the
mournful tap announce that all lights
must be doused and that any guardsman
theresfter caught out of his tent without
i good cause and an acceptable excuse la
liable to extra duty on the next day.
The militiamen at Camp Mickey have
been unusually enterprising thin year
and none of them sleep on the ground
with nothing but a blanket between them
and the cold earth. Bales of wheat and
oat straw were taken to the camp by the
carload and each guardsman was allowed
to fill a big cotton tick for his personal
uve. On this tick of straw a blanket Is
thrown and 'the young soldier cltisen
wraps himself In another army' blanket
and throws himself on the bed of straw
and sleeps until the first call before
daybreak In the morning.
Camp Is Clean.
A new' method of disposing of refuse
lias' .keen .Invented for the use of Camp
Mickey. A " long ditch is excavated In
the'ground .and floored with atones. The
ditch . alopes so ' that water will run
through It when placed In the higher end.
Over hfM stones a carefully made layer
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of wood is placed and this set burning.
The garbage Is then poured at the upper
end of the burning ditch and as the
water flows toward the lower end the
heated stone send It up In vapor and the
solid refuse Is burned.
Camp Mickey Is proclaimed by those In
authority over It to be the most success
ful gathering of Nebraska National
guardsmen ever held. Brigadier General
Joseph A. Storch fays he Is much pleased
with the spirit in which the young
guardsmen have gone about their work.
Colonel F. .T. Mack. In command of the
Kecond regiment, and Colonel O. Kberly
of the First, are also positive In their
assertion that the camp Is a success
never attained by former camps.
The final word of commendation Is
passed by Bishop George A. Beecher, of
the missionary district nf Kearney, who
has made a study of the boy his life
work. He believes In tho national
guardsmen and In the object.lt accom
plishes, and thinks that the time will
come when the citizens of the state will
more fully appreciate the value to the
state of this training In military tactics.
' The boys who arVglvcn this training
are taught to respect the methods of the
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military authorities by being given a
thorough understanding of the work of
the regular army In time of war and
peace. They enter Into the Kplrlt of the
camp with enthusiasm and company
commanders return home with a murh
more efficient corps of militiamen than
when they came to camp.
In order to make the efficiency of the
national guard as complete a possible
the commanding officers plan Ion?
"hikes" to harden the muscle of the
young soldiers to the rlgort of camp
routine. Sometimes there Is a low note
of protest In the rimk on account of the
length of the marches, but these protests
never reach the ears of the thlrly-flve
or forty officers who accompany them
on spirited horses, bought temporarily by
the state.
It Is the brtween the "non-coms" and
the privates that the line of discipline
often wavers, for being usually late of
the ranks and often familiar with the
men these unsahercd officers experience
the real difficulty In securing prompt
execution of orders. '
However, the officer of Camp Mickey,
who wear the chevrons of the non
coms, report no Inclination on the part
of the 2,V0 young men present to fight
against discipline. The desire to be
"well drilled" In the eyes of the general
of the camp actuates all companies and
each member of every company Is quick
to take up the precedent set by their
officers and lend asntslance in enforc
ing ruin and obtaining order. Terhaps
the fear of being called a "rookie" also
Prompts many who might otherwise he
Insubordinate to conform to the general
demand- for decency and strict observ
ance of military regulations..
(amp Has Good Tone.
Concerning the general moral v lone of
Ca'mp John H. Mickey, Bishop George
A. Bcerher has made a special Investiga
tion and declares the ordinary looseness
of such camps Is abrent. He has made
it his one Idea to see that this "tone"
was absent -and has succeeded In a
great measure, although he admits that
there are those who will act in a "dis
graceful" manner In spite of the strict
est military discipline and the most
favorable environments.
To uphold the citizen of the stale who
believe that the National guard Is a wor
thy organization and to dispel If possible
the belief Umt has In tho past obtained
strong foothold that only the tougher ele
ment of the country er.:Uted In the guard,
Bifchop Beecher has gone, about among
these ( ncanipments for the lact reven
years and ha found them consisting of
clean, earnest and enthusiastic young
mn, n ho are not prone to rowdyism, but
are ratrlotlc and eazer to acquire a
knowledge of things' mlllloiy (
Camp Most Karcessf al.
Those who have seen many camps of
national guardsmen are willing , to con
redo that Camp John 11. Mickey is not
only one of the most Interesting, but Is
also one of the most successful and has
been of greater benefit to young Ne
braska than any other effort that has
borne fruit In. recent years. Much of
. this, la due to-' Bishop Beecher, who hue
. paoed a inaglo lantern'" it the camp
and has been giving the boys free lec
tures on the various things of Interest
which he has Been or has himself be
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come much Interested about. Among
the subjects, he has chosen the 1'hlllp-
pines and presents views which well II-
lusliate the point be would Impress
upon the cltlsen-soldlers. These talks are
hot ultra-rellglous digressions which
bore the young and red-blooded mem
bers of the mllltla, hut are full of in
terest, plain and In a simple ami direct
manner Bealing to the loyalty and the
patriotism of young Amcrlians.
Although Can p Mickey Is ostensibly a
warlike encampment, v. here the vocations
of peace have been displaced by the prep
arations and training for war. it Is not
really so. for even the most military offi
cer of the camp, while he would be glad
and willing to go to actual battle In case
of threatened danger, will tell you that
"we do not want war, but peace." Then
arises the question of the advisability of
warlike maneuvers, when those most Grand Island. Adjutant General Fhel;s
active in them want not war but peace, was In ramp for part of the encamp
Not a National guardsman at Camp ment. All the officers of the medical
Mickey but will answer the question In corps are on hand.
an off-hand and easy manner: "If war Following are the companies of the two
should come, wo are well prepared for It;
If war always Is averted, we have secured
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in Model Camp
a training, a schooling, which Is as val-
uable In peace As In war, for It Is not only
a training In the science of war. hut Ic a
school for the development of the guards-
men, physically, mentally and morally."
Officers at amp. ,
The brigade staff Is composed of Briga
dier General Joseph A. ttoreh of Fuller
ton, commanding: Major H. H. Antle,
Lincoln, adjutant; Major Morgan J. Fla
herty, l'ullerton, quartermaster; Major
Charles H. Dean, Lincoln, commissary;
Major 1j. H. Gage, Lincoln. Inspector of
email arms practice; Lieutenant K. Wood
Smith. Columbus, aide.
The following members of the general
staff, detailed with the brigade, are in
camp: Colonel A. I). Falconer, Linco.n.
quartermaster and commissary general;
Colonel A. D. Fetterman, Omaha. Inspec-
tor general; Colonel Wlllard A. Prince,
regiments, with their captain?:
Flrn regiment. Colonel G. A. Kberly of
Stanton, commanding; Company A. York,
Catain It. K. Olmstead; Company B,
Stanton, Captain Iver 8. Johnson; Com-
I'nr trlce. Captain C. U Brew
ster; company u, rnorrom. i.apiaui v.. u.
Anderson; Company 10. Blair, Captain V.
A. Abbott; Company G, Geneva, Captain
11. E. Ford; Company II, Osceo'.a, Cuptain
R. O. Allen; Company I. Auburn. Captain
O. E. Davis; Company K. Wymore, Cap
lain J. V. Craig; Company I Orrlaha.
Captain H. E. Elsaster; Company M. Mc
Cook. Captain J. Roy. Weldenhamer.
Second regiment. Colonel Fred N. Mack
of Albion, commanding: Company A.
Kearney, Captain H. N. Jones; Company
B. Beaver Cits-. Captain John Stevens;
Company C. Nebranka City. Captain C.
B. McCormlck; Company D. Hastings,
Captain J. H. Itifee; Company E, Hold
rege. Captain F. A. Anderson; Company
F. Uncoln. Captain P. L. Hall, Jr.; Com
pany G. Omaha, Captain 13.' E. Ptcr
rlcker; Company H. Aurora, Captain C.
G. Johnson; Company I, Omaha, Captain
A. Lundberg; Company K, Schuyler,
Captain C. H. Johnson; Company L,
Alma, Captain L. A. Klmberllng Com
pany M. Albion. Captain I.. H. Davis.
In addition there Is the Signal corps
from Fremont, under command of Cap
tain H. A. Hess; field hospital corps No.
1 from Lincoln, commanded by Major J.
M. Blrker; the machine gun company
from Beatrice, under command of Cap
tain H. T. Weston, and the engineer
corps of Omaha, under command of Cap
tain F. Otto Haesman.
OH, GIRLS, LOOK WHAT'S HERE
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A straight Tip on How to Dress I p
on Fifty Dollars This
Fall.
Coat and Bklrt Suit Six and three
quarters yHrds of cheviot, forty-four
inches wide, 11.25 per yaid, $s,44; three and
onc-quarttr yards of ratln for coat lin
ing, 75 cents per yard, KM; one-quartee
yard striped trimming silk, $1 per yard.
Si cents; four large buttons (bone), ft)
cents per dosen. 20 cents; six small but
tons (bone), 40 cents per doxen, 20 cents;
total, tu.ra
Costume Waists Three and one-quarter
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ards of satin, twenty-two Inches wide,
W cents per yard, II.W; flve-elphlhs yard
of .loth matching suit, f 1 25 per yard, 79
cents; tliree-elahths yard of white net, 50
cents per yard, 20 cents; eight buttons
(small bone), 40 cents per doien, 27 cents;
total. l.2.
Second alat Two and five-eighths
ynrds of lace, twenty-four Inches wide, ft
rcr yard, $2.(13; one and one-eighth yard
of chiffon. 73 cents per yard, 85 cents;
one piece of soutache braid, each 1.1 cents;
total, KI.C3.
Shirt Waist three and one-half yards
of flannel, twenty-seven Inches wkle, 40
cents per yard
(pearl), 20 cent:
11.40; six small buttons
per dosen, 10 cents; tu-
ta!. Jl.on.
Afternoon Gowns F.ve and one-half
ards of crepe, thlrty-eix Inches wide, 60
cents per yard. J2.75; three-eighths yard
ot tucking. 60 cents per yard. 19 cents;
one and three-quarter yards satin (tor
trimming), 89 cents per Vard, $1.40; total,
4.31. N ,
Kvenlng Dress Six and three-quarters
yards of satin, thirty-six Inches wide. $1
per yard, W.75; two and three-eighths
yards of aJlover lace, 4160 per yard, $3.7i;
total, I10.S2.
Wrapper Seven and tne-quartcr yards
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allovers. thirty-six Inche wMc, .".0 cents'
per ard, $J.G3; eight yards of lace, Ji
cents per yard, J.' .SO; itvcn yards of lace
Insertion. cent per yard, to cents; two
yards of ribbon, 20 cents per yard, 40
ccnti; total, ST. 39.
Hat Plain felt shape, tt.50; three and
tne-half yards of satin ribbon, 00 ccnta
per yard, $1.75, total; 13.2.1. ,
Scarf an! Hair Ornament One and one
half yards .of marquiktttc, &1 cents per
yard. J1.2S; twelve Ekein cmbrolrlcty
cotton. i0 cents per dozefl; total. Il.Tts.
Shirt Waist Accessories Cne Jabot, i)
cents; four collars, llifco cents per collar,
60 cents; total, ft.
I'atterns, $1; total, $j0. Woman's Homo
Companion.
HAND THAT ROCKS CRADLE
Science Prawns on the ItocWer and
rashes the Hand
' Away.
It Is a weil known tact that the hand
that used to rock the cradle Isn't doing It
very much. AVe are making no reference
to the problem of race suicide, says tho
Philadelphia Record, but to tho fact that
among all the longtstabllhed things to
which modern science la hostile the cradle
occupies a conspicuous plucc. There are
sini names mat is, tnerc arc occasionally
Ktlll baWes but rocking Is no part of their
regimen where thoroughly up-to-date
methods of rearing Infants prevail.
The sociologists are ' divided on the
qocstion whether this lack of rocking Is
a cause or an effect. There arc those
who hold that because the hani that
rocked the cradle has been thrown out of
v employment by progress. Just as stagu
drivers and hand spinners have been, il
Is seeking the ballot In order to escape
complete Idleness. There ate others, how
ever, who believe that the removal ot
rockers from cradles is not the E"se oi
the political activity of women, but Is ih;
result of a profounder undei landing of
the effect of perpetual mo I ion upon lUe
Interior arrangements of the Infant.
However this may be, the Issue between ,
the scientific and the traditional method
of soothing Infants Is squurely joined In
Chicago, where an eVflclal of the health
department says savagely: "Self -rocking
cradles are the devil's own device." To
which an overworked mother retorts:
"They're a grand Invention. 1 can't cook
dinner and rock baby at the same time. I
used to have to JuBt let the baby bawl
away. Now the clock-work cradle stops
Its crying."
It would seem to be obvious that If the
babies are to be rocked the self-rocking;
cradle Is entitled to the retpect glvtn to
all labor-saving devices, but that is not
the opinion of Health Commissioner
Young, who declares that he rocks his
babies himself and allows no one else to
have anything to do with the rocking of
them, white the assistant health commis
sioner says no kind of cradle is good for
a child; a cot is far better.
l'he cot Is undoubtedly driving out the
cradle in the cast, and its Influence will
soon be felt universally through the west.
But to long as the rocking continues wu
believe the weight of scientific opinion
is that clockwork can do It just as well
as mother's foot.
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