Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-24
TO MARCH AWAY TONIGHT.
The w. l. I. Corps Preparing to Depart
for Atlantic City.

| for Atlantic City.
A military band will be playing 1.-THE Girl
Left Behind Me" and the multitude on the
sidewalks will be cheering itself hoarse when
this evening, shortly after 9 o'clock, the Wash
ington Light Infantry corps, commanded by
| Col Moore, marches down Pennsylvania avenue
to the Baltimore and Potomac depot and de-
parts for its annual encampment at Atlantic
City, No matter what band happens to head
the column that's the tune they always play,
and the popnlace never yet neglected an OPP
portunity to cheer the crack battalion.
The assembly will sound in the armory at
$50, and half an hour later the line of march
will be taken up. The great crowd will be at
| the depot. There will be assembled the hun
dreds Of honorary members and others whose
purpose 1t 10 to enjoy holiday by the sea with
their soldier friends. Reduced rates and
superior accommodations have induced great
many to take the trip, and before O'Clock to-
night hundred people who got up this morn
ing dubious OF their ability or inclination to go
will be down at the train clamoring for tickets
and getting them. There will be at lie asst twelve
car loads OF humanity in the train. Accom-
panying the Infantry will be the Corcoran
Cadets, commanded by Lieut.. Morrow All
told the soldier boys will number about $780,
and vi these 100 will wear the uniform Of the
Infantry.
OFFICERS GOING.
The roster of corps officers who go to Jersey
tonight is as follows: Col W. G. Moore Mai. w.
N. Dalton, Capt. Allison Nailor, commissary;
Surgeon Hamilton E. Leach, Capt. A. w. Kelley,
quartermaster; Capt. w. l.. Cash, inspector of
rifle practice; Capt. E. G. Wheeler, ordnance
ofhcer; Capt. Geo. Breitbarth, paymaster; Ad-
jutant Charles e. NJ. Loctfler, Capt John s.
Miller, Capt John G. Cowie, First Lieuts. p. j.
Duffy and VIM. NJ. Arnold, and Second Lieuts.
Harry Keough Howard Beall, and w. F. Dunn.
A number of other militia officers will go along,
among them Lieut. Col. Walton and Adjutant
Barksdale of the first regiment, Quartermaster
Charles Ebert and Inspector of Rife Practice
Jas: E. Bell of the fifth battalion. Sergt. Maj.
Fellows OF the first regiment will also accom-
pany the crowd.
ENTERTAINMENTS AT ATLANTIC CITY.
The program Of entertainment at Atlantic
City will be an extraordinarily good one this
year and, as usual, will commence on Sunday
morning as coon as the boys arrive. COM
pany of the famous City Troop of Philadelphia,
a gatling-gun battery from Camden, the
Mehrer Rides and the Morris Guard. Mayor
Hoffman, the aldermen and members of the
city council, host of Washing tonians and
thousands of Atlantic City citizens will all be
there to welcome them. Then will come Mayor
Hohmans speech of welcome and Col. Moore's
fellcltous response, followed by the corps cheer
and breakfast. Early in the week will be the
grand military ball and on Thursday night the
Journalists banquet, to which Col Moore and
his officers are invited, The greater portion
of one day will be spent by the colonel and his
staff at Egg Harbor City, where they will
sample the products of some of Jerseys most
famous vineyards. A feature of this encamp-
ment will be the rife-shooting Matches have
been arranged-between the Infantry and some
OF the local CRACKS" and Capt. Cash is on his
mettle. He will select team that will make
the Sand Spaniards" perspire.
On Tuesday morning there will be a great
reception by the corps and citizens jointly One
OF company AS members-Dr. A. G. White
who leaves with the corps tonight, will return
to Baltimore on Monday and in the evening
will be married to one of the monumental city's
bellies They will arrive at Atlantic City on
Tuesday morning and the corps will see to it
that they have warm reception.
PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE
There were busy times at the armory last
night. Quartermaster Kelley was sitting at the
receipt of custom and the boys came down
lively with their assessments and got their
tickets. Quartermaster Sergeant o. v Shomo
was everywhere and working hard all the time.
seeing that every one was supplied with neces-
sary clothing and blankets. Surgeon Leach
was laying in q stock of the remedies which ex-
perience tells him will be needed. Company
officers we're busting around hurrying up
stragglers and the stragglers were plotting
mischief to be perpetrated on the sea Shore
The Washington girls were almost forgotten.
Their places are gradually being filed by
visions of the Philadelphia females who de-
light in military escorts and whose souls are
completely wrapped up in the white coats of
Col. Moore's command. Every effort is going
to be made to have the encampment a social
success, and hops and mock parades and long
walks and nightly drives and quiet tete-a-tetes
will be as numerous as circumstances will per-
NIT.
THE CAMEO CLUB.
The Cameo club OF this city will leave to-
night with the soldier boys for Atlantic City to
spend ten days vacation. The members Of
this club won many friends while enjoying a
two weeks trip at this resort last season. Mr..
II. Cook, president Of the club, will not accom-
papy the party