Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1906 — SOLDIER BOYS HERE AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER BOYS HERE AGAIN.

Browned by a summer's campaign of instruction and toughened by loDg and hard marches, the soldiers of the 27th regiment of the regular army entered Rensselaer again Monday, for a short rest, and were camped for the night at the same place they were stationed when here in July, across the river m the pasture belonging to Miss Monnetts. 'they are on their Way to their permanent post at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. Again they were advanced by Quartermaster Captain Darrah, who was accompanied by Lieutenant Murphy, and all arrangements for the camp ana for the feeding of thd men were made when they reached here at' about 12 o’clock, altho the cooking oi dinner was delayed until the camp was established and the food cooked. ' Col. Pitcher, jovial and big hearted as ever, was again with the troops and the same corps of regimental officers was with him except Lieut. Col. Yateman, who was called to Chicago by sickness in his family. There has been some changing in the officering of the companies, and the absence of the two companies of the 4th, which left the regiment at Delphi, going to Fort Thomas, Ky., to join their command with a view to receiving order's to proceed to has materially reduced the number of

mer*[ the total now being only about 470. Among the officers are five second lieutenants who are from this year’s class of gracluadk from West Point. They are unused to the marches and the trip has been fairly hard an theftr. f Camp was broken early Tuesday and the troops proceeded to the grounds near Fair Oaks where they were 6tatioßed the night before they reached Rensselaer on the south bound trip. Moday they cafne from Wolcott, making the d&tkuce of 18 miles in about six hottrs. They were marching at a very lively step when they reached the camp ground and very few showed Aify fatigue.