The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-29
LIFE IN CAMP ANDERSON.
THE CAvALRYMEN FAST GETTING
USED TO IT.


qhe Guard Mount 10 the Morning
and the Dress Parade at the Park
: Extension IN the AfsernOOn-Inci
dents Of Camp and Stories Told al
Mess.
Camp Anderson was full Of life yester-
day. The second day in camp showed a
great improvement over the first. Col.
Gordon is proud OF the Fifth Georgia's
men, and he has reason to be proud Of them.
at looks like old times, 50 said a war vet
eran yesterday, while walking through th'
camp, "only things are clean and every
body IS happy
The same discipline prevails aud the SOL
diers have ideutically the same duties to
perform and the same service to render as
if it were war instead of peace Lieut..
Terrett OF the Eighth United States in
fantry, who is admired by everybody for
his soldierly appearance and for ms superior
knowledge of camp juty. expressed himself
very favorably yesterday. Camp Auder-
son, he said, is a better location for cavalry
than the Augusta camp was year ago. And
the men, he said, show an aptitude for the
work which Is very pleasing.
THE CAMP SCHOOL
Lieut.. Terrett took charge Of the Second
battalion, comprising troops a, c and K,
yesterday morning, and drilled them for
several hours. The manner in which he
led the men made them hustle" ia the
outset, but they were apt soldiers, and an
old veteran remarked that it wouldn't take
the bows long to move like clock under
such instruction.
Lieut.. Erwin drilled the First battalion,
comprising troops D. G and H, and Maj.
Wylly drilled his own battalion, the Third.
comprising troops F, I and B. Everybody
in Savannah is proud of Lieut.. Erwin, and
his drilling probably attracted more atten-
ton than that OF the other officers.
The men are learning to report at the
adjutant's Office at the bugler's cal. Adj.
Lawton said there is a marked improves
ment in this respect, and his mild compli-
ments to the men make them doubly appre-
ciate their positions.
TIE GUARD MOUNT.
Guard mount yesterday morning was an
interesting ceremony. A crowd OF visitors
witnessed it, and the men and officers made
pretty show. The ceremony takes place
in the rear of the camp, on the west side.
At Camp Richmond last year the people OF
Augusta regarded il as the pleasantess feat
ure Of the encampment. A cavalry guard
mount is particularly interesting.
At $50 o'clock iusteai OF mounted drill
the companies formed IN the company
streets and were drilled by the United States
officers until 10 o'clock. It was an interest
ing sight, and a crowd witnessed it. Toward
noon the mon find their tents, and when
they are off guard duty snooze until the
bugler calls them TO duty in the afternoon.
THE SICK LIST
Several reported on the sick list yester-
day. Corpl. Foy of the Georgia Hussars
one of the best men in camp, suffered with
a high fever all day.
j. r. Bennett, one Of the Wayne troop,
was kicked by rise last night, and had
to be removed to st. JOsephs Infirmary.
He was not seriously hurt, but he was re-
heved from duty, as he could not get the
attention in camp that would be given him
at the infirmary. Private Small
wood of the Hussars was also relieved from
camp duty on account OF sickness.
Orderly Sergt. P. w. Fleming of the
Brunswick Light Horse Guards narrowly
escaped being seriously hurt yesterday
morning while watering his horse. He was
In the saddle, aud the animal became IN
ruiy and fell. Fleming fell under the
horse, but the stirrup broke, and he extri-
Gated his foot in time to save himself.
THE DRESS PARADE.
The dress parade at the park extension at
5 o'clock was witnessed by crowds of peo-
pie The regiment will continue the pa
rades during the week hereafter at
O'Clock. They interest spectators, and the
officers regard them very necessary in the
camp instruction.
Before the assembly was sounded last
night the soldiers lounged about their
tents, sitting in the streets guying and tell
ing jokes on each other. A great joke is
going through the camps at the ex-
pense Of Quartermaster Seymour Stewart,
steward Of the camp. 1t is said that when
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against him, administering gentle projec-
tile, he became alarmed lest five of his
best ribs were broken. When the boys
showed disposition to tease the suffering
man by asking him how he knew his ribs
were broken, Seymour turned to physician
and asked IL a person could have five of his
ribs broken and not know it. However
true or untrue that circumstance may be-
this is very true-there is no better steward
in Camp Anderson than he. If one man
eomplimented him upon his good dinners
yesterday twenty did, aud he is a general
faYorite with the Hussars.
NOT IN IT THIS TINE.
There is universal regret that Simon
Sternberg Is not in camp this year. The
boys say he is the life Of any camp, whether
he knows a lizard from an alligator or not.
Edward Smith of the Burke Troop is one
Of the rarest characters in the whole camp
He is a noted farmer. He ranks at the
top of the list as a successful cotton grower
He raised last year nearly 800 bales of cot
ton and cleared nearly $1,000. Hi:
friends tell good joke OF
him about wetting his cottor
before he sends it to market. They say
there is boiling spring within few rod
of Smiths gin house, and the cotton is al
lowed to lie over that spring to Absorb
moisture. The cotton factors in Savannah
they say, are instructed to turn Smith
cotton loose as soon as they get it, and thei
reason for doing it is that it will losc fort
pounds in day. Smith denies 1t.
ANOTHER JOKE ON SMITH.
Another joke is told at Smiths expense
Early last year he picked out bale of ney
cotton and thought to market the first bal
of the season. He instructed his laoorers t
throw the cotton on the wagon, and driv
TO town as fast as they could. He told Ma
Wilkins what he was up to, and the maio
sent dray out for bale which he claimet
was new, and dumped it on the warehous
platform. Smith was absolutely endorsed
outgeneraled. When his his men drove III
the mules all foaming at the mouth an
wet with sweat, Smith cursed them out an
told them they had played -. They ha
allowed a man to drive twenty miles, Will
they had driven but half as far, and tina
all his work was for nothing-literall
nothing. He was very mad until he foun