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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
June
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

At the encampment next Augus the state troops are to have a taste o real military life. The State Military Board has purchased a supply of she: ter tents, enough to fit out one regi ment, and witli them a full outfit o camp furniture, such as kettles, tin plates, knives and iorks, and othe paraphernalia necessary for forcet marchmg. There are five regiment and five nights in camp, and each regi ment will be given a turn this year a practical camp life. The shelter ten is a small affair, just largre enough f o two men to crawl into. It is divide into two parts and each of the tw men carries half of it strapped from shoulder to waist. Without warning, the men of eacl regiment will be suddenly called upon to don their 'pup tents," haversacks canteens, load up their kettles anc supplies, and march out and away from the main body of troops f o twenty-four hours. Carpeted tents, ice boxes, ice cream, napkins, water melons and other luxuries will all be left behind and the boys will fine themselves thrown upon their own re sources. After their long march, in stead of finding a mess tent wel stocked with roast beef, strawberries and other delicacies, they will firs make their own camp, then get out their big iron kettles, chunks of ïneat, potatoes and other vegetables, build their fires and cook their own meals, gerve them upon their own tin plates and eat after the manner of soldiers, upon the ground, with plates in their laps. In other words. eaeh regiment will spend at least one day under real regular army discipline and fare. It will be a novelty and the offleers have faith that it will be a most beneficial one' It is probably that another year will see the whole brigade fitted out in this manner and that the encampment will be conducted upon a plan entirely after the regular army style.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News