Evening journal., 1889-08-19
PHILADELPHIA CADETS.
Sundays Exercises in amp-Incidents
and Visitors OF the Day.


stan correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
CAMP r. p. DEcHERT
BRANDYwINE SPRINGS Aug 1s. 1889
To-day was the best day the boys from
Pennsylvania have enjoyed since they
came here last week The Cadet
Corps Of the Second Regiment, N. q. p,
has variety of costumes that
was astounding TO the boys from VIII
mington who came up this afternoon
Dress parade brings out thirty young
men attired Ia white duck trousers and
navy blue coats, with white belt and
strap, and white helmet. At other
times the fatigue uniform was
worn and It seemed to ad
init of various designs, with no two
alike. The boys complain that it is
monotonous in camp as visitors are few
and work is easy. A Wilmington guards.
man said 1t looked like soft snap for
them.
A score Of Philadelphia people were
down to day visiting Captain A. H. Hart.
ing. They helped TO enliyen matters a
little
Photographer wark Of Philadelphia
took views Of the cadets In all manner OF
of positions. One Of the tents
near headquarters, with the thrill
ing name of "The Morgue'. and
the "Rattlesnale House" struck the
photographers fancy and ne arranged a
group of cadets around cot on which
was a young man covered with white
sheet The hospital steward held a
bottle of cough mixture in his hand, an
assistant applied damp towel TO the
patients head, another counted his pulse.
still another was preparing to make an
incision, probably 60 inject some Of
Brown Sequard's elixir of life. On the
white coverlet was a small case. supposed
TO be Of surgical instruments, but which
looked more like a manicure set The
young men laughed a great deal but the
man with the camera took good picture.
There have been no cases in the hos.
pital, SO the bugler uses 1t for practice
Gus Muller's fife and drum corps fur
nishes the martial music acceptably
Dress parade took place at 445 o'clock
and large crowd watched the cadets go
through the manual Their efforts were
greeted with generous applause Then
they had their photographs taken again
Quartermaster Franks and Adjutant
Harting of the Second Pennsylvania,
were in camp to-day.
Rev. Edward Henry EclSel conducted
the services at the chapel this afternoon,
while a crowd down in the grove seemed
oblivious of the sacredness OF the day.
A number Of persons, principally from
the vicinity, drove up in carriages in
time for dress parade
Brgadier General Theodore +. Arm
strong and Colonel f. T. Cooper, Judge
Advocate General, were on the grounds
to day
w. j. Fell and Miss Fell were inter
ested spectators Of the dress parade.
Lieutenant George Leroy Brown OF
Delaware College drove up from Newark
with General Armstrong.
The Philadelphia boys ike the location
OF the camp and the general health Il
good. They will strike tents on Wed
nesday.
Company F, N. G. d, Of Wilmington
came up in Germans big hack. TIT
party comprised Lieutenants w. p
Harkins and Thomas Brennan, Quar-
termaster NJ Brennan, Color Sergeant II
Dugan, Sergeants Connell ]
McNeal and p. Brennan, Cor
porals R. Neal, James Hill and B
Brown, Privates p Muldoon. Levi
Lynch, NJ Carl. p Megary, ]. T. Dugan
J. Ward. W. Kebill and Welch. Musi
clans George McCrea and John Jordai
were with them.
Company c, n. G. d.. Of Wilmington
was represented by Captain l. Puse,
Wickersham, Qnartermaster Sergean
Simon Dougherty, Corporals John May an,
H. A. Dougherty, Privates William
Scout, Thomas Hogue and William Wat
son.
The 544 train TO Wilmington an
Philadelphia took nearly all the visitor
ami tine cadets settled down for anothe
quiet night