The Portland daily press., 1888-08-16
HOW THE SOLDIERS PASS THEIR TIME.
Notes of the Daily Doings at Camp
Marble.
The First Regiment AdJutant's Feat
of Horsemanship.
Only One Man At the Hospital And
Everybody Happy.
Especial to the Press. I

AUGUSTA, Aug. 15.-The conditions fol
the success of Camp Marble are the very
best that could be had today. The tempera.
ture is comfortable and breeze from the
northwest draws across the field and adds to
ones comfort. Everybody in camp is
pleased with the location, several regarding
1t as the best which any muster has ever
had. However that may be the field dries
off very rapidly, and although recently
heavy rains have fallen, the earth is as dry
as can be wished. One of the advantages
which is obtained by the distance of the
camp from the city, is the difficulty which
the men experience in making their way
down street, and but few, comparatively
are seen.
Ordinarily during an encampment on the
State Park 1t is hard to keep the men on the
grounds they are SO eager for lark. But
on the other hand. the distance now is
SO far that but few people care to make the
trip and so visitors are not plenty
The health of the soldiers is excellent
thus far, only one man being in the hospital
The elevated location contributes much to
this. One of the pleasantest features of the
encampment thus far is the presence of Gen
Mitchell's party of ladies at Bridage Head.
quarters who enliven what might otherwise
be the dull routine of camp duty. The even,
of the day has been battalion drill and the
usual dress parade at $50 p. m. Lieut.. Col
Ballard has been drilling the First Regiment
to-day The horses of the battery arrived
this morning and were harnessed up for the
first time,
An interesting occurrence of the day is
that OF the orderly hour at noon. Precisely
at twelve O'Clock, at the call of the bugle,
three adlutants. one for each regiment and
one ior the battery, mounted, started from
the line. 800 feet across the field to brigade
Headquarters, with the morning reports. On
Monday, the Second Regiment officer reached
the goal first, but today the First Regiment
adJutant, who had been somewhat chagrined
because he was behind on Monday, made a
dash and reached headquarters far in ad-
vance Of the other men.
The Governors staff went into camp today.
Col. Hampton e. Hill. of Saco; Col Hollis
D. Hill, of Portland; 1t. Col. A. Ingersoll,
OF Houlton, and 1t. Col. Clarence A. Leigh
ton, arrived this forenoon.
Today the field officer of the day is 1t.
COL W. f. Harding, of the Second Regiment
officer OF the day, First Regiment, Capt. l..
Kendall, Co: G, Biddeford; officer of the
day, Second Regiment, L. s. Chilcott, Co.
g, Bangor.
Next Friday will be Governors day, and
in the evening Gen. Mitchell and staff will
tender His Excellency, Gov. Marble, and
stan reception, among the pleasing features
OF which will be dancing in the Marque.
Refreshments will be served. Five hundred
invitations are to be issued, the young So
ciety people of Augusta aiding in sending
them out.
Brigade headquarters are provided with
Diamond Spring water by the proprietor of
the springs. Mr.. Wade.
Major Lunt, who has been well nigh over
whelmed e.Sa with work, very wisely today, had
The officers are all wearing Grape in respect
to the late General Sheridan.
Eight men from each regiment were de-
tailed as stretcher bearers for the hospital
this morning.
Roast beef was the center dish at the camp
dinner today.
Co. F, of Augusta, eat in the best equipped
mess tent of any of the companies. 1t is the
only one with floor and the tables are
spread with spotless linen and first class
table ware, all of which is owned by the
company. In addition they have supply of
was in camp for the first time today and re-
ceived many congratulations on his nomina-
tlon for Clerk of Courts in the Kennebec
county convention yesterday.
The following orders were issued today:
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE,
MAINE VOLUNTEER MILITIA \
CAMP MARBLE, AUGUSTA, Aug. IA, 1881
General order. No. @:
J.. The muster of the several countries re-
quired by Par. of g. o. No. 4, from these head
quarters, will occur Immediately after dress pa
rade each day of the encampment, Major A. III.
Plaisted, Brigade Inspector, Captain William c.
Aide-de-Camp will muster the two Regiments
and the Battery, assisted by the Field and Staff
Dficers OF the Regiments and the Captain of the
BY command of Brigadier General Mitchell.