Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1913 — Militia Inspected by United States Army Officer. [ARTICLE]

Militia Inspected by United States Army Officer.

Company M, of the Third Indiana Infantry, was inspected Monday evening by Captain R. E. Grin stead, formerly of the U. S- 23rd but who is now on detached service as instructor to the Indiana National Guard. The government property was inspected and counted during the afternoon and was found in exceptionally good condition and with only a small shortage. This property can be recovered without legal process and any person having any should see that it is turned in without delay, and thus save themselves serious trouble. In the evening the inspection of the company took place and 46 of the 60 members were assembled. Captain Grinstead questioned many of the militiamen about the nomenclature of the rifle and brought up many questions of interest that had not been considered before, but he found most of the soldiers conversant with the rifle parts. The company was the second to the largest that has been inspected since the tour started three weeks ago. Captain Grinstead has proven a great help to the national guard of the state and is now planning the program for the school for officers to be held at Fort Benjamin Harrison in June. He also has conducted during the winter months a school of correspondence for officers and his interest in the national guard is putting it on a much better footing. _He went from here to South Bend and will then proceed to Elkhart, Plymouth, Goshen and other cities where companies are stationed. He stated that several companies performed splendid service during the flood period by patroling the stricken districts, preventing plundering, etc., and by aiding the medical-officials in prevention of unsanitary conditions following the flood.

Perched on the rear end of the tender of the engine that drew a westbound Lake Shore passenger train into Sandusky Thursday, was a young girl, apparently not more than twenty years old, a blonde and a beauty. She was standing on the running board at the rear. She said she had been there since the train left Cleveland, and wanted to reach Toledo if she could. When the train left Sandusky the girl was still clinging to the railing on the back of the tender. She was fairly well dressed, although her clothes were slightly soiled by dirt and dust.

Clarence Dye, of Leesburg, feared burglars when he went to bed. He placed his purse containing S3O under a mattress and forgot it the next morning, Mrs. Dye seized some papers and burned them, not noticing the purse. Dye went through the ashes and found two pennies, a nickel and a quarter melted into one lump. Two $lO bills and some smaller denominations went into smoke. Dye says he prefers burglars to housecleaning. William H. Ockerman, 86 years old, captain of Company F, Eighth regiment, Indiana volunteers, dur< ing the civil war, is dead at Washington, In,d., of paralysis. Mr. Ockerman was promoted to the captaincy of his company at the battle of Chickamaugu, after the death of the former captain. He had won recognition through! his bravery. Evelyn Arthur See, leader of the “Absolute Liftf’ cult, convicted of abducting Mildred Bridges, was taken to the penitentiary at Joliet, 111., Friday to begin his sentence. He still insisted the verdict was a false one and declared he would prove his innocence. Harsh physies react, weaken the bowels, will lead to chronic constipation. Doan’s Regulets operate easily. 25c a box at all stores.