Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-22

may nave Deeu tndt MS bdiutatlOne were the
"last straws" so TO speak, but ii is certain that
when he was in the midst of o graceful series
OF genufexions an irate father and couple of
indignant brothers put in an appearance. They
threw stones at the battery. The girl was very
much distressed at this turn of affairs, and
probably expected nothing less than demo-
Elton Of the homestead Nothing of the kind
happened, however, for the battery, which in
love had been bold, made no attempt to defend
| itself. but drove steadily on. There wasn't
| any ammunition. anyhow.
BUSY oAPTArNs
Nearly every one of the advance guard in
| camp has been busy. Capt. Aldrich, who was
| in command previous to the advent Of Gen.
Crdway, has worked from dawn until long after
| dark. He has given general supervision TO the
field work and yet has made time, so to speak,
to be pleasant to visitors and seekers after in
| formation. On foot or in the saddle he
moved around in hurry. and yet al
else moved around also. The most minute de-
| tails have been attended to and when the brig
| ade arrived there was nothing but praise for
the careful manner in which everything had
been done. An instance of this was visible
this morning when o wagon and a team Of
| whore, nobody knew. The team was needed
up in the camp Of the second regiment, and
after half q minutes noisy search for the driver
| Capt. Aldrioh jumped into the wagon and drove
/ n
just as earnest and as active as Capt AID
rich is Capt Parnfenter, acting quartermaster
| general. Everything that has been issued ex-
| cept eatables has, of course, gone out of his
| stores, and he has labored manfully to do the
right thing at the right time; successfully, too.
He has kept Sergt. J. c. Chiffon of company
A, fifth battalion, as busy as the sergeant cares
to be.
FATIGUE DUTY
Adjutant @. G. N. Loefier commands the de-
tail of men who are doing fatigue duty. They
have put up tents and done great deal of gen.
eral work. Their favorite recreation is to cease
toiling for few minutes and then to give three
cheers for the adjutant. They are unit on
voting him "a daisy" large one, tits true, but
nevertheless daisy" The detail, as rule,
worked earnestly and we'll. In the matter of
tent-pitching the advantage was naturally with
the Light Infantry boys and the old stagers of
the Union Veteran corps; they knew how and
they did a large proportion Of the work. The
| others caught on soon and they have worked
very harmoniously.
VIGOROUS KICKING.
There was q good deal of what might be
termed vigorous kicking" when the detail
arrived here on Saturday morning and found
that it had to put up about one hundred and
seventy-fve tents for the use of officers, bands
men and others who are not required by the
regulations to pitch their own shelter.
When the details were made the men
understood that their duty would be
to protect and look after government
property-light guard duty. This they were
perfectly willing to do, but when they dscov-
cred what the orders were they whooped with
both lungs. Lieut.. Loeffler reasoned with
result they accepted the situation and We'd
with the industrious beaver for record as
hard workers. One or two have tried to shirk
| their share Of responsibility, but the ieuten-
ants arguments were sufficient to arouse them
without any recourse to the articles Of war.
THE DETAIL
is composed of the following named men:
First acknowledgements J. E. Payne, Corpo-
raj Sutton, Privates Mines, Pritchard, Nc
Glatherly, w. s. Lee.
Second Acknowledgment winslow, Pri-
Yates Strobel, Stiles, Shackleford, Henry
Kondrup, E. J. B. O'Neill.
Third acknowledgements O'Hare, Privates
Oh ambers, Gartrell Bailey, Brennan, Jenkins.
Fourth battalion. company A-Sergeants ].
c. Swift and A. s. Odell, Privates w. b. Sabin,
John Bowers, II. ii. Dove. Company B-Cor-
porol G. A. Leech, Priyates I. F. Arthur and
ID. F. Hester.
Fifth battalion-Sergeant J. c. Chiffon,
Privates w. F. Beaumont, J. H. Roach, W. t.
Richey, j. w. Totten. Company D--Corporal
". H; Rose, Privates W. G. soules and b. H.
Streeks
Sixth battalion, company A-Privates W. S.
Burnes, U. l.. Began, e.. A. Lucas. Company
B-Privates E. NJ. Wallace and ]. I. Simpson.
The detail hopes that their services will be
rewarded by an order from Gen. Ordway reliev-
ing them from guard duty during the continu-
ance OF this camp.
AN OLD SOLDIER.
But OF all the men to whom credit should
properly be given, after Gen. Ordway, is Ser
geant Joyce. The sergeant is in charge of the
fort and the reservation and has been invalu-
able all the way through. His long army SER
vice has given him thorough knowledge of
the detail incidental to camps and camp life,
and his experience has been handed out
by Wholesale for the benefit of
those who were SO sorely in need Of it. He has
hired and directed laborers and supervised
wherever his attention was needed. His mod
esty has kept him in the background all the
time, but his usefulness has been continuous
Early in the morning and late at night he has
been just where he was most needed, and he
hasn't hurt the feelings of any one. The uni
yersal opinion is that Sergeant Joyce il q SOL
der and gentleman.
.f THE "cANTEEN."
1t is barely possible that there are some few
articles of commerce which are not on sale at
the post ''canteen," but they have simply es,
capped Sergeant E. H. Newmeyer's attention
and will doubtless be supplied in day or two.
The canteen is in long two-story frame build
ing on the left-hand side of the main road
from the fort to the camp. The lower
floor is divided into three or four compart-
ments; one long one-that's the
canteen; the others are ice cream parlors
and the barber shop-the hair-cutting saloon,
the tonsorial establishment The central figure
in the canteen is saltwater fountain. 1t is
Immediately opposite the door and is generally
invisible at distance of two or three yards be-
cause of the intervening crowd Of thirsty SOL
diers. The counter consists of a couple Of
tables, several hundred feet Of lumber and
few trestles. On one side is an assortment of
cakes, crackers and candies, lemons, tobacco,
peanuts, cigars, matches and pipes, while
the remaining space behind the barrier is
fully occupied by Mr.. H. L. Miller, who is in
charge; Mr.. ]. A. Kearney, and by hundreds of
bottles of root beer soda, sarsaparilla and such
like compounds {all warranted temperanee),
and a number Of glass cases and other recepta-
cles stocked with such articles of vertu as
wash bowls, candlesticks, paper, envelopes,
pens, penholders, pencils, base balls, white
cotton gloves, soap, toothbrushes suspenders,
needles, cotton, buttons, towels, whiskbrooms,
palm-leaf fans, shoestrings, and other neces-
saries too numerous to mention in an eight
page paper. The walls are luridly
decorated with q large assortment of
cigarette and tobacconists' advertising cards,
while down the central length of the big room
the national flag breaks the monotonous con-
tinuity of whitewashed ceiling.
Most Of the ice cream will be served ON the
spacious ground-foor porch. This branch Of
the refreshment business will be in the hands
Of Mr.. LIE Mour, the well-known caterer, who
also feeds the entire camp.