The New York herald., 1872-07-08
TIE SEVENTH AT SARATOGA.
Divine Service in Camp and the Sermon
and Sabbath Scene.
THE TROUBLES OF A NIGHT.
A Big Nowitzer Robbery and Capture.--The
Lost Gun and Its Owner.
A Ray of Light Gets Man in
a Fix.
CAMP SHERMAN. SARATOGA, July 7, 1872.

Fix.
CAMP SHERMAN. SARATOGA, July I, 1872.
| The Seventh Is still the great attraction mere;
abouts and the camp at Glen Mitchell continues 10
be the objective point of all the fashionaoles who
air themselves daily in their stylish turnous. In
| deed, the drive to the lake. which everybody who
has ever been to Saratoga knows is the great drive
during the fashionable season. is now comparatively
deserted OF course all this is in the nature OF
things. Saratoga isn't blessed every year
with the presence within her fashionable
limits of "crackn regiment, and as everybody,
especially every lady, who is or wants to be
considered of the creme de la creme circle or the
community has got 1t into his or her head that to
visit the camp every day and get acquainted with
the gray coats Is to be In the fashion, the road to
the glen is now
AN EVERY DAY SCENE
of life and excitement. One Is fOrcbly reminded in
driving to or from the glen Of the crush and crowd
of vehicles often encountered on Saturday after
moons ON the drives in the Central Park IHeed
scarcely say that the regiment does not grumbe at
| this turn Of affairs, and that the boys
do everything in their power to make
| every visitors call agreeable one.
Besides, 1t Is not every member who gets out of
camp, as the passes are given now in limited
number, and the visitors are always sure to come
!
glad to enjoy the company OF outsiders and do all
the honors to the ladies especially, be they ac-
quaintances or strangers. however IL should not @
has so far succeeded, while maintaining the disci-
pline of the camp with rgor that even the most
particular regular army 0flcer could not harp at,
! In making the boys feel
PERFECTLY HOME.
True they not able to get all the delicacies Of
the season, or to get everything In the eatable ana
drinkable line they may be accustomed to at home,
but they are for all that, very comfortable. The
| nj times
yet been able to believe that camp life must neces-
r be IN e NeW q @ mo So n
thing the food furnished is of good qualitythat is,
for men who have willingly left their homes to
rough 1t In true soldierly style.
WHAT THE MEN CANNOT ENJOY
in the village, when passes are few and far be-
to make up for In camp on their own account. l
have already informed you how the amusements
and how not night passes by that the 'bedevil-
ngr OF one company by another does not go on, de-
stumbled across at every step takes inside the
camp limits Last night was no exception to the
general rule, and after taps" the irrepressbles
however, is being INDUCED in Just now at the eX-
pense Of one OF the companies, BY reason of
HUGE 'GOAK"
that was played upon one of the sergeants. 1t
was after taps, and the sergeant's light was stlt
burning, and he was endeavOring for dear life to
finish letter to somebody at home, when he was
startled by hearing in the "street' near the tent
the command " Halt, relief; order arms" The next
moment the lap of the canvas was pushed aside,
a head was thrust through the opening, and voice
''What Is this light burning for after taps srs'
The sergeant attempted to explain. He was writ
ing letter to his "cousin' and wanted to finish 1t.
| But explanations were made In vain. He was
ordered to put on his coat and accompany the
guard to the guard tent When he had got ready,
muskets who were with him, ordered them to q
right shoulder shift and then turning to the ser
return, and consider yourself
| UNDER ARREST"
The trio then marched of and that was the last the
sergeant saw OF them He waited good half hour
for the return but he was not visited BY this time
the sound of the voices in the street having, OF
course, broken their slumbers consultation was
aa declared rS o be
object for revenge. While the consultation was
going ON, the individual who had awakened the ser,
tent, muled up in his overcoat, with the big collar
hiding his face almost entirely, put In an appear
ance. He was not recognized, SO he Joined in the
general talk and finally told them he was q men,
Der of the First company and would join with them
! in giving them
He offered to play the role OF sergeant OF the
Whose sergeant ant had been vIcmzed and catch
| some one of his own company who had light
burning in his tent. The offer was accepted, and
away they went to the First company street. 1t so
| happened that the two men who had been with the
bogus sergeant OF the guard before, when the Sixth
| company man was scared out OF his WITS had con-
tnued their visits to other streets They were just
in the act Of vctmizing another unsuspecting
of the other three. They all wore their overcoats,
! and the darkness of the night prevented the one
| from recognizing the other. The first surprise was
scarcely over before they heard the command,
"HALT, RELIEF
The idea at once flashed across their minds that
after all their fun they were likely to get into the
guard tent themselves, az, of course the trio near
| them was the real relief The consequence was O
rapid flight and helter-skelter race to their own
tents, where they arrived out Of breath and
crawled in, trembling in their boots lest the guard
they had come near stumbling had seen them
ana would pay them visit Their fears, OF course,
were groundess, and the scare has afforded the
First company no small amount of merriment The
Joke of the bogus relief being frightened and COM
PEELED TO ANONYMOUSLY take to their heels for
safety Is rather good one, and 1t will undoubtedly
be a long while before the victims, whose identity
has leaked out, will hear the last of it, Another in
stance of the nightowling of the 'boys' who risk
| PASSING A NIGHT IN THE GUARD TENT
for the sake of little sport, also occurred last
| night. II was nothing more nor less than deliber-
| ate theft by the Sixth company OF the First COM
pany's pet howitzer the elaborate stove pine
| mounted on wheels, which adorns night and lay
| the entrance or their street. The robbery was
perpeirated at the comfortable hour of two A. NJ,
ana the formidable piece OF ordnance was quietly
placed on the street of the robbers. A First
! company man had been watching their movements,
! however, and at once aroused the entire COMPANY
! The robbers once asleep, out sauntered the COM
| pany. ana back came the gun The rumDus
aroused the suspicious OF the officer of the guard
Dut OF course when he came along TO investigate
everybody around asleep The night
passed without any further disturbance but imagine
the horror vi the flst company at reyeile in finding
THEIR DEAR IOWfTZER
again IN the possession OF the enemy. The sight Of
the gun guarding the street OF their rivals filed
them with determination to regain IT, despite the
Wh0le camp, and In q short time they recaptured
the piece without any blood being spilled on either
side. The gun carriage tonight will be placed in
It's usual position, bnt its wOrshippers and owners
have resolved to pnt the stovepipe within doors
hereafter for fear the camp might be accidentally
blown to atoms by its falling into hands unused 10
loading 10.