Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-03
A nAN IN CAMP.


 -TheIr Days Round of Duties
 Not All Play-Plenty of the Art
 of war-GoVernor Waller In Camp
 -AdIutant warrenss Lucky Score
 The Brigade Dress Parade The
 Presencc Of the Ladies-The sham
 Battle To-day.
 NIANrrc, Sept. 9.
 The first night in camp is generally very sociable and last night was no exception to the rule, The night was all that could be de- sired, Sitting under the fly of General Smiths tent and looking across the field upon the city of tents in the soft light of the moon, the view was we'll worth staying in camp a night to witness. After supper (6;So) the camp on the first night resolves itself into monster picnic or house-warming, Every body keeps open house until the drummers beat the tattoo. Officers receive and return calls from their brother officers. The rank and file also go visiting among their friends in camp. Serenades are made up from the choir members of the different companies First the choir visit their respective officers and after the officers are thoroughly wearied with the plaintive melodies of the moonlight serenaders they turn down the flaps of their tSIlIS IElelnSetNSS tue aEIllS Ol MOT pheus and the sweet singers deploy column on their company street and after lubrieating their tired throats with small bottle of Apollinaris water the tired soldier lays himself down to sleep. Many of your readers no doubt think that the week spent in camp by our boys is n week of fun and frolic in fact,a grand picnic. This is mistaken idea. Camp" as now conducted is an entirely different thing from the encampments of ten years ago, and very much improved within the past five years. The men are obliged to arise and answer roll call at reveille a. m. From this time until p. m. the officers and men are almost constantly in the field, either in company or battalion drill, or, if not in eith- CT, they are doing guard duty. In the morn ing comes company drill of one hour. Then the men are allowed a short rest until guard mounting, which takes place at n. m. every morning. At 10 o'clock they are out again and drilled for an hour and a half in the school of the battalion. After battalion drill the officers and men are about ready for dinner, which is served in the regimental mess houses at 12:30. After dinner comes a rest until battalion drill at o'clock. Then the boys are marched in column of fours, column of companies and division, ''ployed" and de ployed from right to left for one hour At 4:30 they fall in again for brigade dress parade Although in this formation there is very little marching to do, still it is very tiresome to the men standing at strict atten- ton during the ceremony. At o'clock the different regiments perform regimental parade. This ends the actual work for the remain within their own streets until taps are sounded at 10:30 P. m, when all lights in company quarters must be extinguished and the men retire for the night.
 Adjutant General Couch, accompanied by General Smith with his aid-de-camp, Captain c. G. Lyon, made tour of the parade ground this morning during the battalion drill of the different regiments watching the drill There will be no detailed inspection of arms and equipments this year, but there will be general inspection each day con ducted by Generals Couch and Smith. There will be n detailed inspection of books and papers of the entire command called for by the code. Regimental and battalion will be called up to furnish Il detailed report to the efficiency and dis cipline of their commands; also as to condi- tion of the arms and equipments now in use
 At 11:40 n. m. to-day the First regiment left camp for the depot, being detailed to act as escort to Governor Waller and staff, who arrived at Mantle at 12:15 Upon alighting from~ the train the Gov ernor mounted his horse, the First regiment presented arms and their band Colts, of HartfordD played ''Hail to the Chief" The Governor then took posi- First, which placed him in the middle of the He was then escorted to the camp ground where the entire brigade, Fifth bat ,alion, Gatling gun section and battery were 'ormed in the shape of three sides of hollow square. Upon arrival on the parade ground he battery fired n salute, and as the escort passed the different regiments arms. were presented, and each band played "Hail to the Jhief' as the Governor and staff approached. Governor Waller and his staff will remain in amp until the close of Camp Couch.
 Referring to. the time made by the differ mt commands in guard mounting on Mon lay, Colonel Graham, of the Second, ac- ,ounts for his command being beaten by the | Fourth regiment in the factthat his adjutnnt his order to the number of | nen to detail. He detailed 30 men when | brigade orders called for 30 men, md did l lot discover his error until ready to march | he detail upon the parade ground, and oss of more than eight minutes occurred | the time they were beaten) in hunting up aNtr uiy f1 p1IoI,1afa his. ,,1 hereby the Fourth regiment gathers the onors unto herself for making the best ime, and my old friend Captain Tracy B. Warren, now adjutant of the Fourth, feels ighly pleased with his first guard mount nd defeating the gallant Second by eight minutes.
 The Fourth regiment is doing excellent rork in camp this week. Their new com handler, Colonel Watson, is an able and cry enthusiastic officer and he is ably as- sted by his adjutant This morning at uard mounting of the Fourth regiment, edieated to Lieutenant Colonel L. l.. Nor an. The execution of the ceremony by the uard showed improvement over the lme ceremony yesterday.
 The Fifth battalion are doing good work nd show considerable improvement in the uties of camp since last year. Lieut. liar s, of Co. A, is officer of the guard for to- ay for the Fifth battalion
 The Second regiment boys have got set ed down to work and have been doing olendidly to-day in everything. Their bat Ilion drill in the morning and mannuvres skirmish drill and volley firing this after oon were simply immense"
 The brigade dress parade to-day was con 1 ,ded by all to be very fine considering it's l eing the second this year. The perform ace of the consolidated bands, bugle and rum corps at brigade dress parade Is some ling to be seen and heard to be fully appre- ated. It is simply grand. Near the end the ceremony, while the whole brigade ! ands steady at parade rest, Color Corpo- ] Sperry, of Company A, Waterbury, fell ger on to his face overcome with the heat | I Id was quickly picked up and led back to : is company quarters by Sergeant Burwell
 the Grays. Corporal Sperry is better this -ening and will be all right again to-mor- w. The brigade dress parade was witnessed by large number of spectators, including many
 the fair sex, which may in measure ac- ] ,unt for it's being well done. The boys f ways "brace up" when the ladies turn out
 admire them. The sham battle takes place tomorrow V morning. Captain Stratton, of i