The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-20
MARYLAND SOLDIERS.
The State Militia in Camp at Frederick. The Blk
ton COMPANY with the Others


ton Company with the Others.
Company A, Third Battalion, NJ. n. G.
locally known as the Groome Guards, left
their barracks in Elkton, at 6 o'clock
Wednesday morning and marched to Sin
gerly station on the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad where they took the cars for
Frederick. Md. The officers are Capt.
VIM. G. Purnell and Lieutenants David
Sloan and VIM. A. Wright. The camp
is on an elevation to the right of ths
Frederick and Georgetown pike, about
ten minutes walk from Frederick juno
ton on the BALTIC. & Ohio Railroad. The
ground is somewhat billy, although on
the east is large field which is used for
dress parade. Avenues seventy-tive feet
wide separate the tent rows, while a
1 broad avenue of hundred feet extends
the whole length of the camp between
the company and officers quarters. The
| Monocacy is about a quarter of mile
away, but its waters will hardly be used
much for bathing, as they are very mud
DIV. Few trees are immediate to the
tents. but the effects of the direct rays of
the sun are modified great deal by the
c Dol breeze which has slipped over the
Catoctin range and has blown all day
steadily, keeping the headquarters and
regimental colors all iutter as if in
honor of the occasion. red cross floats
from the general hospital tent il the rear
of the officers quarters.
Brig. Gen. Stewart Brown, as he stood
| Wednesday afternoon at his headquarters
to the extreme right of the camp, looked
over about thirteen hundred men in the
service of Maryland. Immediately in
front of him was his old command, the
Fifth r ,giment, and in succession the
three companies of the Third Battalion
! from Elkton, Easton and Cambridge, re-
spectfully, the Prince Georges, the Cal
vert county company, the Baltimore
Light Infantry, the four companies OF the
Second Battalion from Oakland, Cumber-
land aud Frostburg, and the First Reg
iment, composed of companies from Bal
|
vile, Catonsville, Towsontown, Belair,
La Plata and Annapolis.
The troops began to arrive about half
past ten O'Clock in the morning, disem-
barking from the cars at Betz road. few
hundred teet west of the junction. Each
body was met aud shown to its position
by Captain George w. Wood, of the bri-
gade staff, and passed on its march Gen.
Brown and his staff. The Baltimore
Light Infantry, one hundred and eighty
muskets, left Baltimore at o'clock,
carrying on it's train the Calvert Light
Infantry and Companies G and d of the
Third Battalion. Half an hour later the
I Fifth Regiment left Camden Station with
about two hundred and sixty muskets
| At As A. NJ. all of the companies of the
| FIRST r ,giment, except Companies f, A
and B, left Baltimore, accompanied by
the Prince Georges Rifles and Company
A of the Third B .ttallou,
| All of these commands reached the
camp by p NJ. and were soon joined
by the Second Battalion. The trains ran
through from Baltimore without stop
except at Gathers siding, where sec
ond engine was attached to the large
trains to help them over the Mount Airy
grade. A. most of the larger stations.
such as the Relay, Leicester, Ellcott City
and Mount Airy, large number of persons
| Id, A. Il lnd
and gave the boys handkerchief salute
as they sped by.
Upon entering the camp ground each
command mounted gu trd, and while the
! cooks and servants busted themselves In
the mess tents preparing for dinner, the
soldiers took possession OF their walled
tents with wooden II ,nrs, ana got every
thing in order. Here were men carrying
cots. boxes and bundles, which had been
hauled from the station in large vans,
others arranged the utensils, arms, etc.
in the smallest possible space inside the
tents, while others raided "a straw rick
standing in the field and played havoc
with it in securing material to stuff their
mattresses.
THE FIRST DINNER.
Then came the dinner CALL and after
ward the regular work of the camp,
which will be as follows for the rest OF
the time: Reveille, 5 A. NJ; Surgeons
Call, $50; police call. 5.45: breakfast, e.
battalion morning reports, 6 80; battalion
drill, 645 to s Is; guard mounting, 9;
officers and non-commissoned officers
school, 8 As to 10 30; dinner, IL 30 p. M.
police call, 4; battalion or brigade drill,
5 to 80; dress parade Z; supper, 7 80;
tattoo, 10 and taps, 1870. This arrange
ment will give the soldiers plenty of ex
ercise in the art of war, and at the same
time allow them enough leisure to enjoy
recreation at various hours.
THE MEN AND THEIR UNIFORMS.
When all had settled down for time
after dinner opportunity was had to OBJ
serve few points about the different
commands. The majority wear the reg
ulation United States infantry uniform,
the Fifth Regiment and Baltimore Light
Infantry wearing full gray. Most of the
companies from the smaller cities or
town have large turnout of men, while
the Fifth Regiment has rather slim
ranks, only about sixty per cent. of the
members being present. This is a mat er
of regret to the officers, who compare the
numbers in camp to the full showing
made by the regiment in New York cen
tennial parade. Some OF them think that
as the State helped to pay the expenses
of the trip to New York, more men
should have managed to attend the camp,
which is by no means pleasant picnic,
but Is DIES gued to benefit the men i'll
many ways, and through them the State.
The lack of numbers is ascribed to se"
eral causes, the principal one being prob
ably the failure of the men to obtain
leave of absence, though 1t is known that
some at least could have come had they
willed to do SO.
An Editor Assaulted.
On Thursday of last week a cyclone
visited the property on the North East
river hear Charlestown owned by Wm.
| Moore of the Girard House, Philadelphia,
, and tenanted by Mr.. Lewis II. Ashton a
, we'll known farmer The cyclone shat