Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-19
ANOTHER DAY IN CAMP.
THE SOLDIERS GETTING UP A
LITTLE WAR.
The sacramento Guardsmen and
Band Doing Nobly = Incl
dents, Jokes, Etc.
sAxrA CRrz. August u 1sS5-

Camp Stoneman to day presented a lively
| and interesting scene, At 515 A. NJ. the
| roll of the drum and ihe peal of the bugle
caused 1000 men TO roll ont of their tents,
and in less than fifteen minutes every COM
pany was in line and the men answered to
roll-call. At $50 all of the eight bands
were playing, and Camp SJoneman re.
sounded with martial music. Your CORE
spondent who occupies tent in the center
of the First Artillery Regiment and re-
celves all the courtesieS that can be ex-
| tended, never saw better order than our
Sacramento boys preserve With them this
| IS matter Of pride, and, although General
Turnbull has not cared for them in a
fatherly way, they have made up their
minds that Camp Stoneman
SHALL NOT BE DIsGRAcEp
By them and although the San Francisco
regiments are given all the privileges and
| accommodations, TO the utter ignoring of
| the First Artillery, they quietly submit,
| and the Major-General is met by all with
| the salute and recognition which his posi-
| ton demands He IS not called By them
the Sitting Ball of the camp which
| seems to be a fayOrite cognCmcn with those
who are accorded more privileges than
| they. In short, the First Artillery Regi-
| ment has from the first received nothing
but shabby treatment, and many who have
gone into regimental camp on previous oc-
! caslons express their utter disgust with a
| general cncampment. 1t seems strange
| that regiment like the First Artillery
should be served in this extremely shabby
manner, when it is known that the appro-
| priation for the camp was intended for the
! whole National Guard Of California. and
not for the few who happen to reside in
| San Francisco. Our boys, however. are
| determined TO make tie best OF the situa-
ton, and no snubbing will be allowed to
| interfere or in the least cause them to lose
| any OF the benefits Of the camp They have
TWO OF THE BEST BANDS
! In the State with thcm-the First ARTILLERY
| from Sacramento, and the Amateurs. of
| Stockton. The first-nalned is too well
known to need any commendatOry remarks.
! They turn out every day eighteen strong.
and those who have listened to their excel
| lent open-air concerts at Capitol Park in
Sacramento, know Of their capabilities.
The Stockton band is deserving of a more
| extended notice, from the tact that they
are all amateur musicians, none Of whom.
| except the leader, having rs vet arrived at
their majority The band, numbering
| eighteen pieces, has a nobby red uniform.
They are under the leadership of I. W.
| Schmidt, and under the command of Major
G. a. Williams, a young man favorably and
| well known in Sacramento, where at one
time he was commander of an excellent
drum corps
At ESQ \. ". each company is formed in
line and marched to the dining-room,
where they are served with breakfast.
Most OF the men are used to home fare.
with all the little delicaoies most suited to
| their taste, and in consequence The
" kitchen grub is not what they like
| best They could, however, and would
put up with almost any kind of hard-tack.
were the same wholesome and properly
! cooked. This, however, does not seem 10
| bother the caterer who apparently has
made up his mind to make fortune out of
I his contract. Last night
COLONEL sHEEHAN ORDERED THE GUARD
MARCHED INTO THE CITY
For their supper, because they were not
extended proper service This is charged
| to the caterer, and as all the BOYS got n
| lirSt-class meal at a first-class hotel the ca
terer will find goOd-sized bill charged to
his account. This morning the Colonel of
| one OF the San Francisco regiments. evil
! IDENTIFY profting by Colonel Sheehan's ex-
| ample, marched eight companies into Santa
Cruz for their breakfast. The caterer
seemed, ny THIS sample OF independence Of
| the National Guard, and confronted bv his
iron-clad contract, to realize that he must
| furnish good and wholesome food or suffer
the consequences, and at dinner to-day and
supper this evening fed the boys well. and
hence everything in camp is serene and the
men are all happy
After breakfast there is the morning
guard-mount, followed by battalion drill,
III which the Sacramento regiment bears
oil the palm
This morning the Third Regiment, un
der command of Colonel Tobin. had a skir
mish drill which was very interesting and
well conducted. The line of skirmishers
extended over mile in length. Their ad-
vance, kneeling and firing, and retreating
IN the same manner was one of the best
military nianeuvers that has so far been
seen in camp.
The dress parade this afternoon was wit
messed by many hundred visitors, and
while all seemed 10 do well, it was noticed
that the First Artillery came in for the
major portion of the compliments.
The headquarters of General Carey are
handsomely fitted up, as are also those of
Colonel Sheehan, the latter having been
put up to-day, and both of those hospitable
officers keep open house to all callers, espe-
cially those from Sacramento.
VISITORS TO THE CAMP.