Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-21


| TWO on ia combination marine and military
view cross-hatched with rain. That OF course,
| was peiore the corps was astir. The WEAKNESS
Drought on by their journey and their first day OF
pressure In camp kept them In their cots late this
| morning. The rain beating on their tents and
'he Mapping Of canvas lulled them to sweet re-
| pose, The only ones that felt bad were those on
guard. BY o'clock the rain had stopped The
solder boys were then poking their heads out OF
their tents. One disadvantage OF tent life is that
there are no electric bells 10 ring for icew water In
told ohnns , Ene oi tne carry morning my Jo1es
| hatured sergeant. He had TO sew on a
button. and got out the thread and
needle that his good wife had slowed away In his
| XII The eye OF a needle, as Is well known, at
least 10 women, is hard thing TO hit with the end
or piece OF Jhread-so difficult that IT is made
use OF in the scriptures nguratively to express
the difficulty that bondholders will have in get
| ting into Heaven. II a mans hand has tendency
10 lateral Vibration he is not likely to strike the
eye The sergeant held the needle up to the light
so the story goes, squinted till he thought he had
| drawn a bead on II, and made a lunge at it. He
| missed 1t. Again and again he tried and missed it
/ Then ne set the needle up on the table, where IL
would be steady, and tried again without success
| Inen ne attempted coaxing and coddling, putting
| the thread as near as he could 10 the eye and
| engaging Ii at close quarters. Finally he threw
both down In disgust, and exclaimed, ''Drat a
woman, anyhow! Why couldn't she have put in
| Thread and needle that were made to fic?" Capt
Miller VINO was standing near, and who did not go
out last night, came to the rescue, picked up the
| thread and with one movement inserted 1t into
the eye OF The needle. The sergeant made the brief
| COMMENT, well, I'll be Dlanked!"
MORNING GUARD-MoUNT
1 The morning was pleasant and Camp Ordway
presented an attractive appearance. AT 8 O'Clock
| guard-mOunt on Ocean avenue, in front Of the
| camp, attracted to the scene hundreds OF cot
! tagers, motel guests and natives OF this sandy
| coast IL was soldierly looking bit or business
Inc band, led by real drum-maJor. marched out OF
| camp ana down the avenue. Following them at
a distance OF 90 yards were two figures, the ad-
lutant and the sergeant-major, marching with
| even pace. First the adJutant wheeled waded
| through mud puddle with disciplined disregard
for sell such as marked the conduct OF the Roman
| sentinel at Pompeli and took up position In the
| roadway as prim and motionless as tin soldier
| Then the sergeant-major took up a position on
tne other side, looking like statue representing
military decorum. The the band having halted the
/ drum-InaJOr gave twlri OF his baton. The buger
gave three or four half bitches OF martial melody
| the big horn grumbled d second or two and then,
as tne stlIllne strains oI march mingled in low
| Ing harmony win the hum OF the sea, Il company
lled out OF camp In Squads marching with beautl-
| 1ul precision and formed In company front. Mean-
| while the Sergeant-ln3JOr HAD executed several
Wheels ana little marches all by himself. The ad-
| JUtanJ said something. The commanding officer
| OF the company talked back. The men Went
| through some movements. Then the band
| marched, playing as they went, up and down the
| avenue. Inen the company, having been in
spected, marched away and, wheeling, returned to
| camp and the guard was mounted Tomorrow
| and Wednesday CO. VIII do guard duty, Thurs
! day co. ID, Friday and Saturday the CorcOran
| Cadets, and sunday detail from Tie different
| companies.
\ Tonight music floats out OF the windows OF the
ball room OF The United States Hotel. The especial
reason for this strange proceeding on the part OF
the music Is that grand military ball is going on
there. IL Is given by the citizens committee and
MIR. Brown, proprietor of the United States Hotel,
In honor OF the Washington Light Infantry Corps
and the COrcoran Cadets. The scene Is a gay one.
Dress uniforms and the dazzling evening costumes
| OF seaside bellies go TO make up a charming scene
| OF pleasure The grand march was led by Mr.. John
Mehrer, or Atlantic City, and Mrs. Allison Nailor
| and Capt NaiiOr with Mrs K L. Boyd, OF this city.
Mrs. Major Is recognized directress-general OF
The social matters pertaining TO the visit OF the
| Washington Light Infantry Corps.
| Friday night there Will be a banquet given by
The Journalists Club, TO which the officers Of visit
| Ing organizations will be invited.
| CAMP MEssEs.
The camp is now in attractive condition. All the
tents have been fitted up, some Of them In exqui-
site style, with swinging lamps, decorated walls,
statuary and pictures. The companies are divided
into meSseS as follows: At the head OF Co. AS
street Is the "Bg SIX mess, composed OF AdJutant
Harrison, Sergt keough. CorpOralS Brandt and
MalOney ana Al. \. Friedrich. Next Is "'The on
Hest" mess, composed OF Z. 5. Schneider, John f.
| Payne. G. I. Thomas and Louis Nunes Then W.
| +. Gumden, Frank j. Donnely and G. H. Keister
form mess, and Messrs. Bosworth and Muzzy
another. CO. b messes as follows: limo
cent mess-First Sergeant w. q. Thompson,
sergeant j. ii. Cruger, Acting Corporal d. W.
Zantzlnger, Private C. I. Conrad. Bachelors
Gregory, Corporal IL. o. Plugge, Private P. A.
Demain. Ds.-Sergeant j. II. McCann Corporal
J. +. Grant, Corporal a. Demonet, Private 3. Z.
| EmnerL We, Us a Co.-Privates 1. S. Ashley, f.
e.. McGlathery, j. h. Is. Lee, f. w. Yea. Excelsior
mess-G. W. Hall, A Is. suit, g. Engel, NJ. DE
MOntreville, VI. &. Thompson.
Company Is divided follows: keystone
mess-Serseant j. ii. Carll Corporal Chas. III.
kettler, and Private Geo. i. Thorpe. Minerva
krouse, Private Pierre NJ. Kennerly, John Enders
Jas. +. Foley, Aug +. Kaufman. Five Xs-J X
Galway, Geo. ). Davis. John H. Lippard, John L.
| Price, and ChaS. W. Mahon. Bunch OF Keys
| Private Ed. J. Taylor, Ben. Iseman, JAS Dickson
Chas. Skerrett, and Viii Mccarthy.
Company DIS meSSes are: The .'Owl messn-Ftrst
| Sergeant Wise. Third Sergeant McAvoy Corporal
Tucker, and Prfvates Miller and Cole; the "Colo-
nel's mess'-Corporal Rogir al and rrivates Scott,
| Speer, sutton and Joselt., the 'Lilliputiaun-
| Privates Pritchard, Edwards, Sardo Birmingham
and King, and the ..Mikado"-Privates Waters
Keep, sherman and StearnS.
The COrcoran Cadets have four messes: 1.-THE
Night OwlS'-Sergeants Charles A. Never and G.
Mcintosh, Corporas 5. kinsinger and G. BeameY,
anu Prlvates l.. PrOSl5e and Il. Barr. The
.Rohins"-Corporal W. E. Severn. j. CROMWELL f.
button, X. Greenwich and J. Maxwell. The early
Birds'-Sergeant W. Bevans, c. L UEich, H. EN-
mons, G. HlnSch and Ii. Bayly. The "BashIur,
mess-G. I. Nixon, F. Duvall, X. Smith, A Eaton
A. Malone and j. Farrell.
APECULIAR GAME OF BALI.
There was an alleged game OF base ball this
morning between the Spiders q Company b, and
| the Flies, OF company C. Corporal Grant, OF the
Spiders, made brilliant fly catch, hanging over
the fence with Sergt. McCann on his heels: Lieut..
Wade acting as umpire ordered them TO "break
4 away, thhnmS Ac was EticTce friendly
sparring match, and the boys had gooi laugh on
| him. Historians Will probably always diner as TO
the result OF the game. The spiders claim it by
score or 10 TO >. The Flies, while admitting THAI
The Spiders made more runs, they acknow lodging
score OF 10 10 against them, claim the game as
\ forfeited 10 them. They say the agreement was
That they should play three innings, and that the
Flies quit at the end OF the second inning when
| the score was In their favor.
| The first dress parade took place this evening
and the parade ground was thrOhged with specta,
tors, who had their first opportunity for this sea
son OF seeing the Infantry In all the splendors OF
White coats and shakos. The boys have done their
| lounglng In National Guard uniforms After the
/ dress parade the two little colored boys accom-
panylng the corps, known as Capt Majors kids
gave an exhibition drill on the United States Ho-
| teI lawn They were uniformed Zouaves and
| handled their diminutive muskets with SO much
| skill as TO elicit great applause. The boys While
| called the kids" around the camp, are billed TO
| appear at ball 10 be given by the Waters Mus-
Cal Association at the Glass Pavilion THURSDAY
| night as "Les Petits Zouaves d'AniQue" Cant
| Nailor IS proud OF them He says they picked up
| thelr military knowledge themselves around the
/ arnlory. Like Napoleon, they are born soldiers
| Lieut. Jordan, adJutant OF the 4th battalion
NaIi9hai Guard OF the District, is In camp as
guest OF the Corcoran Cadets
\ Mr. Geo. W. Pearson, president OF the Metropoli-
| tan hallway, Mr. kobt Beall, Noble ID. Larner and
Joseph N. Wilson, OF Washington were among tae
| Sisitors 10 the camp to-day.
| AMONG THE wAsHIN8ToNIANs HIRE
| are MI. and Mrs. T. A. Goodman, X W. Jordan K
Z Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs Moore, Miss Jennie LYON
" L smith, c. ID. Golden, c. c. Helmick. Mrs
hose hettell, Harry c. Whiting, j. W. Carr. Mr..
ana MIS- ELIAS Ran, T. c. Troyes George Paige r.