Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1903 — Johnny Came Marching Home Again. [ARTICLE]

Johnny Came Marching Home Again.

Company M. came home from the state camp on the 6:32, train Monday evening, having been away i little more than eight days. They returned with ranks unbroken by either deaths or sickness. The boys gave a fine account of themselves all the. time, in both drill and discipline and they withstood the streuuohs business of the, oamp without a single serious case of sickness. Many of them however, bad some pretty sore feet adder them on Sstarday, the day of the big hike and sham battle.' And whiok was a much mors severe experience than was reported in the Indianapolis papere. Thns the 3rd regiment left camp at one a.; m. Saturday morning and marched 12 miles to the battlefield and! of co-mss bad to do their share ofi the fight, and then march back thej same-distance. And it was up' and down hill and rough roads, at that. As if or the battle, though the Indianapolis papers gave all the credit to Ist and regiments, yetGfcen. Wagner, the nmpire, reported that the 3rd regimegt had done the best work,.

T.he boys had a good time aud lots of good grub, and on Sunday Dan Duvall, the company cook fixed tbem up a dinner that will live in their memories until the next year’s camping. As per the following bill of fare: Soup New England Beef Sliced Tomatoes Celery Roast Sirloin of Beef Sage dressing Brown Gravy Stewed Corn Browned Potatoes Banana Custard Tea Coffee The company did not get its Dew outfit of rifles yet, but are promised them in two weeks.