The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-22
Echoes FROM THE CAMP.
-ue FAMOUS MARCH OF THE
Troops IN THE RAIN.

Troops IN THE RAIN.
-. Veterans said it Showed What
.na Boys Are Made Of-Letters from
come - Commissary Sutcliffe the
pac,utent of a Pretty Present
FRANKS of the Soldiers.
rrom the StGT Correspondent of the Netus
CAMP RICHMOND,
AUGUSTA, GA, June 10, 1890.
rha rain poured, the wind blew, the trees
Ill the houses shook, but Gov. Gordon re-
-, risTed the state troops at Camp Richmond
.aday. If during the entire time here in
Inch the soldiers have had opportunity to
Ssnav true soldierism they have failed, they
.srtainly did not fail to-day.
LENT. Terrett is a very proud man OF the
.,nduct of the Georgia soldiers to-day. He
aid whatever else seemed snowy about
ham their conduct was that of genuine
soldiers. They passed through the day Just
.s if nothing unusual were happening.
The governor came out to Camp Rich
roond today and took dinner He rode
,bout. visiting Col. Gordon at his head
charters on Cavalry hill. He went through
he camp, and expressed himself as being
vsry much pleased. While he was engaged
IN this the usual little cloud began to rise
IN the south. 1t has risen everyday since the
soldiers have been here. Nobody dreamed
tbat il meant mischief. When o'clock
came the heavens began to get speckled.
4 cloud was rising from every side, but
still nobody suspected that a rain
would fall on Camp Richmond.
Col Mercer, after riding over the
field. sent the men back into
camps. but after finding that he was acting
% much against the predictions of the
weatber prophets he ordered them out
again, and soon the race. course in the expo
sIion grounds was full of soldiers Surely
5000 people witnessed the ceremony.
THE FIRST REGIMENT.
The First regiment formed in prompt
order the Second battalion baked. but
finally formed right, the Seventh battalion
came IN and Col. Gordon marshaled his
cavalrymen in splendid order. The Ninth
battalion was unaccounted for. There was
a few minutes delay waiting for them.
The governor and his staff were mounted in
front of the grand stand, facing the
soldiers. The governor wore a silk hat and
Prince Albert suit. He rode a prancing
dlv which stamped her feet impatiently,
ana, shifting the air, threw her head UP and
down, bowling to the military. Before the
Ninth battalion left its quarter the rain be-
gan to fail. 1t came right along without
any ceremony. The drops were large
enough to blind man.
Somebody saw that the governor would
get wringing wet if he stayed on his horse,
and they offered to hold his horse, in order
that he might come out of the rain. The
governor refused to leave his horse. An
umbrella was then offered him, but he re-
turned it soon and ordered the review.
IRREGULAR CLoUD-BURsT.
At this juncture the rain subsidized and
the Ninth battalion came prancing into
line They were not more than in line
when rain storm from the south and one
from the west met over Richmond, and
there was a clould-burst.
Lieut.. Roman of the First Georgia regi-
ment said that over three inches of rain
fell. He measured it in his boots Blinded
almost by the rain, the governor rode
around the soldiers, removing his
hat to the officers and men, and returned to
bis first position to let the men pass in re-
view Unfinchingly the soldiers passed
through the manual with all the ease and
elegance possible. The First regiment, led
by the Irish Jasper Greens, under Capt.
John Flannery, was the attraction. Loud
applause greeted the men as they passed
the grand stand. When the regiment was
passing the governor, Col. Mercer reminded
him that it was the First regiment, and
Gov. Gordon tnrned in his saddle and re-
marked: 81 never saw the equal of it.
The men do not know that it is raining"
The new uniforms of the men were droop-
ing, but the faces of the boys were as
cheerful as they could be,
1t was the grandest sight over seen in
Augusta. Cheer after cheer went up from
the immense throng in the grand stand.
People shouted themselves hoarse. Every
body was proud of the Georgia soldiery.
ut showed what kind of stuff the boys are
made of, y an officer said.
Lieut.. Terrett was laughing throughout
the entire time. He rode around the Sec
the absence of Col. WILLY, and the men
applauded him.
COL. REILLY AT HIS POST.
Col. Peter Reilly was indisposed during the
day, and he was advised to leave the field.
but he stood to his post and took the
weather with his men. Capt. John Elan
merry came out to-day and took charge of
his men for the first time on dress parade.
lie has not been very we'll since he has been
IN Augusta, but as the governor was going
to review the troops the captain determined
to be at the head of his company, When
the squad came up he was begged by his
men to go to his tent, but he
Stoutly refused. He carried his
men through all right. Seeing that
their captain, sick as he was. braved the
storm, the men braced up and showed that
they were worthy of such gallant and
true captain. The step of the old Cadets
was as natural as ever. The boys moved as
easily and as smoothly as their friends ever
saw them, and the applause which they
received made Capt. Brooks mighty proud.
The parade lasted the usual time. The
ram could not drive the soldiers from the
held. After the review the commands were
marched to the camp. Before entering
their tents the Cadets stripped themselves in
lront of their tents, and stretching
wire along in front of the tents they hung
every vestige of clothing on it. They then
got inside of their tents and put on dry
'duds." Col. Reilly returned to find his
Tent blown down and everything in it wet.
LIEUT.. M'HARRIE HURT.
The guards tent blew down on Lieut..
McHarrie of the Oglethorpes. Several
guards were in the tent at the time, and In
heir endeavor to get out of the danger one
u them speared the lieutenant on the chin.
The wound was not very painful one. The
ent in which the arrested soldiers were
leld also blew away, and the boys escaped.
The infantry camps Jared worse than those
Il the cavalry. All the cavalry tents are
arge and strongly built, and the winds
Gould not blow them down.
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