Daily Republican., 1888-07-24
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ant Memories Of the PAst-wAnt 70
occupy the Same Site Next Year.


ant Memories OF the PAst-WRnt %
occupy the Same site Next Year.
The Delaware militia, having on.
oAmped 81 Camp DUPONT, BfAndyWin
Springs, for the past Aeven days, broke
mp camp this morning and came 10 this
oity on . special train provided By the
B. 8 o. road. The tents will be taken
down by detail Of men appointed for
that purpose, and the equipments and
other parapheTuAliA will be shipped 20
our city. The boys have had . right
royal good time camping out, and are
loath to leave 90 many pleasant memo
riea Of camp life 90 anon. IL will soon
bo one more page OF lIi6's history 70 be
looked baek upon with pleasure.
The roll cali and taps are now . thing
OF the past for one more year. The
pioksts VIII hAVS time TO fully reouper-
ste befora turning from . soldier 70 .
peace loving ArtisAn.
Hyatt's Military Band and the drum
corps, beaded by drum major Higgins,
had . big tims last night They ssro-
naded each oomDtny sepArAtely and
then wound up with the tffioeTa. The
drum corps kept 1t up until midnight,
and cheer after cheer rent the air for
every body, every company, every off,
COR and ali mankind In general. The
bpysaWeTe 10 the b1sI OF spirits and
treated all their friends with open
handed hospitality.
Mr. George II. Bates and several
other noted WilminRtonlAns pAEtook Of
AdjutAns General Ksnney's hospitality
in the afternoon, the honoEs OF which
were performed by Gen. Armstrong.
A sa,uts was AIRED from the Calling
gun last evening, which has capacity
OF firing ], 400 shots In one hour.
William II. Taylor. Of Company 4,
WaA promoted from the ranks 70 corpo-
raj in place OF Joseph Jewell, reduced
for neglect Of duty, William was 90
highly elAted over bis promotion that
he never slept one wink last night, vi
sIons OF oaFtAin other shoulder stFapa
passing before his gaze.
H. Hyatt was appointed corporal In
place Of Il. Carey, who was honorably
discharged.
A6jutGnt General Kenney Was given
. royal send.of yesterday afternoon
by the militia, headed by the band,
who escorted the General 10 the depot,
where he took the oars for home, being
rather indisposed from the routine OF
duty Of camp life. He was rendered q
UEEDu8uU ~ hlo uUk0A D0lOAb Ap4NAuk AUL
the train, and Chaplain Jonathan g.
Willis, D. D., 80 spokesman for the
officers and mony delivered an eloquent
address, ia which he oomplimented the
AdjutAnt General for the admirable
manner In which he had managed all
the details Of Camp Dupont. The
General was 90 overcome that he could
not find words in his vsrnAoulAr 10 ex-
pT Bs his fsellnRs 10 reply 70 the kind
words Of eOnRrAtulAtion coming from
his officerB and men. General Kenney
is we'll thought OF by all who come In
contact with him. He is every inoh .
Eentlemsn,
The soldier boys, headed by Drum
Major Higgins, gave mistt Italian pa.
rade yesterday morning through camp
which elected no little merriment and
Couucilmen VIM. H. Quinn, Mlohasl
BhAEkey and sAWdon toOK in the sights
OF camp life yesterday.
Frank J. McScrley, foreman Of tbs
Sunday Slar, got 30 stuck on the sold @,
boys that he filed into camp early in
the morning and never left IL until the
Wes Ema' h0urs this morning. Frank
says Troop B are trumps.
OIptAtn Oondsn, Of Company F, lsI
one Of the most genial men on the
campus, ably assisted by Lieutenant
HArkins. The company Is very pro-
holept 10 army evolptions.
Corporal CloWArd Of Troop B, received
. hard knock on the nose while bathing
in Red Clay creek on Saturday. He
didn't gauge tie depth Of the water
rightly aud took header in about four
feet Of water. He WAS fairly stunned
for q time and left the stream in dis
gust as soon As he recovered his equi.
librium.