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the general order prescribing tile rou-
tine did not go into effect until this
morning. So hilarious did the boys be-
come at one time that an armed guard
had to be sent into one or two OF the
company quarters to straighten things
out. This state OF affairs was only pos
sible for the reason given, and will not
occur again. Last night the camp was
quiet aud orderly as could be desired,
and it will remain so. There was also
some pardonable growing last
night and to-day, on occount
of the deficient commissary ar
engagements. Major A. j. Bandy,
Brigade Commissary, and Signal Ofdcer
E. L. Thomas and Lieutenant w. IL.
HILLARY, of Company B, second Regi-
ment, his assistants, have been work
ing like Trojans, each gentleman named
making great record as hustler,
there has been lamentable deficiency
in the force and appliances for the prep
aration of rations, and as one OF the re-
suits OF this, two companies, one OF them
Company A, Second Regiment, OF Prince
ton, whose great wagon ride was alluded
to yesterday, got no supper at all, last,
night. On top Of this hardship, ther"l
was a great amount of delay about
breakfast this morning, the first COM
pany not getting the call till soclock, ana
some of the companies not getting bite
until nearly 10 o'clock. Men would not
be human if they did not growl about a
thing OF this kind, and in some instances
the commissioned officers set the ex-
ample for their commands. An excep-
ton to this rule, and one which all the
company officers might have emulated,
was furnished by Captain Bee. This OIL
Ger called his men into line, when the
kicking was the hottest, and told them
| the exact situation, saying it was the
| first camp held; the officers had not the
experience; persons depended upon as
cooks and walters had failed to keep
their appointments, and that Commits
sary BandY and his subordinates were
| doing all in their power to remedy the
| trouble. No one was to blame espe-
cially, and he asked his men to walt
patiently the preparation OF rations:
This advice was proper, and had good
effect. Dinner to-day was served more
promptly, as was also supper, but bali q
| dozen good cooks, as many walters, ana
additional cooking facilities are impera-
lively needed, as the four cooks now on
the ground cannot possibly serve the
seven hundred men promptly.
! A number of other mistakes, which
cannot be rectified this year, will be
profited by at the next encampment.
One is that company, accompanied by
a dozen laborers and carpenters, ought
to be at the camp about four days be-
fore the arrival of the staff and COM
mands, and second is that the compa-
panies comprising the Second Regiment,
having so far to go, ought to have been
started earlier. Captain Bees Prince
ton Company, for instance, had to leave
Princeton at o'clock Tuesday morning,
In wagons, to catch the train at Hinton.
They ought to have been able to leave
Hinton Tuesday morning, or Monday
night. BY the way, the drummer Of
this Company, L. M. Bennett, was
commissioned officer in the Forty-sev'
enth New York Volunteers during the
war, and has Served sixteen years in the
regular army.
REAL, WORK coMMhi,oEn.
yhs enas faUrhfngs G ShSl was asa oe
fifteen minutes later. the men respond
ing promptly, as rule. The calling OF
the company rolls consumed the sue
ceeding half hour, and then sick call
was sounded at o'clock, Surgeon
Baguley, of the First regiment, who
was compelled to act as we'll for the
Second, on account of the absence of
Surgeon Austin, having eighteen cases.
| None were Of a serious nature, however.
Breakfast call was sounded at 6:15, and
the first call for fatigue duty was to
| have been sounded at $40, the assembly
at 6:45, and the First Sergesnt's call at
| 7 o'clock, but owing to the delays about
serving breakfast, already explained,
these calls were delayed or dispensed
with, and it was half-past eight when
the first call for guard mount was
| ordered.
Captain Bee, of Company A. Second
Regiment, was Officer of the Day, with
Lieut. Simms, of Company f, as Senior
Officer OF the Guard and Lieut.. Thomas,
Of Company D, as Junior Officer Of the
| Guard. The band Of the Second Regi-
ment, Of Charleston, was on duty, and
| furnished excellent music during the
ceremony of forming the guard, which
work was we'll done, although the lines
were little ragged when 1t came to
wheeling by platoons through the wet
grass. The reliefs were arranged
and the sentinels posted under
| the personal direction Of
General Spilman and Colonel Ford.
| After the guards were posted,
Captain Barrett, u. S. A., went the
rounds, and gave instructions. In
most cases he found the sentinels, even
at Brigade headquarters, sitting down,
and one man was found sitting in a
| door at one Of the Company headquar-
tiers, his rifle leaning against wall,
while he pulled at cigar. He was in
structed that such conduct was most
reprehensible in a sentry, who ought to
be pacing his post.
Most OF the morning and afternoon
was given up to company drills, where
Captain Barrett again did lot of good
work, visiting each company in turn.
and putting the men through the man
nal, etc. At 1870 in the afternoon the
Captain held school Of instruction for
First Sergeants.
LIEUT.. COL. MILLER RESIGNS.
The following order was made public
to-day:
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
CHARLESTON, September 2, 1891.
General Order
No. L.
To Col. J. W. 4. Ford, Commanding Second
Regiment, w. Va. N. c.