Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-17

VIRGINIA OK TEAK AND HOW IT Is DRIVEN
LOCATING RIFLE RANar-DAILr CAMP Drrr-
NOTES
| Correspondence of The Evening Star
| CAMP HENDERSON.
COLONIAL BEACH, Va, August Is. 1892.
tired and hungry set Of men fled into
camp last Thursday. After pitching their tents
they partook Of a bountiful rcpast in a grove in
the hotel grounds, the hospitality of the pro-
prietor.
Tired natures sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
was among the things not to be had Thursday
night. About 5 a. m. the boys became quiet
enough 80 that sleep was possible, and then the
festive mosquito began to "tune up for his
latest summer opera Now in speaking Of mos
quitoes (this is no fish story the Virginia mos
quito not only stakes the CAKE" but hides the
plate. Sergt. Goodwin, who came down as one
| OF the advance guard, " had an excellent oppor-
tunity to examine them, and he says that by
actual measurement many Of them were three
| inches in length.
Quartermaster Sxigert and an able corps Of
assistants also came down in advance and laid
out the grounds. erected the officers tents and
the mess tents, also the summer kitchen and
other minor details Of the camp, and the gen
eral appearance of the camp for convenience
Il h
cheering skill.
The location Of the camp is excellent. but
| the evenness of the ground is not all tina. might
be hoped for. 1t Is known as The Peach
Orchard, minus the peaches, however. Many
OF the trees remind one Of the 'Hg tree of
ance OF u superannuated cornfeld that served
in that capacity "befo' de wah." 1t is covered
with heavy underground Of chickweed, wild
ouckwheat and evera other vines unknown to
| the writer.
The culinary department Is presided over by
Lieut.. D. l.. 6hess and corps of able assistants.
The way Otto and his men ''sling the hash at
meal time 4 gratifying in the extreme to the
| hungry soldiers. Sunday morning 22s break
fasts were served, which took over 500 eggs,
| some OF which had lost their reputation, but
most OF them disappeared with promptness and
dispatch.
The utility of the bicycle has here been dem
onstrated TO the entire satisfaction Of all spec
tators. Most Of our wood and some OF our
water was "toted" by span Of oxen weighing
| about half q ton attached to Virginia bicycle.
The wheels were arranged side by side like a
trotting sulxy instead Of tandem like the WEI
| bike" The cattle were yoked and had horns.
| but were driven with lines and bits in their
mouths, similar to the more useful equine.
| LOCATING A RIFLE RANGE.
| Lieut. Stewart, !. r. p, detailed a squad of
men Saturday to assist him in locating rifle
range and erecting the targets. After locating
a good range they sought the shade Of friendly
| tree growing upon the beach. and were soon
busying themselves shooting at one Of the cham
mel buoys, about q mile and quarter from the
shore. While engaged in this-to them-inno-
cent pastime couple of burly and determined
cops" appeared upon the scene. Consterna-
ton was depicted upon the faces of the firing
party. and the targets were not put in place
until today.
After guard mount, which takes place at 9
a. m, the only work required Of the boys 10 to
eat their dinner, until dress parade at 4:30. 1t
is not an uncommon sight between these hours
| to see the beach lined with blue coats and
white helmets, the boys having hied them
selves hither to ''see the human form dive
in" Occasionally the bather runs into 9 Tea
nettle, then he jumps and screams as if he was
| robbing humble bees nest.
Saturday night the drum corps gave a dance
| at the pavilion. The bellies of Colonial Beach
were all there. attired in their most fascinating
Rarb and wearing their Sunday smile. To see
the look Of perfect satisfaction which Ger
spread their charming faces when they take the
arm encased in a blue sleeve especially with
cheverons or epsulets) speaks in language more
eloquent than words Of tongue or pen that the
only thing better than being q soldier was be-
ing a soldiers best girl"
DR.. Mckim and Hospital Stewards Williams
and Tabor. with their medicine chest, are look
Ing after the ''ills that human flesh is heir to- :"
While there has been nothing serious demand
ing their services. the length Of their nrescrin-
ton list shows that their presence here has not
| been in vain.
| Ijeut Dunn M ouard ;nstruc,or 10 do;ro he
duty in sn efficient and soldeirly manner as the
Improvement In guard mount and the military
there Vas o,Iv one ssb. n ms morning
mount and TINT was noticsable onix hy sx1srts
| 1t did net mar the beauty Of the scene lieut..
| Dunn has kept an efficiency record of every
man on guard. So well have thev performed
| their duties that only a few have fallen below
| s. Ger cent, and the average ia somewhat above
that.
There have been a comparstiyely few men in the
guard house. and those few for minor and
| trivial offenses. This speaks well for the order
of the camp and the deportment of the bows.
| letter from Mayor Schwartz, who. by the
way, is captain on Gen. Ordway's staff was
read last night at dress parade. He compli-
mented Maj Harrison and his entire command
| for the gentlemauly and soldierly manner in
which every man had conducted himself and
voiced the sentiment Of the leadiug citizens of
the town in extending an Invitation TO renest
the encampment.
One feature of last evenings parade with
which some military critics NAV find fault was
| in having the battalion mass 4 -.v;a,r h.toro
| Maj. Bartlett, who came down as a visitor and