Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
GEORGIA TRAINING

training IN Georgia is said I'd come much neor..
'"e 'fuih tnan production Of SO much pleasantrv
anu WIT might lead most readers to imagine #
conveys to us very formidable idea Of the mill
'ary discipline and power of Georgia, and will as
a matter Of fact, be regarded with peculiar in.
'efes. az TINS time, when hat anti-tarf State is
50 full offght- 's .
The men had been notified to meat AZ
nine o'clock, armed and equipped as the
law directs, that is to say, with gun
and cartridge box at least, but, as direct
ed by the law of.the United States i" with
good hrelock, a sufficient bayonet and
belt, and a pouch to contain not less
than tWenty-four sufficient cartridges Of
powder and ball." AT twelve about one
third, perhaps hall, the men had collected
and an inspectors return of the number
present, and Of their ranks, would have
stood nearly thus IL captain, | lieuten-
ant ensign, none, sergeants, 2 /: corpo-
rails none; drummers, none !, ffers.
noasx privates present. 2!5 5; do. absent
80; guns, Is; gun-locks, IL; ramrods
10; rifle pouches. 3; bayonets, none !;
belts, none spare fints, none cartrid-
ges, none; horse-whips, walking-canes
and umbrellas, %. A little before one
the captain, whom | shall distinguish BY
the name of Clodpole, gave directions
for forming the line of parade. In ODE
dlence to this order, one of the sergeants
the strength of whose lungs had long
supplied the place of a drum and fife.
placed himself in front of the house. and
began to bawl with great vehemence g
"A!l captain Clodpole's company 10 parade
here Come, GENTLEMEN, parade here !''
says he" and all you that hasn't guns
fall into the lower eend." He might
have bawled till this time with as little
success as the syrens sung to Ulysses, had
ne not changed his post to a neighbour
ing shade. There he was Immediately
Tjoined by all those who were then at leas.
ure; the others were at that time enpag.
ed, either as parties or spectators at a
game Of fiVes, and could not Just then at.
tend. However, in less than half an hour
the game was finished, and the captain
enabled to form his company and pro,
coed to the duties ofthe day.
/ Look to the right and dress! The,
were soon, by the help of non-commls.
stoned officers, placed in straight line
but as every man was anxious to see how
the rest stood, those on the wings press
ed forward for the purpose till the whole
line assumed nearly the form of ores
cent.
h Why look at 'em, says the capt ain
: why gentlemen, you are all a crookins
here at both eeads, SO that you will get into
me by and by-come, gentlemen, dress
), sis,eSs
This was accordingly done, but i'm
PEELED by the same motive as before
they soon resumed their former figure
and SO they were permitted to remain
: Now gentlemen, says the captain, an
: going to carry you through the reoolu
. tions Of the martial exercise, and l wan
you gentlemen, if you please, to pa,
every particular attention to the word O
command, Just exactly as | give it out tc
you. hope you will have little pa
thence, gentlemen, if you please, and II
} be be as short as possible, and ifI be
going wrong, hope you will excuse me
If you please. And one thing gentlemen
7 must caution you against, in particular
and that is this-not to make any mis-
: takes, if you can possibly help it: ant
sne best way to do this viii be to do al
! the motions right at first, and that will
, also help US to get along so much the fas
J ter, and will try to have it over as soor
f possible. Come, boys, come to shoulder
Pose, tooR
Geek, toolk! Very handsomely done
Take, aim
Ram dOwn cartridge No No
Fire /! | reccollect now that firing come
next after taking aim, according to Steu
ben but with your permission, gentle
men, Iii read the words of command
exactly as they are printed in the book
and then | shall be sure to be right
% yes; read it captain, read it (exclaim
ed twenty voices at once) that will saw
time.
! 'Tention the whole then please to oh
serve gentlemen, that at the word fire
you mast fire, that is, if any of your gum
are loaden'd you must not shoot in gear
nest, but only make pretence like, and al
you gentlemen tellow-soldiers who's arm
ed with nothing but sticks, riding switches
and cornstalks, needn't go through the
6rings, but stand as you are, and keer
yourselves to yourselves.
HaJ-cock, toOik Very well done.
S,h,u,t, (speliing) Saet pan Thai
too would have been very handsomely
done if you hadn't handled cartridge in
stead OF shetting pan, but suppose you
wasn't noticing. Now 'tention one and
all, gentlemen, and do that motion again.
j. Stet pan Very good, very well in
deed, you did that motion equal to any
old soldiers you improve astonishingly.
Handle cartridge ! Pretty well, con-
sidering you done it wrong end foremost
as if you took the cartridge out of your