Litchfield enquirer., 1877-09-20
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amona Ntkpu thln9sA A& we came sway Anorc than ever impressed with the idea that the Cannecticus gailitia eYstems Swhile far. from perfecs.i is still better. than any noW in aein the United States. .yand that the general excellence of the J0nnecticnt troops iE ri0t approache ed as yet by, the. oene1a1vrmm of the trooph pof any other State. wkHavlng said this much, we Afesl CompaIIed aE tha same time t9 1roink 0p] certain halitn obsue6ntion which Will E6zI veal themselves in the course of our ac- count; .T 0 I 1T o E <
 ''The duties, ,st Camp Hubbard last , week werS gstSsslly veil fpeft med HHeea seen % i1 any militia camp Fh9 ieblyeE- ception to this rule wasst the camp aot the ] section of artillery 1whiclE sswass crowded l into tfie general .ent tfance Co stIlei camp, and bsin9mnd thrpnghferea Hrs1ina poor condition all tlie timG Next year1 we hdpaf6 Eeea latgers space allotted to- the wkole hugade, the. .arflery separated ! from lhe infankzy, ,sands a greater depth tN, the cainp % phe. .saccoTn0 0dAsions for.s sinks wal. mad e4uatA tsiiS the, rh6le Sompland. fromthe lack of depth sufficient 4for hthe front covered. 2 The sent frs adutY tS5ws F about the same as usual in militia camps: that is, net ap te the iaafk.-4Ais faalt is- due to o1hsl1ck of instruce6 spin bpt1 E9fs foers ead Hg s4 sfsR. thiS g iaes not mAsp AAayrshst an ths .seihsefs are that Che total effect is badsa -ha 'aoss s'ri.' i..a 4s.a a.ss z1s.s, .,rss*5 n ix*i asss st
 'rThesdrin exercises at Camp Hubbard was excellent Genefsl@ Smith occupied the esEltperb of kherweek with brigade drills exclusively, leaving athea battailion drills tb the fast days. Ghs result proved that he did wisely, for. thesbattalion drills as we -gaw them, were excellent in both re-, eimepts gshoving that the officer Kept their wits. awake. The last dress. parade of theSeo0nds was fine the line being sform-s ed in one minute and forty nine seconds by the watch, from the striking up of the band .-tUss44guidega post."i That of the Fourth was delayed by the fact that the band was net neated on the alignment. but behind it, losing nearly two minutes. In point Of steadiness there was little to choose between the regiments. The Fourth, which was excellent under Colon el Hoys, has further improved under Col. onel Rairchild and and ssill sd gives promise of
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 sIn the Second, we are compelled to
  ing social club spirit to suit men on -seri- ous duty. and we should like to see little of the gravity of the Fourth in- fused into the Second, just as we should like to sec the someWhat ultra piety of the Fourth tempered with a3dash of the com mon sense and sdO50T Vicre of the Second.
 These remarks apart, there is every thing to praise in the encampment. for 1877 of the Connecticut brlgade. and noth. ing more than its evident Improvement over thetpast and promise for theu futnfe.s
 We criticise the faults freely because we canssee from year to year Sd much i'm provement: and because we know thatut Impressions of disinterested observer are apt to reveal things to the participants which they cannot see themselves.
 One marked improvement we are glad to.aee. The old time rowdyism of the 'fast night in camp, with it's mock par ade and heEling processicns hssaatGasst OonnectiedU brigade. A ramna1t Sofit fingers in the New Haven Grays, in their curious custom of making a'punch out of all the liquor in campron the last night, in viting all to partake. but even the ''punch" We hobe td dsSiE drdnE by daylight Ta aI. other year, hih AustIbs drunk at all. To opr thinkink, alibation8to the great god Mars behind Gle cook tent would be sbet ter usefor the remnants than any such ''punch."
 It has long been suspected that Mars is attended by one or more satellites, for he is the earth in miniature, and without a moon or two to illumine his nights and adorn hls Armament he would be cheer less indeed. Astronomers have carefully watched for his satellites at the periods of his oppositions most fav0fabl6 for obser vation, gbnt without success until lthA Af& cent discovefy of two diminutive satellites by Prof. Hall, who has thus settled this and many other important questions, among which "is that of the exact deter minatlon of the mass of Mars, and Q con: sequent eimplihc hcations of the theofies of the four inner planets" According to Prof Newcomb, few moments of calcu- lation based upon'the discoveries of Pref. Hall render our knowledge of this subject profound researches and Iaborious calcu. lations of gDe Verriers and his corps of computers.1 In dts results -ProRs HafI's discovery may De eEregarde ed as ono Of the most important of the present century. The two satellites discovered hy him are by far the. e.smallest known heavenly bod ies-so small, indeed, that itisi ahardly possible to make any numerical estimate of their diameters.
 The inner satellite cannot be more than 10 miles in diameter and may y-ba even less and is especially remarkable for it's near. ness to the planet, and for the rapidity ol it's revolution around him; it being only about 4,O00 miles from his surface and completing it's orbital journey, distance Of SlS issS0 Riles dn SatP seven and one-Aal' Aa
 The outer satellite revolves in 30 hours and IA minutes, which is about four times the period required fol. the, revolution, of the inner satellite, and which is in harmo. ny with the relationships known to exist among the satellites of Jupitspx and Sat urn. sAaUl1 III nv All
 The oppositions of 1862 and 1864, wher Mars was very near the opposition o 1876. vegegev favorahle foF observaaiun and wesS Fimproved by various astroho mers, who obtained many admirable view of the planet. His continents,s islands and oceans have been carefully map ped, and the MhitaA caps fsnow wRicl to increaRS And dsoreass as his norther1 and southern summers go and come.
 The characteristic ruddiness of his ap pearence arises from the color of his con tinents. while his oceans and seass sprsssn
 The covering 5i 5icloods Which are con on stantly floating in his. is.stmospAefe yarie in density for every locality dpon his sur face, % that to study Mars with the great est profit we mpet u0ukinnB Ionr. .SnShfva tioas through long series of years. an, cOaiine thena tospexiols when<yug Wight are olondiess and the Martial days th eioaremt.
 From the spkctfoscopic faaeafches) e MT. Hnggins and of Padre Secchi we kno, that the clouds in the Martial aatmospher are composed of aqueous vapor, raise the surfa6s Of the planet. The office Q this aqueous vapor is probably the. sam aa fhak filed hv if nNinrl. .raa1H nmM AamAhaA As