Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1902 — News From The Front. [ARTICLE]

News From The Front.

Company M. arrived at the front, otherwise the state fair grounds at Indianapolis, bright and early Monday morning. The Indianapolis Journal says it is the largest company in~camp having 75 men in linePeople yho have an idea that the soldier boys will have nothing to do this week except to sit around and enjoy themselves, eat the state’s good grab and mash the pretty girls who come out from I Indianapolis for that purpose, .are somewhat mistaken. They do en- 1 joy themselves, but the greater 1 partoffheir time is occupied in drilling and getting instructions I in everything that pertains to a soldier’s life. The following is the routine that they must go through every day: Reveille, 5:30 a. m. Mess call, 6 a. m. Sick call 6:30 a. m. Fatigue, 6:30 a. m. Drill call (company or squad,) 7 a. m. | Recall, 7:45 a. m. Guard mount. 8:15 a. m. Drill call (battalion,) 9:30 a. m. Recall, 11 a. m. First sergeants’ call, 11:30 a. m. Mess call 12 m. School call (officers and noncommissioned offiors,) 1:15 p. m. Drill call (regimental.) 2:50 p. m. Recall, 4:15 p. m. Mess call, 5:45 p. m. Regimental parade, 6:15 p. m. Issue, 7 p. m. School call, 8 p. m. Tattoo, 9:30 p. m. Taps, 10:15 p. m. The boys are likely to pretty nearly founder thvmselves by excessive eating, judging from this list of rations mentioned in the Indianapolis papers: The camp rations are v£ry substantial. They consist of fresh beef, bacon, canned beef, soft bread, hard bread, baked beans, rice, corn, tomatoes, coffee, potatoes, onions, dried peaches, dried prunes, cabKage.tea.vtnegar, salt.pepper, soap, candles, ice and sugar. One of the above mentioned articles of diet is a new one on most people as an eatable, namely soap. About the only times soap is ever eaten is by convicts when they want to play off sick and get into the hospital. Possibly the boys will find some other use for the article than eating it.