Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1912 — Company M Arrived Home From FL Benjamin Harrison. [ARTICLE]

Company M Arrived Home From FL Benjamin Harrison.

With bronzed complexions and faces and hands sweaty and dust besmeared, caused by a hard day’s work and a tiresome ride, the members of Company M arrived home Wednesday evening on the Hoosier Limited, weary but smiling. The camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, which for the past ten days has been the scene of the annual maneuvers of the Indiana National Guard, was deserted Wednesday afternoon. Although thoroughly tired as a result, of the strenuous schedule of drills that occupied their time throughout the entire* ten days, the local citizen-soldiers have nothing but expressions of good feeling for the officers of the 23rd Infantry and other army officers who were instrumental in carrying out the program of instructions to a successful culmination. The instruction was harder this year than ever before but after two or three days the boys became reconciled to the work and grew to like it From the time the guardsmen arrived at the fort, until a few hours before their departure, they were given duties to perform. All the boys are enthusiasticjAn their praise of the company cook, harvey Myers, assisted by Frank McCurtain, and the excellent food they prepared.