Daily globe., 1883-07-20
THE FIRST.

At $50 yesterday morning six com
panies of the First regiment of Mime
sofa Guards marched from the st. Paul
armory to the union depot, led by the
regimental band and drum corps. The
six companies being G, D and E of st.
Paul, F of Fergus Falls, G of Red Wing
and II of Litchfield, moved down Third
street in column by platoons and marched
well, though the glisteniug helmets did
show some Irregularities of line. The
improvement in appearance of the
battalion from all the companies being
uniformed alike was commented upon by
spectators on the streets who remembered
the appearance of the first battalion last
year or saw the Second regiment at
New Ulm last week with its
varied company uniforms. At the
union depot the six companies,
after some delay were placed on board
cars of the st. Paul & Duluth road, and at
10 o'clock companies A, B and 1 came in
from Minneapolis. AS soon as these COM
panies could change cars the train pulled
out, and half an hour after the regiment
was completed by meeting the Saltwater
company at White Bear station. Here
the regiment was reformed in line and
marched at once to the camp ground, situ-
ated a few hundred yards northeasterly
from the Williams house, in
cleared grass field about opposite
Spirit island bridge. The regiment
was halted and faced into line in front
of the camp, and as it marched up,
showed good deal of inequality in march
ing and delay in coming into line. Orders
were at once issued for guard detail, and
the companies dismissed to their tents,
where most of the men were for some time
busy organizing messes and otherwise
making ready for camp life.
Guard mounting was the first display of
the pomp and circumstance of the new
| military town. The guard details, includ-
ing commissioned and non n-commissioned
| officers numbers fifty, there being forty
| two men to stand guard for twelve hours,
| in three reliefs of fourteen men each. The
| officers of the day and officers of the guard
are also detailed for only twelve hours,
| the object being to extend the instructive
practice of guard service throughout the
regiment in the course of the week. The
| officer of the day yesterday was Capt.
Bean, Of d company, with Lieut.. Pusch, of
| the same company, for senior officer of the
guard, and Lieut.. Estes, of company, for
junior officer of the guard. The guard
mounting did not present a favorable ex-
hibit of the training of the men, but it is
to be remembered that only few of the
detail had yet had any practice of the
| kind.
| After the guard mount the putting of
tents in order and preparations for dinner
and eating the same occupied an hour or
two, when the regular routine of the camp
was taken up. The daily routine of the
camp, as established by orders of Col
Bend, commanding, is as follows:
5a. m.-Reveille
$50 a. m.-Company drill.
| $50 g. m.-Battalion drill.
| 7:30 a. m.--Breakfast.
| Sa. m.-Morning guard mount
| Ga. m.-Second battalion drill.
| m.-Dinner.
3p. m.-Inspection of quarters,
/ 3. m,-0ffeers' school,
! 6 p. m.-Supper.
1880 p. m.-Regimental dress parade.
Sp. m.-Evening guard mount.
10 p. m.-Tattoo.
| 1880 p. m.-Taps.
Visitors will be admitted to the camp
without hindrance at any time between 5
a. N. and 10 p. n. Those who wish to
witness the dress parade and guard mount
the most attractive display of the day.can
| do so by taking the 6:15 p. m. train from
st. Paul and return to the city at 1915
| p. m.
On dress parade last evening the regi-
ment formed in line much better thanlin
the morning and the parade passed. off
quite smoothly. The exercise in the man
ual of arms showed that the new compa-
MES have already been pretty we'll drilled
in the handling of their guns. The guard
mount in the evening was great improve
ment on that of the morning, the compny
details coming into line in better style
and promptly, and the inspection
of arms was little more briskly gone
through. In the marching evolutions of
the guard, the first platoon wheeled nicely,
and the second did fairly on its second
turn, but badly at first: Here the band,
or the drum major, was Scored with and
Aor IT. second mistake of the day.
| The detail of officers for last night was;
Officer of the day, Capt. BlakeleY, Of E
company; senior officer Of the guard,
Lieut.. Mitsch, of D company; junior
officer of the guard, Lieut.. Estes, of +
company. The detail for to-day is as
follows: Officer of the Gay, Capt
! Harrison, of A company; senior
officer of the guard, Lieut., Quonce of E
company; junior officer of the guard,
Lieut.. Williams of B company. Capt.
Wright, of G company, will go on as of
ficer Of the day this evening. Blakeley
having taken the place last night because
Wright had just arrived from New York
and needed rest after his long journey.
At 10 p. M, according to orders and
usual regulations of camp life, our lads in
blue, except the guard detail, were all sup
posed to have retired to their tents. II
was understood that the colonel intended
to strictly enforce camp rules and those
who violated them might expect day OF
more in the guard house or at labor IN
cleaning camp. But nevertheless there
were some who wanted to hear the music
and join the daace at Ramaley's pavilion
and there were others who wanted to ex
plore the village and inquire the price o1
lemonade and pop away from the suffers
tent, and shortly before the train pulled
out for ST. Paul at $40 score or two OF
the boys were seen far enough from
camp to render it doubtful whether they
would be in camp at 10 o'clock.
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