The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-24
FUN UNDER CANVAS.
Humors of the Sea Girt En-
Campment--G Governor ABB
belts Badge.
Special to the Jersey ctr Neacs.

JOyeu themselves IN qule6 way In camp
Tuesday night, while most of the officers
were over to Spring Lake enjoying the
music OF Winkler's band, which rendered
Miss Mamie Albeit serenade during
the evening After the music the Gov
ernor and mis- daughter held an informal
reception, which was attended by many
OF the guests Of the fashionable hotels
nearby.
While the officers were attending to
their social duties the boys kept things
lively in the camp, and fun reigned in
each regiment.
Early in the evening ex-May0r Ma
gowan visited the camp, and was given
an escort from the Seventies gun squad,
who escorted him to Colonel Skirm IS
headquarters, where Mr.. Mcgowan pre-
senued the new Colonel with handsome
sword and belt. Felicitous speeches
were made by both gentlemen, and very
pleasant evening was spent. Deputies
Early, Loutrel and FELTON,, of the Quar-
termhster Generals Department, also
surprised General Donnelly during the
evening by giving him costly belt for
his full dress uniform.
AN AWFUL EPISODE
During the evening Private Murphy, of
Company G, was hauled out of his tent
and told to do guard duty one on of the
streets, as there were number of sus-
pioious looking characters lurking around
the place. Private Murphy is new
member, and for two hours he paced up
and down the lonely street with his eyes
upon every person who passed MIN and
his ears open for strange noises. One of
the officers who heard of the imposition
practiced upon him notified him that he
had been the victim of a joke,
and Private Murphy waxed wroth
and took the advice of his tormentors
and made a complaint to Captain
Not1 ,ryhr< 6nrc cff,x,A "A fn fD1yn
ordered court martial and had Private
Rich. the perpetrator of it, tried. The
court found him :guilty and he was SEN
fenced TO be shot at daybreak, Private
Murphy to be the executioner. The new
member took everything in earnest, and
that he could hardly sleep during the
night, and this morning he asked TO be
excused from the task of killing his COM
rade, but he was perfectly willing to have
some one else do the job. Bright and
early this morning the prisoner was led
out and tied to tree. with his eyes ban
daged, and Private Murphy was brought
from his tent to execute the orders of the
court. He made great effort to be ex-
cused and just about the time
he was bracing himself for the first
shot carrier rode up with a dispatch,
which was supposed to have come from
the Governor, pardoning Private Rich
of thirty-five dollars a week during his
life. Murphy was delighted at the out
come and said that the amount named
| would appease his wounded dignity, and
that he would spend the first weeks al
letment for layout tor the company.
Private Murphy who is young and very
unsephisticated, yet believes that every
thing in the case was regular, and is
| chuckling TO himself over his fortunate
escape from having to fill man with
| lead, and of the ltberality of the State in
matter of wounded feelings.
BEN's MARROW ESCAPE.
To please the officers OF the Quarter
master Generals department, Colonel
| Farley in particular, Chief Clerk Arm
strong brought to camp his spaniel Ben.
| He Immediately became a great favorite
with ColonelS Farley and FELTON,; in fact
rivalry sprung up between them ror
| first claim to the dogs affections, which
threatened to result IN q serious coolness.
Ben generally passes his nights at The
| cotside of one or the other of those affa-
| BILE officers, and they are lulled to sleep
! by the gentle thump of his hind legs on
the floor of the tent in his vain efforts
| to dislodge the omnipresent flea from
| his silken ear; or, at times when
suddenly awakened by his musical bark
| as his ear catches the sound of q foot
4 fall within the tent. expressions OF
| esteem, both loud and deep, fall from
| their lips in praise of the chief clerk for
| his thoughtfulness in permitting th EN- to
| enjoy the comfort of having so wat chful
| q guardian of their slumbers. Indeed, sc
| fearful were they of loosing the socieJy OF
| this faithful animal, during his first nigh
in camp they tied rope about his neck,
and passing it over the ridge-pole of their
tent, made it fast, and then left him. In
their anxiety to make him secure, they
failed to notice that his feet did moi
touch the ground. and but for the timely J
arrival of Sam Holmes, poor Ben's first
campaign at Sea Girt would have had an
ignoble ending.
DRILLS AND PARADES.
The usual guard mount and drills took
place yesterday and General Sewell was
again on the Held instructing the
colonels in difficult battalion movements.
He is highly pleased with the improve
ment the brigade is showing.
Today will be an interesting day and
many people will flock here If the day is
fine. At half-past seven the Gatling Cur
Company will drill and practice on the
rifle range. Their two pieces are beauti
full specimens of the most improved pat
tern of those death dealing, but innocent
looking cylinders of brass. They are cap
able of shooting 1880 shots minute and
each one is fired from forty-five calibre
cartridge. The guns are owned by the
United States Government and are the
only two which have been loaned to State
governments. At the practice tomorrow
ball cartridges will be used and thor.
ough test of the accuracy and capacity OF
the guns will be made.
Shortly before noon the three gun de
tachments will proceed to the beach anC
try their skill, firing at floating targets
which will be placed several Thousand
yards at sea.
In the afternoon General Plume will
hold his annual review, when the mel
will be seen to their best advantage.
Yesterday morning fire broke out il
the underbrush in the woods betwee
the camp and the beach, and in shor
time thirty acres of it were burnt nj
fiercely. A detachment OF soldiers Tough
the flames gallantly for over an hou
and succeeded in extinguishing them be
fore any of the States property was de
stroyed.
THE GOVERNORS PRIZE.
Inspector General of Rifle Practice
Bird w. Spencer announced yesterda.
that Governor Albeit has authorize,
him to offer champion marksman'
badge to the soldier making the bes
score during the season, in competition
in the championship match, under tn
following regulations
| Competitions will take place at halt
past two D. m. on July 28 and 81, Angus
Ii, 4, 8, IL, 49, IS, %, rs and 80, at the rang
at Sea Girt, under the supervision of a
officer of this department.
This match is open to all officers an
enlisted men of the National Guard c
: New Jersey.
Inspectors of Rifle Practice, or thos
| who n anv TINA have h,sld that 0ff1ra h