Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — TROOP OF CAVALRY ON PRAOTICE MARCH [ARTICLE]

TROOP OF CAVALRY ON PRAOTICE MARCH

■''l* ' Camped Here Over Tonight and Will Resume Hike to Fort Benjamin Harrison Tomorrow. Troop B, Fifth U. S. cavalry, is camped near the stock yards i.i Rensselaer and wiH remain over night The troop is in command of Captain-W. B. Scales. The only other officer is Second Lieutenant H. D. Chamberlin. There are seventy enlisted men. The troop left Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, on July 27th for Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, where they are to assist in 'the instruction of the militia troopa Ohio national guardsmen are to be camped at Fort Benjamin Harrison from Aug. Bth to 15th and the Irfdiana National Guard from Aug. 16th to 25th. The troop camped at Roselawn last night and expected to camp at Guernsey, White county, Sunday night and at Xtelphi Monday night. Being all mounted the troops make longer distances than the infantry, covering from 20 to 40 miles a day. The troop has a good ball team and were anxious to secure a game with the local team, but the members of the team were about\ all busy today and therefore could not accommodate the soldiers.