Daily globe., 1883-07-22
THE CAMPING GROUND,

Saturdays DoiDgs at the Encampment Eof
The Gallant First Regiment-The Shoot
for the Champion ship-Capt. Bean in the
Lead-A Few White Bear Personals Fand
General Notes.
The boys in camp at White Bear en-
Joyed Friday night. The glorious moon
light was witnessed only by the men on
guard duty, but the inspiriting pure air of
the night filled the tents and gave the
sleepers most invigorating repose. The
wind storm of yesterday forenoon came
after most Iof the morning ex-
ercises were over, and although it was the
worst storm ever known on the lake, it did
little damage in camp. One cooking tent
was downed by the breaking of a ridge
pole, but all the other tents stood as if they
were solid structures.
ON THE LAKE.
There was fortunately only one boat
out. If a sail boat had been out it would
have required skillful sailing to keep the
craft afoat and landing would have been
impossible. The waves rolled ten feet high.
sweeping inches deep over the piers and
wharves, rolling in shore five feet above
the level of the lake and actually washing
over the bath house at Cottage park, so
that continuous sheet of water poured
over it's inland caves. The wind velocity
for nearly an hour was not less than sixty
miles an hour, and for few minutes
neared the velocity of a hurricane. The
one boat out on the lake was a small row
boat, occupied and manned by two young
boys, who had hired it from
OBrlen. When the storm came
or O'Brien ran across the bridge to look
for the boat on the northerly shore of the
island. When he discovered it, it was
coming in at railroad speed, the boys
stoutly holding it before the wind with
their oars. When within thirty feet of the
shore, in water which O'Brien believed to
be ten feet deep at the present level of the
lake, the boat between waves struck bot
tom and Immediately upset. One of the
boys fell clear of the boat aud the next
wave brought him safe to shore.
The other boy fell under the boat and was
thus swept i'll to shore. O'Brien. wadinp
out with the spray breaking over his head,
caught the boat, turned it over and res
cued the boy, who was underneath, and
would else have been drowned. On shore
many trees lost their weak branches, but
there was very little damage. One of
OBrien's sail boats was thrown on top of
pier and split open. Several sail boats
at anchor were sunk and some of the bath
ing and boat house structures were dam
aged, but the aggregate of damage was
small. When the gale subsidized at about
11:30 a. NJ, the day was thenceforward
cool and pleasant.
TARGET PRACTICE.
AS before remarked company D has the
material on hand for daily target prac-
tice, provided by a company fund.
Through the failure of the legislature to
make liberal appropriations for the guard,
no other of the companies are
being drilled in firing. Company D
has had two days practice with
less than half the men participating, but
intends to have grand shooting time on
Monday, beginning at 10 6. m. The fir
ing ground is up the lake shore, little
over half mile from camp, and the tar
gets and all arrang enents for the practice
are to be credited to one of the non-com-
missioned officers, who has taken great in
terest in the practice. The recorded scores
TO date are as follows: