Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-18
GOVERNOR BULKELEY DowNED.
Thrown From His Horse at Camp
Watson TO-Day-Carrier Pigeons Bring
the News to the ''Democrat.'

reached. and here Colonel DOherty, who |
was in command. prepared for sham |
battle. Each man was provided with |
twenty rounds Of blank cartridges, and |
all the ammunition was used. The
regiment was divided, the Second sep
arate company. with Company 3, Co n
PAW { and the Machine Gun platoon |
constituting the attacking force. under |
Major Burdett Of the brigade staff while |
the rest of the regiment constituted the |
defending force. The right and left |
hanks We're III charge of Lieutenant Col |
onel Lee and Major Burpee respectively |
This force had possession of IL small
bridge and the river on their side was
lined with men. Colonel Lees force oc-
clpiCd a position in cOrntield behind
stone wall. and had full view of the ap-
preaching bridge. This flank was at
tackled by the machine gun and driven
into &, Clump of bushes, while Ma iOr
Rurpee's command was attacked by the
Second separate company. This com
pany was captured and sent back to
camp.
\ message was sent to General Wat
son asking for rc-inf,rcements. The
message WAS entrusted t. a member of
the First regiment signal corps who vas
mounted on ii bicycle and he started for
camp. lie drli> cred the message to
General Watson twenty minutes after
ing the condition OF the country he had
to travel over, was excellent time. The
same message WAS given d Second rCgi-
nent signal officer for transmission by
flags. but the hicycist had delivered his
message before tie other one was re-
ceived at camp.
General Watson ordered a detail frcm
Battery a. to the scene of action. and
the artillery went out of camp on the
4, lad
roads to the scene where it Immediately
began firing. The attacking party WAS
then driven back and routed.
Colonel DOnerty WAS very much
| pleased at the work the men did They
returned shortly after five O'Clock COM
| pleteiy covered with dust.
The detail for to-day is: Lieutenant
! Colonel II Is. Smith OF the Third regi-
menr. field officer of the day: Captain
Wolf of q, regimpntai officer of the
day; Lieutenant Kennedy of c. senior
officer of the guard; Lieutenant Cole
man Of E, Junior officer of the guard.
Lieutenant Hall of X is detailed to-day
in charge of the headquarters guard.
At o'clock this morning, Governor
| Bulkeley accompanied by General Wat
son, Lieutenant Colonel Bowen and
General fImber, went out with the Third
regiment for outpost duty. AT 8 o'clock
First regiment, returning at II. He
pronounced it the most successful en-
Campment he eN CT Witnessed.
Shorty after returning, while in front
If The depot, Go. vrIOr EulktIcys horse
stumbled and the commander was
thrown heavily on lis right side. receiv-
ing bad shaking mp. He was assisted
to carriage by Colonel Farnham and
Colonel Skinner and driven back tc
camp.
Tonight all the officers of the brigade
will visit the Governor AS is the dnnua
cu~tom, in full dress uni form.
Friday will be Governors day.
CARRIER PIGEON SERVICE.
1t required several hours for the hOnl
ing pigeons. which bear the news from
Mantle t. the DEMOCRAT to rtachthis city
, Yesterday. The dispatches were entrusted
to Young birds, aud considering that /
was their first long trip, the perform
ance was cIcditahle. At $3.50 O'clocl
this morning four of Nj Floring's bes
birds W ere released at the camp gruun,
bearing dispatches to this paper. The.
e reached Waterbury before II O'Clock
making the distance, more than fit.
q. mlics, i'll less han am hour and half
= Here is what the little birds carried:
: CAMP WATSON, August is The SUI
|
+ that the day will be a scUrcher. Thrr
f is but little sickness in the WATERBURY
- companies. only one or two Cases Q
q slight ii.di,pneIion being reported.
y Captain Wolf of Go G feels ,ustl
proud Of his command. After care
:, full count it is found that co 6 lead
. the brigade IN point of numbt Il
\ Every member OF the company
=. present and all are well. ON inspectio
of m Tt.lIS h IT, co
= The Second regiment tanks iirst i'll poin
:, Of numbers, having brought to cam
;. iS9 members. Colonel Doherty teel
:. justly proud of the showing:
ID The guard detail for Co G yesterda
=. WAS: Musician Vance, Privates j. D
y. lane, j. McEvoy, w. j. Fitzgerald, ,
-, Calvin Co AS detail was COrpOr;
= Goss, Privates mgrnham, Trptt. Rol
# erts and HuIsart. Captain Moses of G
, y was officer of the day and Lieut. Ha
- pin of Co q, junior officer of the guard
# The Second regiment boys were tire
:" out when they returned from the gran
= guard last night, but this did not intel
v fere with the nights pleasure. Til
: same old tricks and games were playe
=, and many a man iW oke this mOrnin
. f, cling sore and weary. Vet no on
~ complained, as the boys all expect to rt
, c"Ivr Il few hard l>nOr ks
On inspection tins morning both {
~. the Waterbury companies received OF
!, hundred per cent. The Co G boys al
g making prtnarations for IL grand Gel,
- bratiun on Friday night.
:. The guard detail for to day from
4 & Is: Sergeant Mailman, Corpor;
~ IIUdnrr. Privatrs, Frenzy, Hunlon Ll IL,
~ han. Quinn and ONcrtOn. Captain VOL
Il If Go \ is officer of the day. The deta
- from Go y is: Serge ant Keavney, Pr
- ates West, Peacock, Brown. Guest All
Tyrrell; w & Christian of Co A, res
mental bugler.
The guard mount is one of the prcttie
drills executed. On the guard mount I'll
10 First ard Fourth We're ali d first CLOSE
ly followed by the Second and Thiro
ro The Second was ahead before inspecLiu
y OF arms and held the lead to the finish
l.. Private Dan Sullivan of Co G. w;
u. suffering with a spraiiei knee when
n friend of his induced him to take IA fe
1a pills. Dan Is dong police duty as a COZ
in sequence.
~ ~ Private Hazen of Co A is the leader