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Soldiers' strategic war game precedes annual hike
Company F Fifth Infantry Illinois National Guard gears up for a morning march near Mill Creek in a mock battle against the Reds. Commanded by Lieut Alexander with Capt Wingerter, about 60 men on Blue and 20 on Red reenact marching order, outposts, and a noontime mess.
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Pyompany F. Fifth Infantry
Mill Creek
Reds
Henry Will
Quincy
Columbus
Broadway
Twenty-fourth Street
Red
Comany
Baldwin Park
Hesen
Seo
Mull Creek
Red Army
Blue Army
Pompan Foo
Alexander
Marks Alexander
EL. Wingertermmander i
A. Elmore
Fifth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
Ilinois
Frank Rothgeb
Eugene Harding
Charles Henderson
Rothgeb
Harding
Harry D. Blasland
Regular Army and Lieut
Blasland
Henry L. Whipple
John McLellan
Whipple
McLellan
Henry R. Hill
Capt
Henry R. Will
L. B. Follansbee
Capt. McLellan
Lieut. Hill
W. E. Yarbrough
KF. H. Bradford
Lieut. Bradford
Elmor. Johnson
Capt. Hill
Lawrence C. Smith
Lieut. Yarbrough
Lieut. Smith
Frank Alexander
Albert E. Zoller
Capt. Smith
Lieut. Alexander
Lieut. Zoller
al Adrain Reese