Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-23

unitesslmal tnan the seed TICK. special
preparation for their destruction-after they
| have dug their way in under the SKINS being
dished up by the pharmacists
Gen. Ordway and Surgeon General Stanton
visited the post dispensary last night and were
| loud in their praises Both declared that it
statement that no better work had been done
anywhere in camp than in the dispensary.
ALEAvE OF ABSENCE.
Hospital Steward Grimes has been granted
| leave of absence for a couple Of days to visit
the city. He has labored indefatigably to put
the post dispensary in first-class condition, and
was on duty continuously for nearly thirty-six
] hours. Hospital Stewards w. G. Upham Of the
| fourth battalion, second regiment. and Ray of
the fifth battalion, second regiment, have tenn
porarlly relieved Sergt. Grimes and will alter
nate with him on duty.
| THE DRILL.
| At 10 o'clock there were battalion drills all
| over camp, and for more than an hour the men
Unanswered all over the parade ground. It
was very hot and the surgeons will be some
! what surprised, perhaps disappointed, if the
combination of sun and exercise does not bring
| them few patients. The movements of the
battalions were deliberate and were shortened
| as much as possible.
AT o'clock the camp was one big drill
ground, every company being engaged in COM
pany drill. The regular routine has commenced,
camp discipline will be forged tightly.
FEW DIsAGREEABLE BOYS.
Most Of the men have adapted themselves
quite readily to the discipline of the camp, but
there is room for good deal of improvement
in some respects. Especially is this the case
SO far as a number of the younger men
are concerned, and observation shows that
the younger they are the more diff
cult they are to control. A rather
large minority of these boys-for in years and
behavior they are nothing more-have a wicked
misconception of what a soldier ought to be.
With these strange ideas in their minds they
| swagger around, principally in their company
streets, and give vent to more unnecessary and
vulgar profanity than would be needed i'll the
anyone. They seem to be thoroughly
imbued with the fallacy that no
one can be real soldier unless he swears all
| the time and in the loudest possible tone of
voice.
THE GAME WAS STOPPED.
Capt. Gale, the inspector general, started
into a full performance of his duties early yes
terday morning. Somebody started quiet
little gambling arrangement on the steamer
on which the troops were and Gen.
Ordway heard OF it. He sent the hand
some inspector general down to put a
stop to the game and it was stopped.
The operator objected to being sat on and
argued quite eloquently to his rights as a
citizen and a passenger on the boat. He was
informed that the boat was, for the time, the
property of the District national guard and he
was furthermore told that if he did not subside
| suddenly he wonld be dumped into the hold
and couple of soldiers placed on the hatch to
hold him down. He was not allowed to land.
ORDERS oBEYED.
A little later it came to Gen. Ordway's ears
that good many of the men were drinking
more liquor than was good for them or agree
able to their neighbors. Down to the bar went
the inspector general and in less than half
minute the soldiers were outside and the bar
was closed. One of the colored officers
had just called for bottle of
beer when Capt Gale ordered everybody out.
The bottle had been uncorked, but that made
no apparent difference to the thirsty one. He
paid for the beer and left it in the bottle on the
bar. He obeyed orders instantly.
WAITING FOR THE ICE TO GET LIGHTER.
The Transfers have done some odd things.
but the funniest incident of the week was ap-
parent yesterday afternoon. The steamers
John W. Thompson and Jane Moseley brought
down an immense amount of baggage for the
camp and it was piled up on the wharf.
Wagons were at once put into service
and the stuff was transferred to the camp
grounds as rapidly possible. Among the
numerous bundles rolled down the gang plank
were three large pieces of ice wrapped up in
gunnysacks, and these were placed right
where even a teamster would be supposed to
see them. 1t was slow work clearing off the
great accumulation of cots, chairs, mattresses,
trunks DC. The heat was quite severe, and the
perspiring horses were soon tired of climbing
the steep ascent from the wharf to the camp.
No one paid the slightest attention to the ice
Transfers drove all around it and hunted up
loads which could have remained on the
wharf for week without being injured.
Of ,rc@
ton and was rolled out of the way.
but it:did not seem to strike anybody that the
proper thing to do to put that ice under
cover or take it up to the refrigerator in the
fort. The mass of baggage gradually dwindled
away, but it didn't melt any faster than did the
sack-wrapped ice. 1t was hotter in the
neighborhood of the frozen water than
anywhere else. By-and-by, after the water had
formed big puddle on the wharf, somebody
discovered that the suns RAYS were having
some effect on the ice and suggested to a team
ster that 1t be taken up to the fort at once
Il takes dat mex time" said he And he did:
or, rather, he loaded down his wagon with three
very wet gunnysacks and three very diminutiye
chunks of ice. But the cots and the trunks
and the chairs were all safe.
NO SNAKES, LIZARDS OR MosoUIToEs-pr-r F1IEs
Pictorially and otherwise citizens of Wash
ington have been scared by ghost stories
about the mosquitoes, lizards and snakes
Win "hicH lamp runway was salu TO
be bestocked Nothing could be further
from the truth than these statements, and
those who intended visiting the Camp
but abandoned the idea because of the photo
graphed imagination Of the alarmist, can re-
assure themselves and will be benefited by
catching the first boat for the camp. They can
wander around all day long and poke digent-
ly through the long grass without seeing
snake OF any kind, or if they should
happen to discover one it will be
harmless and anxious 70 get away rapidly as
possible. Occasionally lizard may be found.
but naturalist who came down here yesterday
and worked diligently all day only got two
active little darkies. AS to mosquitoes no one.
not even the most thin skinned need fear
Sleep-good, sound sleep-is possible in
rooms where both door and windows are
wide open all night and the men in the tents
are unanimous in their declarations that they
were never at any place outside of large east
ern city where mosquitoes were SO scarce as
they are in Camp Ordway. Not man on the
ground but expected to be a sufferer from the
mosquitoes activity, and every one is delighted
because their fears have not been
realized. OF flies there are plenty
and they are OF a vigorous pertinacious variety,
Especially annoying are they in the early
morning, but as everybody gets up shortly
after daylight the flies have but little oppor-
tunity to torment sleepers.
KICKED BY HORSE.
There was considerable excitement in camp
yesterday evening when the rumor was circu-
lated that an artillery driver had been kicked
and alr nnCf L, LII