Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-31

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during his absence. THIS is the first COCA.
Sion that the colonel has acted as officer OIL
the day.
Corporal Thomas O. Hague has been or
the sick list eince Sunday.
Uommissarv Fred Weller has received q
hRudsoms nav tent refrigerator which he
Noes for depositlng yaluaoleS, trtnkets and
jswalry.
United States Inipscto- lie Roy Brown
has small library OF military pamphlets
and books In his quarters which his COM
pany oficers mad very useful for field
work.
Troop d bas asksd permission Of the
sqiadron commander TO march to the
woods With detail OF men under Sergeant
HR5Jy to selact stout poles for the purpose
rt aIegting RRllows to hang Corporal
ltesys5. The condemned man Is found
slilty OF tho helnops otfsucs of snoring In
camp.
One of the guests at the hotel, John
Bratton, tells the following story of his
effort to get Into the city yesterday by the
u. Il o. schedule train which leaves Faux
lind ut 1l.25 n. NJ: The train did not start
until 1915 p. m. Tho train stopped at
areenbank; Tie conductor did mot know
| how long tho walt would be. Mr. Bratton
| walked into town arriving ut West juno
ton as his train came into sight. He
! walked down Front street to the b. d o.
station and on inquirlng found that the
| train had not yet arrived, Yesterday a lady
| left Falkland taking the 2 81 train for Will
mington. On the way IN the passengers on
tho l1.25 a. m. train were taken aboard,
the afternoon train thus beating the morn
ing train by about three hours
Colonel Hickman OF the governors sta n i,
leaves for his home at Frankford, Dsl.,
Thursday morning.
Hyatt's Military Band gave delightful
| ~ nax1,a FAINT Inc ~
night. A large concourse OF visitors listened
to the musical strains.
| General Kenney paid a visit to the pr ass
| tent yesterday afternoon and was received
as the chief OF staff deserved. The general
told his orderly to SEQ that the press tent
! commissary arrangements were properly
looked after. The reporters thanked the
general for his undated courtesies to
| tham.
/ Last evening General Kenney gave re.
ceptlon to the Juveniles of rho camp. The
| guests were the younger members OF the
DIS aware College cadet artillery and Ser
| gsGnt Bobble Morrison OF Troop ID.
| II was beautiful moonlight night last
night. Camp Biggs was On elysium OF
happy camp lounRers.
PROMINENT VISITORS,
The following prominent military men
Will be guests OF Colonel Marshall at the
| governors review: BrlRadier-gener
DooutElI CONTEMPLATING fiLSt BFlgh0a +. N.
G.; Major Ohew, Pennsylvania State Fancl-
bles; Colonel Bsuman, First Regiment
+. N. G.
GENERAL ORDER.
Tha following order mas been announced:
From date until further orders guard d.
tails OF cavalry battalion aud cadet battery
will report to Adiutant II. L.. Paige, First
Ialantry N. q. D., and will be mounted
with th9 infantry details.
BATTALION tK1RMrsH.
Following the regular regimental bat
TALON drill this morning, under com,
mald of Colonel Marshall there was
verY interesting and exciting battalion
skirmish drill, which WAS ia fast nook
battle. One man, Oomuiisssry Sergeant
Weller, los. bis life in order TO give the
hospital corps practice, but on his arrival
at the hospital the surgeons pronounced
him miraculously unhurt.
The regiment was under the command
Of Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant LIE
Roy Brown, U. 3. A., Who led the troops
against an Imaginary enemy which had
taken stand on the other eide of the
Falkland rood.
Five hundred rounds of blank cart
ridges were served TO the traops and at
the close OF the battle, it was foa1id TINT
oil this supply Of ammunition had been
exhausted.
The whole regiment formed In line of
battle facing the Falkland road. Ad-
vance skirmishers were sont out and then
the whole regiment was deployed As skir-
miahers. The men advanced ON the
Falkland road, firing as they went
forward. Suddenly the advance Skin
mishsrs were forced back, and after hesi-
tatins moment began to retreat, turn
ing to FIRE at the enemy as they fell back
on the imaginary main line.
Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant
Brown, seconded by the company off.
GERS, succeeded in short time in rally
ing thu men and the line was reformed
under FIRE, second charge made and the
enemy driven from the road. II was an
exciting picture of real warfare.
COmlnissary Sergeant Weller was killed
at the beginning OF the retreat, being
shot in the back as no was running from
the enemy. The hospital corps, under
command Of Surgeons Robinson and
Ellegood, at once gent ON the field with
stretcher, on which the corpse was
placed and carried to the hospital. After
an examination the surgeons pronounced
him unhurt, probably knocked down by
the wind OF bullet, and he was speedily
resuscitAted.