Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — THIRD REGIMENT READY FOR FRAY [ARTICLE]

THIRD REGIMENT READY FOR FRAY

I. N. G. Gashed in Mimic Battle Near Fort Benjamin Harrison at 9 O’clock This Morning.

A mimic battle in which all of the troops will engage will close the encampment of* the Indiana National Guard at Fort Bejamin Harrison today. Hostilities were scheduled to start at 9 o’clock this morning, and officers of the two detachments of the regiment who will command the various divisions in the encounter are unable to estiate the length of time that will be required to dispose of the 12,000 rounds of blank ammunition. The third regiment will break camp early Sunday morning. Governor Ralston and a party motored to the camp Friday evening to witness the parade. The feature of Friday morning’s work was the mimic warfare manuevers in which the entire regiment was engaged. Major Healey was placed on outpost duty covering the section of country near Oaklandon. Captain A. L. Auken, statistical officer, has completed his work of compiling marksmanship scores and announced the names of the 30 men who are eligible to participate in the state shoot in September. First Lieutenant Jerry B. Garland, Musician Edward L. Clark, Corporal Grant Wynegar, Private Chester E. Wolfe and Private Lawrence T. Blacker, all members of Company M, qualified among the first thirty men. The fifteen high guns of the Indiana National Guard in the state meet will be selected to represent the state guard in the national shoot at Jacksonville, Fla., late in the fall. Beyond a doubt Lieutenant Garland, of Company iM, will be one of the men chosen to attend this shoot.