Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-17
SUNDAY IN CAMP.

SUNDAY IN CAMP. At Nfant1c-Arrival of the Military Guard Mount and Dress Parade on Saturday-Re1igious Services-Large Numbers of Visitors in Camp Witt ness the Military Exercises. CAMP WATSON, Sunday, Aug. 16, 1S91.- The Second regiment, Colonel J.B .Doherty commanding, left New Haven at about 11:3O a. m. on Saturday and arrived here at o'clock. The soldiers marched direct ly to camp, where they were soon engaged in making preparation for their eight days stay. The teams which were in waiting at the depot transported the bag gage to the camp very quickly, and the of- ficers and other soldiers soon had their trunks, boxes, chests, chairs, lamps, etc., in their respective quarters. The regi- ment arrived at camp in the order in which they are encamped, which is as follows: Third, Second, Fourth, First The Second regiment is unusually we'll represented in numbers at camp, as out of I'll men in the regiment 6S9 came into camp on Saturday. It is also quite certain that the numerical strength of the brigade was never so great as at the present encampment. Out of 2,683 men in the brigade there are 3, ,515 in camp, and this number will possibly be increased during the first part of the week.
 Guard mount took place at 3:30 and brigade dress parade at 5:3O o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Those who saw this parade witnessed beautiful sight. The 1,r,r~ 0f fhn ollie o1 nY, O long line of bayonets and on the gold trimmed shoulder knots of the hundreds of officers as they stood before their com mander, Brigadier General Thomas L.. Watson, who was accompanied by his handsomely uniformed staff. Lieutenant H. c. Bowen, U. s. A., who saw this parade, complimented it highly. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. At 8 o'clock this Sunday morning mass was celebrated in the chapel tent by Rev. Father Hughes of Hartford, vicar general An altar was erected in the tent, and all the vestments, candles, stone, etc., were used according to the custom in the Catho- lie churches.
 At 10 o'clock Chaplain J. E. Twitchell of the Second regiment conducted divine service at the headquarters of the regi- ment.
 The members of the band were seated on chairs directly in front of the colonel's tent, while others on chairs and camp stools were gathered near the band, while the chaplain standing on the platform and under the awning in front of the tent con- ducted the open service. His text was: ''Lord, what is man that thou art mind full of him as the son of man that thou visitest him."
 {o 41,a chaplain referred to Napoleon, Washing ton, Lincoln and others, saying that they were gone. During our brief lives we eat, live and finally die, when we are buried out of sight. This is the mortal view. | The immortal view begins after we are | twenty, thirty, forty years old, or older. | There is time coming which we cannot estimate. Then what kind of an immor- tality will we have? The choice is ours. There is no decree that shuts us out from | heaven.
 In conclusion the chaplain referred to the devotion of sons to parents, saying son, and one of the meanest objects was 6 recreant son who would not recognize any | duty or obligation to parents. igadierGeneral Watson and several members of his staff attended this service
 At o'clock religious service was con- ducted in the chapel tent by members of the Y. M. c. A.
 At 9 o'clock in the spiritualists' camp a lecture was delivered by Edgar w. Emmer- son of Manchester, N. Y.
 In the evening a united religious service was held in the pavilion near the brigade headquarters.
 lains of the other regiments conducted divine worship in front of the tents of the colonels.
 VISITORS AT CAMP.
 Mantle is crowded with people this week. The large hotels are filled with summer tourists and the cottages and pri vate houses are well patronized by guests many of whom are young ladies. Caml week is always the grandest week of thu year to Mantle people, this season being nc exception.
 The number of visitors at camp to-day would be difficult to estimate. Since E o'clock large numbers of people have been continually passing into the camp through the main entrance. A large number o1 these visitors in gay and attractive summer dresses are young women who are attract ed to camp by the neat uniforms and brasi buttons of the many soldiers. There art probably but few of the younger members of the gentler sex in Mantle who have moi visited the camp this afternoon. One o1 the most common sights in camp is to see the ladies promenading in company with { soldier in uniform. Whether many o1 these people. are newly acquainted ol whether they are old acquaintances is an open question.
 Among the New Haven people in camI to-day are ex-Major T. T. Welles, ex-Cap tain F. F. Callahan, Captain l.. Luding ton. Staff Officer D. c. Beardsley and wife and Miss Sherman and many others.
 EXCURSIONS.
 Four excursion steamers landed at Nj antic to-day. The City of Lawrence ano the Shipjack from Norwich and New Lon don. The Sunshine from Hartford anc the Granite City arrived from Westerly, R I. Each of the boats brought large mum Der of excursionists, which increased tht attendance at camp.
 l THE CATERERS.
 Max Thalheimer & Son of New Haven who are catering for nine companies, art giving good satisfaction to the large mum Der of military men who are boarding witt them. They have been at the camp ai l caterers ever since the camps were estab lished at Mantle. The caterer who wal engaged by the Light Guard and Grays had some trouble yesterday. Several wait CTS that came from New York city quit work for a short time when 8 strike wal imminent.
 Another difficulty was caused by dis | appointment in getting provisions, conse- quently some of the soldiers had one o1 1 more meals that were not satisfactory The caterer has evidently mastered the situation, as the men say he furnished them an excellent dinner today DRESS PARADEs.
 This afternoon the Second regiment had a regimental dress parade and made a fine showing both in appearance and in execut- ing orders. The soldiers in white pants looked very neat. This exercise was wit messed by nearly as many people as are usually present on Governors day. Later the Third regiment had 8 dress parade after which came the brigade dress parade A new feature of these parades of the