Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-09
BULL S-HEAD FEAST.
THE BOYS IN BLUE LIVING HIGH IN
THEIR SEASIDE CAMP.
A Dull Day in the City of Tents-The
Troops Show Efficiency in Their
Drills-General Notes.
CAMP STANFORD, SANTA CRUZ,
AuOust 7 1900

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| CAMP STANFORD, SANTA CRUZ,
August Z, 1890
| To-day was the dullest day in camp so
far. In the afternoon it was almost de-
serted, the campers either focking to the
seashore or attending the bulls head din
ner at Sycamore Grove, about two miles
north of Santa Cruz. Nearly all the officers
and ladies and number of the enlisted
men went out to the grove in teams and
passed the afternoon most pleasantly there.
The dinner was given by Mayor Bowman
and partook of the nature of barbecue
The feast was a novelty to many, and all
returned in the evening greatly pleased
with the trip and with the manner in
which the Mayor entertained his guests.
| Colonel Shafter of the regulars came over
from Monterey, and arrived just in time to
receive an invi alton to attend the dinner.
He accepted it cheeifully.
| There was speech making by The officers
and responding to toasts by Colonel Shafter,
Colonel Guthrie. Adjutant Greer, Chaplain
Won Herrlich, Lieutenant Ormsby. Lieu
| tenant Simonds, Mayor Bowman and many
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affair was grand success. The dinner was
excellently served and the tables were very
| handsomely decorated with flowers. A
number of ladies of Santa Cruz waited on
| the guests and saw that no one was over
| looked.
Battalion drill this morning occupied
| fully two hours, and the movements were
executed in a manner which showed that
the commanders of the companies were
we'll up in tactics. In fact all of the drills
have been very successful, but so far no
very difficult movements have been at
tempted. There will probably be Skin
mish drill before the end of the week.
Captain 0'Connell of the Regulars wit
| be we'll pleased with the way in which the
different commands were executed. He
consented to drill Company A in the bay
onet exercise this morning and he put
| them through the drill in good shape. The
company did we'll and evidently surprised
| the Captain by their knowledge of the ex-
ercise, which is not often attempted by the
men of the other companies.
Uncle John Douglass desires his Sacra-
mento friends to know that he is behaving
himself admirably. He acts as mail-car-
rier.
Lieutenant Robbie of the Signal Corps,
has been the victim of more jokes than
anybody in camp. Hardly night passes
tell on him. He did not sleep at camp
last night, and when he came out this
morning he found salmon about four
feet long in his bed.
The regiment has dress parade down to
nicely. and goes through the ceremony
almost as well as the regulars can.
Adjutant- General Orion came into camp
at 5 O'Clock this evening, and a salute of
eleven guns was fired in honor of his ar
rival
Colonel Shafter also visited camp, and
was accompanied by the Adiutant of his
regiment, Captain Strosser.
Camp is again deserted this evening.
There is a ball in progress at the Peake
House, and all of the officers and ladies are
in attendance. The band played concert
music on the porch of the Ocean House for
an hour and half this evening, and after
wards played the music for the dancers.
Almost the whole town of Santa Cruz
gathered to hear the concert.
Only one prisoner has been placed in the
guard house since the encampment COM
menced, and he was not member of the
regiment, but a civilian He was charged
with stealing some articles from one of the
tents and would have been prosecuted but
for the inconvenience it might cause to
some of the officers and men in attending
the Court in Santa Cruz.
Camp will be broken ON Sunday evening
about $50 o'clock.
Miss Jessie Pierson and Mrs. Mamie
Heinrichs are among the best swimmers at
the beach.
The conduct of the men in camp and in
town deserves to be spoken of in the high
est terms of praise. There is almost an
entire absence of the rough, boisterous ele-
ment which few INDUCED in in former
encampments aud on account of which
the entire regiment suffered. 1t is notice
able, also, that the men observe with nicely
the custom of saluting all officers in and
out OF camp, matter in which they have
been rather careless heretofore.
at the guard mount Wednesday evening,
the Brigade Commander directed the atten-
ton of Captain O'Connell, U. S. A, to the
correct manner in which the ceremony was
conducted, and the latter was emphatic in
his praise of the exactness displayed. A
little practice is all that is required to at
tain perfection, but the main thing demon
strated was that the men are being properly
instructed in their duties by painstaking
officers, who evidently understand their
business, and that the force is composed of
men of a high order of intelligence, who
need not be told how to do thing twice.
The daily improvement is noticeable, al
though the drill ground is not of the best.
being hummocky and covered with dry
grass, which is very slippery.
The presence incamp of so many officers
wives and families is commented upon
favora5ly, and the verdict is that it has
refining influence on the men. Their pres
ence is not allowed to interfere in the
slightest degree with the camp duties.
cannot, of course, speak of how this would
look in other regiments or with different
class of men, but can state from observa-
ton that it works we'll in the First Artil-
lery, and that lady hears as little rude,
| rough language as ii she was at home.
There will certainly be a meeting if the
, officers wives are debsrred from participat-
ing in these encampments. Every year
adds to the number. and this year has
drawn in Mrs. Captain Nihell, of Nevada
City The ladies are in hopes that Mrs.
Captain Cook will be in camp next year,
and also Mrs. Captain Glas. Z. NJ. s.