Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-25

came too late to witness the dress parade; sol
| diers because their girl friends had not had an
opportunity to see how pretty they looked
inferior to its preseason. All Thorough soldiers
know that when the officer commanding on
dress parade brings the command down TO
"order arms" and gives way to the adjutant
tant has to do is to say Parade dismissed"
| Adjutant General Lemly said that last night,
| and all the troops, with the exception of the
first, seventh and eighth battalions, thought
he said Parade rest" The symmetry
| Of the line was marred somewhat by the blum
| der, but it will not occur again. Col Lemly
was very much surprised at the result of his
notification to the troops to 60 back to camp.
The sounds Of disappointment which were
called forth by the hardness Of the down.
with the
RoARs OF INDIGNATION
that went up from the multitude on the steam
| boat wharf. The steamer George Law was
| crowded to its utmost capacity on its trips to
the fort, and when it came TO carrying
all the passengers back the task was
| too much. Those who held checks for
return trip on the Law were told that the Mary
Washington would honor the tickets and take
the remainder Of the crowd home. When the
Mary Washington arrived there was an awful
/ jam on the wharf and several women tainted.
The scene was one that will never be forgotten
by any one of those who witnessedit Mr.. Randall
| who has chartered the Mary Washington, was
| at the gangway when the plank was thrown
| ashore and he promptly refused to honor any
of the tickets presented to him. He wanted
| Is cents head from every one of those whose
| immediate objective point was the city Of WASH
| ington. There was nothing else to do but pay
| SO the tired crowd went down into its pockets
and handed out the fare demanded. When the
| cash had been pretty well cleaned out Mr..
Randall allowed those who either could not or
would not pay to come on board, taking up
| their George Law tickets. The air was sui
phurous.
THE POST DIsPENsARY
was popular place with the young lady visit
ors yesterday evening. They leaned on the
counter and smiled at the hospital stewards,
drank the distilled ice water, which is "for
medicinal purposes only" and made them
| selves so very agreeable that they are respect
fully invited to call again. Each Of the fair
ones was presented with bottle of digger"
sules will go with every glass of water.
"wHERE DID YOU GET THAT WATERMELON"
was the loudly-expressed inquiry repeatedly
fired at the three men who were carrying very
fine specimen of a melon up to Gen. Ordway's
bearers wouldn't say q word. The gen.
eral was very much delighted with
the gift and had it placed on ice. The staff
consumed it at lunch to-day. There was no
truth in the rumor that the colored troops for
sock the camp to backtrack the three men in
order that they might find the patch.
CAMP NOTES.
A light battery detachment, consisting of
Milton E. King, Del Cox and J. H. Griffith.
was sent down to Senator Evart's place last
night with orders to bring back a quantity of
pears. After the detachment ate al it could,
it returned to camp with about q bushel and
a half of green fruit. The post surgeon, an
hour later, treated the detachment for a very
rapid description of incipient cholera.
Corporal Ct. A. Leach of company B, fourth
battalion,i is doing duty in the office of Assistant
Quartermaster General Parmenter. The cor
poral Is an NJ. d. and a gentleman. case of
apoplexy IN camp could be treated according to
Hoyle, for there are three leeches ON the
reservation-Surgeon Hamilton E. Leach,
Lieut. ID. Oln Leach, commanding the ambu-
lance company, and Corporal Leach.
HE STAR was In great demand last night.
Ten minutes after dress parade was over every
copy Of the paper on the reservation was in
hands which refused to loose their grip upon it.
Everybody wants The STAR down here, and no
one thinks OF buying any other paper until it
is absolutely impossible to get all the news as
embodied in copy of The STAR.
The cavalry camp is in frst-class condition
and rainy weather is Just what the horsemen
needed to stir them up. They have never been
accustomed to parading in fine weather. The
troop misses Sergeant Major Rennie very much.
He went away last night after staying
with the boys up to the last possible moment.
The troopers unite in praising him to the skies.
Before he left the sergeant major said he had
enjoyed himself very much, and had become
30 attached to the troop that he felt like crying
when he said goodbye.
The guard of the light battery Jared elegantly
last night. Privates Shannon and Zeller went
over to River View and there met the Misses
Bailey of Capitol Hill. The young ladies were
80 touched by the ghost stories which the bows
told them about the hard fare that they sent
them back inside the lines with feast of fried
chicken and fruit. Great times that guard had
When the light battery goes down to the
wharf side to wash up its guns it would be
more in keeping with the laws of decency if
the men would not take off all their clothing
The sensibilities Of a number of ladies have
been shocked by the nudity exhibited, and
something ought to be, and probably will be,
done to prevent its repetition.
A number of lady visitors, friends and rela-
tlves OF staf-ofhcers, were treated last night to
ride in the ambulance. The ground was de-
cidedly rough and the experience of the inside
passengers must have been similar to that of
Horace Greeley when Hank Monk requested
him to keep his seat.
1t was a night o. arrests last night. The
veterans. the old wartime soldiers-company
A, third battalion, was on guard duty and they
kept folks awake by their continuous and
effective challenging Capt Thomson told his
men to be vigilant but they did not
need any warning. They knew what it was to
stand sentry What they didn't capture was
hardly worth catching. Their list of prisoners
included such brilliant officers as Capt. John
Miller, Capt. Durant and Capt Beagle
and twenty-four non-commssioned Off
GERS and pivates. Some of the parties
arrested lost their temper and some were badly
frightened, but the majority of them took the
matter philosophically and in good part. A
number of the militiamen expected to
get away from the ''vets,' but
their attempts were futile. Once, when
a challenged man attempted to skip out the
sentinel-an old white whiskered man-thought
he was once more on the Rappahannock, and
he brought his piece up to his shoulder as
though he was going to fire. That stopped the
fugitive.
Gen. Ordway this morning appointed Geo.
II. Harries, THE Stars representative at Camp
Ordway, brigade staff sergeant.
SUPREME BENCH VACANCY.
Attorney General Miller's Chances Of