The morning call., 1890-09-29

All the things in connection with Camp
Waterman have not been told by the news
paper correspondents. who mainly retailed
the gossip gathered at headquarters, and of
course ignored or did not condescend to
record the dOings and trials and tile priva-
tons of tue enlisted men, without whom
there could no more have been an encamp-
ment than could the play OF - Hamlet ~, be
has told OF the pitiful despair of the rear
guard of one of the regiments confronted as
it was for time with the cherries pros
pect of marching h0meward over the Santa
Cruz Mountains on empty stomacils and
pockets?
gathering up the ''impedimenta" of the COM
mSsary epartment-everything was I'M
pedimenta" in Santa Cruz, for baggage"
and stores" were terms too vulgar Tor
brigade camp-the rear guard had no care
for the morrow, but bad enough to eat
The boys were sadly improvident, however,
with their money left them for their meals
by the quaIteImaster, or paid them IN adj
vance for work. When all the heavy bag
gage had been placed on the freight train,
day or two after the breaking up of camp,
they themselves boarded the passenger
tram for home, with tickets provided them.
This rear guard had proceeded some five
or six miles when the conductor appeared
to gather up the tickets, and the awful dis
covery was made that they were overdue
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homeward departure of the brigade. Not
one in that rear guard had eaten that day.
and not one had money enough to buy
square meal, and all but one were inc0nti-
nently bounced from the train and dumped
with n box of apples (all the cOmmissary
stores with them. and stolen at that some
where in the wilds of the Santa Cruz Noun
tains. That one is a corporal, and son OF
a railroad official, and as he had pass over
the road, he volunteered to consider himself
an expedition of one for the relief Of the
Bankrupt and stranded rear guard.
For over twenty-four hours that rear guard
had precarious existence. ltwearied itself
marching back to Santa Cruz Juggling that
box of apples; slept that night in oui-houses
or did not sleep at all; appeascd hunger al
together on the apples stolen from Chinese
orchard alter Drawing the teeth OF faithful
watchdogs, and every minute of the day and
night bewaied their lack of economy. It'd
ingS from the relief expedition were received,
however, on the following day with shout:
the quartermaster's Geographic money or
der was cashed and empty stomachs were
filled; his arrangement with the railroad TO
transport them home at the cost of the regi-
ment Was carried out, and now the Paymas-
ter is kicking over bill OF $40 for that rear
guard.
GRAND ROUNDS oUTwITTED.
One of the Grand Rounds was cleyerly out
wtted one morning. A certain company was
sergeant of the guard as well as officer of
the guard for all practical purposes, the
Captain being officer of the day and the
Lieutenant of the company in camp detailed
in charge of the provost guard tent where by
day one had to salute officers and swallow
more than the regulation peck OF dust kicked
in the air by horses, and where by night one
had to keep warm and fight off sleep and
mosquitoes.
The officers composing Grand Rounds
presented themselves at 2:30 o'clock i'll the
morning, and the sergeant of the guard es-
corted them on their rounds. The sentries
were all comparatively new recruits, who
had never done guard duty and GER
talnly were not over confident as to The
character of Grand Rounds, notwithstand-
ing all the instructions given them. The
sergeant was therefore in continued trepda-
ton and verify Sweating blood" that his
men would make some bad break or betray
their ignorance by not making the proper
challenges. But every sentry was on the
alert, dark as it was, and challenged in n
firm voice and strictly according to the
book, like so many tried veterans.
Grand Rounds over and around the camp
fire, the sergeant was telling with Just pride
of the superior intelligence OF the men at
the posts and their admirable sCldierly
qualities. There was general laugh at
his expense and the reason for it was not
apparent TO the late sergeant of the Grand
Rounds, until he was informed that while
he was marching the Grand Rounds around
the camp, the Lieutenant, who had trudged
in from the provost tent Tor some hot coffee
and pie, had taken in the situation at a
glance and by shorter route through the
reglmental street and between tents pre-
coded him and warned every sentry aud
brushed him up on the challenges.
ON BRIGADE DREss-PARADE.
Another amusing experience befell GER
tain well-known Drum Major--the same one
who told every one IN camp that he CROSSED
the Alps with Napoleon" 1t was early in
camp and the d. M, was ont that afternoon
IN charge OF the consolidated bands on the
brigade dress-parade. Down he marched
the line of the brigade as erect and proud as
one OF the lmmOrtalS that "crossed the Alps
with Napoleon" and back again he marched
at the head of the four bands and the drum
and bugle corps, the cynosure of all eyes.
There was nothing remarkable in this
fact, but there was in the circumstance that
miserable and scrawny little yellow dog
followed his every step on that brigade
dress-parade and back to quarters after the
ceremony. Not one of the hundreds who
saw him knew why that miserable king
cur should exhibit such fondness for the
man who crossed the Alps with Napoleon"
The story is that the dog was tied by a piece
OF Irvine to the buttons of the cOat-tal of
the ID. Nj. and the dog had no choice but fol-
low.
maj evening Tue Sllue-tr0moOneman IN
one band was missing, and on the following
morning he was accounted Tor absent on
THROUGH and well that he was, for had he
tempted fate by remaining there would have
been funeral and the corpse would have
been that OF slide-tromboneman in GER
tain band.
HOW biscuits" CAME HOME.
Biscuits" the nickname of certain
private in certain company, had a doleful
experience. He obtained furlough on the
Monterey to visit friend" as he put it-a
friend in petticoats probably. Biscuits "
had had a riotous week in camp, having pur-
chased several bottles OF beer, 50 that when
he went to Monterey from camp he Lad
jlnglIng in his inside pocket not more OF the
coin of The ieaIm than to pay for his fare to