Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-21
THE FLAG NOW FLIES.
IContin,aod from Second Pn9e.1

they we're loaded down with whisky and other
liquids which intoxicate. Several visitors to
camp reported that they had purchased hard
drinks from the equally hard purvoyors. The
big boats never approach too near the shore. but
the liquor got there by means of small boats
manned by the law-defying toughs. This
morning Sergts. joyce and Campbell, through
| the medium of a field glass, watched the wave
rocked saloons do business. Then Sergt Joyce
telephoned to Capt Barbour for detail. and
IN few minutes commanded d squad COM
posed OF Troopers Page, McElhone. Donald
son and kenfeld Like thirsty soldiers they
approached the unsuspccting bar tenders. They
| asked for something TO drink and it was handed
them-half-pint bottles of whisky and bottles
of beer. In the boat was tnb filled with
bottles and ice. One of the troopers said:
Suppose we take the whole of it," The others
acquieseed. and while the gin-slinger's heart
leaped for Joy they hoisted out his entire stock
In trade and marched off with it. Then
the heart OF the dispenser of tangle-
foot changed itsm otion and he
demanded money. Sergeant Joyce
facts Inside OF thirty seconds thereafter the
despoiled man had rowed back to bis store
boat with his tale of woe. The liquor was
turned over TO a guard and the case reported
to headquarters. Gen. Ordway, who arrived
at camp some time later, said he would stop
that Illicit whisky business or break trace, or
words to that effect.
MYSTERIOUS HOLES n The GROUND.
Mentioning bottles calls to mind one of the
peculiarly yellow-striped habits common to
cavalry. OF course it would be unfair to single
out any members of Troop A. but in general
way ii may be news to state that one OF the first
things done after the tents were pitched yes
terday was TO remove portions of numerous
tent floors and to excavate the ground beneath
in gravedigger kind OF u way that would have
been ghostiy had it not been generally under
holes he rti
cellars in which to store things which anti
prohibitlonists contend are good to drink.
THE coAh1ssARY.
Tie commissary department this morning
had perfected oil their arrangements and Ser
geant Neumeyer donned his uniform and
smiled biandly in anticipation of the way his
provisions were going 10 disappear later in the
day.
The cavalry troop contained some good
eaters, but feeding them was only preliminary
brush to the coming battle. The long tables
were set and only waiting the coming of the
hungry infantry. In the kitchen
all was hustle during the day, but with little or
no confusion. The commissary department.
had to forego the pleasure OF Watching the
troops disembark In anticipation OF meeting
them little later when. their appetites
sharpened by the exercise of arranging their
camps. they would swoop down on the eating
pavilion. The department was not disap
pointed either when l o'clock came.
1t was a very hungry crowd that filed
down the tables and the way
the provisions disappeared and the way walters
were kept on the dance getting moro was a eau
ton to dyspeptics.
beef and cabbage. boiled potatoes. bread and
butter, pickles and sauces. This evening ham
sandwiches and coffee will be served the men
at their camps.