Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-22
THE GALLANT FIRST.
Their Initial Experiences Of Military
Life in Camp.
THE GBAYS AID BAND 7 At TNERlNCE
Fair Markmanship 10 start with-ciear
Weather and Pretty Carolina Girls
Good Feed and Good Feeders.

(By telegraph from a stan Correspondentl
CAwp FowLr, WB1GH1svnLE, N. c., July
2l.-Scarce had rosy-cheeked Aurora
tinged the morning skies with red to-day
ere all the roostors in the neighborhood'
imbuod with the Split Of military enthu-
siasm porvading everything, begun
shrilly Growing " Corporal of tho Guard
A. reveille sounded Through the camp
the ubiquitous crow in his onward fight
cawed ont Garry arms" and the soldiery
sprung to life and saw old Sol bright ana
smiling once moro.
Company - Ohe Graya) had to quickly
shake seductive Morpheus and hustle ON ior
targct-practice.
GOOD SHOOTING FOR BgGISSErs.
Captan BoesicuX commanded the sleepy
hoad4. for when they started out they certainly
were drowsy. hut after they reached tho rang,
which IL some distance from camp, they peFhino
wide awake and managed 10 make tho pun eyo
right uneasy. considering their inexperleh.oo'
Tho average score Of The men WIS "a per cent.
Captain Lang" Christian, OF Company Is, Wae
the next man o. lead out his satellites aiter luc
Crsys returned. and whom they had hhisneu
banging away they found that they had ~
average o. 90 per cent which beat the 6rays py i'
The bIass- -buf'Oucra Of Company r, uhu'l
command ~ Captain spence, were the heAt ~
sucres- on, hut they had - stop before thcy @ naa
regiment which had right 50 the range ~
rived. Tomorrow morning they viii 60 70 the
RANGE again AT o'clock ana finish their WORK.
ROUTINE woRK
After tho morning. duties today the men
wrr, bu-ilv engaged Tor some hours IN putting
their uniforms .D ord y and cleaning their riiics
and accoutrcmouts. While doing thih WORE they
also examined heir linen very carefully 70 see u
their collars were sufficiently launiercd Tor th'
biz bah n, the "llammocks tonight and
hunted per4eycringly for their patton. .-leathcr
snoe- and other articles Of dress hidden away IA
tho naFereacks. The dance H. looked fofWalu 10
with the greatest pleasure By the men and' 10
u-e their expression, everything is going 10
shake a foot
TlcsIE WEATHER
Tho weather to-day after finding that tho sol
ditry had determined 10 not mind n cleared up
aud smiled a. ewcCtly as ifit had never tormentcd
humanity with nendish gicc. But u il hard 10
nni golden medium, ani before long IL
became hatefully hoi ana warmed things gene
rails during the forenoon. whether u ireeAeS'
or slcet- or SHOWS hereafter. everybody griihIy
determined 10 laugh fate In the face
NATURE AND HER HiNDIwoRS SHIIING.
Tho c.cnr weather brought forth today scores
of prcfty girls from cyerywhere. There Were
hrosu-eveG girls ana bue-cyei girls plump
girls end slender girls, but, goodness none ol
vour fat % or "fknny' ones. They don't gro"
that way iu North Carolina, but attain Just those
proportions and that beauty which makes your
thoughts turn iutuiflvely 20 mo might southh'i
hfe-r-fpfe chair-' and the well-knoWu Absence ol
I'm" ana perhaps "iua.' In other words, the
" Tar-Hecl" irauein5 are just as sweet, ana
nice as we'll ns The Virginia ones ana that ,,l .ls,
niHes tho S"HHuin toHN.n "l "iemlnihily.
NoS. il the Virginia boys neglect tnetr duty
while those dear creatures are around phoHlu
they he pInished2 No.
POPULAR OrFicTRs
Speaking a popular officers, there Il bu' little
dolhf that II recorded vote we're taken 10
setilc this question, Captain Cyrus BossieuN and
CYmmi-sary-Scrccnnt Moore would come ont
| Long way ahead. This b. no reflection upon tho
ofner gallant soliicra. and in explanation IL has
simply 10 pe sta; a that the former is comfnls-
enrv ~ Subsistence and the latter bis able
risE FEEDING.
They furnish "feed ior toe boys and tp-iop
" fccders" they are, too. Sergeant Moore has
worked Ike a beaycr-a whole dam of beavers
IN i..'i-and racs al . a. NJ every morning tOg grt
breakfast fixed up. For supper last night SIX
FISH wont the rounds while nt dinner today We
hal " Irish rtcw.' clam chOwder, vegetables.
bread. butter, and cake. TIC 'erecants mott"
i4: Nc live 90 Cat. And one has only to see ihe
-.irs." t- DD e'nr almost ,ci.l1t'1 .hat -L
quotation - "a iacL
FISR TUN.
The boys have had moro fun IN camp than you
can "ahnkc a stick At " and Tho whole place -
liae ore big family No one hns thrown dog
'r4t on airs. rs The Pe'crslurg boys say, ~
ihe.r unique .lnG ouptoueous dialect. NoOOiy T.
sick and " an are well " save q few who have
been so unfortunate to sustain bruises from
their Runs. which Kick % h0ck with me Ycloritt
cf a Government mule. Cf course the swell"d
finger. which always follow baseball IL con-
spruOus on cvcry hand, hut "oyerything g0e-
and these casualties are too trivial 10 De Nor
toned.
BIG FOCR.
The military have sponi considerable por-
tion of their time sur'-hathing and fishing. aud
every day some angler produces IN camp
hitherto unknown "varmint' oi the s0a.
The Richmond Griys have BIG Four
which. Il not ~ enormous I'm physical proportions
as o'her organizations Of like number, il cer
tainly in tho swim. II consists Of Second-Ser-
geaut William Girsun, jim kdGens, l.. \. Spott,
and {. II. Eindcrvater.
pOLIIE OFFfCFEs.
II would be q dincult matter to End three
moro courteous and pleasant young officers thai
Fir-i-Lieutcnant *. !. llayerty. Sorond-ilcC-
tenant William Russell, ana Firsi-Sergeaut
Henry Russell, of the "Walkor Light Guards.
But whom II comes 10 this, what's the matteI
with Lieutenant John MARKS, Of L, and Iieutou-
ant y. j. Hostead. Of c.
ON THURSDAY EFYrEW.
Governor Holt. Of North Carolina, arrived yes
terday afternoon. lie iid not review tho mill
tary today rs was expected. but viii DO 50 on
Thursday az > O'Clock in tho afternoon.
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