Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-29
CAMP HARRISON. .

CAMP HARRISON.
 About Five Thousand Visitors Pres.
 ent Yesterday-GoVernOrs Day-The
 Fifth Battalion Receive Much Praise
 Camp Notes.
 NIANTIc, Conn.,, Aug. 28.-To-day was Governors day at Camp Harrison and the camp grounds presented lively scene, there being nearly five thousand visitors at the camp grounds during the day. Only about twenty-five were present from New Haven, the people in the latter city seeming to take little or no interest in camp life this year, as the Second regiment are not here. How ever, many visitors came from Bridgeport, Stamford and way stations on the Shore Line railroad and the steamer "Ella" brought down large crowd from Norwich, and there were also excursions by boats from New London and Mystic, while nearly five hundred of the visitors came from Hartford and vicinity The weather was the best possible and the men were feeling their best, and during the morning the captain of each company drilled the men under his command for one hour and half in preparation for the afternoon dress parades. During the morning the visitors spent the time in walking up and down the different company streets, ana many V1SlC0Q the Sp1r1GQal1SGS' camp meeting which is being held about half 8 mile to the west of the camp. The camp this year, however, does not begin to present the appearance it did last year when the four regiments were in camp, and much dissatis- faction is felt by the superior officers that the four regiments did not go. The Third regiment occupy the southwest end of the camp grounds, the Fourth comes next, then the Fifth battalion and aG the northeast end the Guilford battery, while the staff and field officers have their quarters on the opposite side of the camp grounds. As the Wheeler & Wilson band struck up at o'clock in the afternoon the different companies of the regiments and battalion appeared almost at the same moment from their company streets, when they were drawn up in line and reviewed by Governor Harrison, who with his secretary, Arthur Osborne, and Colo nel Mallory occupied 8 carriage to which were attached four large black horses. After the review came the battalion drill and then the yolley firing, each company having ten rounds, and in this all did well, the Third and Fifth battalion doing the best, while the Fourth were somewhat behind hand in the shooting; but as whole the firing was much better than that of last year. Promptly at o'clock the gun was fired and the flag taken in, and at 5:30 o'clock the dress parade took place and the work of the day was over. During the exercises the visitors lined the field outside the guard line and applauded the regiments from time to time, the Fifth battalion receiving many comments on the fine manner in which they drilled. They are said to be the best drilled of any of the soldiers in camp. Company A of the Fifth, of New Haven, is said by Captain A. J. Will Hams, adjutant of the First regiment, to be the best drilled company in camp. This evening was the last for the soldiers in camp and they celebrated the occasion by paint ing the camp red, and those who tried to sleep were not granted that comfort, for as soon as they were discovered they were pulled out of bed and into the company street. The different companies were serenaded and the companies marched through the different company streets sing ing and cheering each other. The band also serenaded the officers of the field and staff at their respective tents. Company of the Fourth regiment also had an illumination during ths evening.
 CAMP NOTES
 Ex-Lieutenant Colonel Morgan of New Haven, who has been a visitor at the camp since Tuesday, returned home to-day.
 Brigade Commissary Wellman of New Haven, who has been on the sick list, was on duty to-day.
 Private E. George Lewis of Co. E, Fourth regiment, while doing guard duty this morning was overcome by the heat, but
 
 in the hospital tent he was able to do duty in the evening.
 Colonel Knott of New Haven, a member of the Governors staff, was thrown from his horse this morning and received few bruises. During the day he secured his re- lease papers and returned to New Haven.
 Last night was the coldest one in camp for some years and many of the men had all they could do to keep warm.
 Many of the Fourth regiment went home to night from camp.
 Judge Studley and Clerk H. E. Benton, of the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven, visited the camp to-day and were enter tained by Assistant Adjutant General George M. White of New Haven. As an old gentleman living in Guilford was boarding the 7:18 train for New Haven this evening pickpocket robbed him of valu- able gold watch and chain. There were no members on the sick list to- l day.