The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-07
CAMP COLUMBUS.
Soldiers Assembling From Near and From
Far.
Several ThOHsaRd Men Already Under CanraS-Tht
Regulars TO arrive TO-fcrr6W-A
Pleasant Outlook.
Special to TaE MoRN1Na CALL.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 6-The City of Tents,
as Camp Columbus has already been named.
began to assume an aspect OF life shortly
before O'clock to-day. when the First Cav
airy, under Captain Blumenberg. with a
band. arrived from San Francisco.
at las o'clock a. NJ. a special train Of
seven cars brought down six companies OF
the Sixth Regiment, namely: A ard b Of
Stockton, c and F Of Fresno, d Of Modesto
and L of Visalia. The Sixth Infantry Band,
with drum corps of IS. from Stockton, ac-
c0mpanied the regiment.
The men paraded the town at o'clock
and afterward went through a short drill
on the parade ground at Camp Columbus.
The horses of the cavalry. signal corps, bat
teries and division staff reached this city
about 6 P. NJ.
Msjor-General Dimond and staff, with the
press correspondents and signal corps, az
rived on the narrow-gauge about half an
hour earlier. Tie Eighth Regiment arrived
from Marysyille shortly before O'clock and
was followed by the First Infantry from
San Francisco. Next came the Second
Artillery from San Francisco and then tie
Fifth Regiment, which had consolidated at
San Jose.
Between and P. NJ. the continuous ar
rival of trains and the stirring strains of
the bands had begun to give quite martial
aspect TO the streets Of Santa Cruz, and the
gay society summer-hirds of fashion began
TO f1ap their wings discons 0lately, as those
whose glory had departed.
Each train brought down an average of
six passenger-coacnes, well filed, ard as
the naTroT-gauge road set down liz passen-
gers within 200 yards Of the camp tie road
way soon became pretty we'll blocked. The
old road which skirts the foot of the GENE
terry hill seemed lonely by comparison
Death looked down on life.
The First United States Infantry was
three miles northeast OF GlenwOOd station
at Q clock this afternoon marching south
west The men were timed 10 arrive at
Mason Grove tonight, whence they will
have an easy march into Santa Cruz, ar
irving before o'clock on Monday morning
The weather is delightful, and the indiea-
tons are that The division will have q very
pleasant week under canvas. The head
quarters Of the different regiments are in
line along the road just below Wagner 8
Park. The encampmeht gets the full bene-
Ii Of the early morning sun, while the hills
TO the north and west effectually cut of tae
cold blasts and fogs from the sea.
The only tents which remain to be pitched
are those Of the First Infantry, L. ). A.,
and these viii form the prUiongation of the
line southwark, immediately in front of the
cemetery. Commencing on the left of this
line the following tents are already pitched /:
First Cavalry, 10, Light Battalion a Of the
Second Reg lment, 100; Eighth Infantry, 90 !;
Second Artillery, 1870; Secend Artillery
Hospital C0rps, 2; First Infantry, 81, Signal
Corps, 8; Third Regiment, II2; division
headquarters, Is; Third Brigade. $50; total
798.
The Tenth Battalion of the northern coun-
ties came down with the Second Artillery
at 80 P. NJ. The Third Regiment Of San
Francisco is expected here in the wee sma'
hours" say about A. NJ. The camp is not
closed Tonight, and an ordinary police
guard ~ the entrance gate suffices to keep
cut sneak thieves and Unauthorized in
truders.
Among the welI-knoWn faces already
recognizable here are the following
Charles ID. Steiger. commissaTy OF the First
Infantry; Major Vail, w. H. Chamber ain,
Rev. O. a. Ottman, chaplain of the First
Artillery Regiment Of Sacramento, and
Lieutenant Colonel E. J. de Pue quarter
master Of General DimoDd's staff.
Division headquarters have already been
established and number of orGerlies and
active mem 5ers Of the Governors staff are
on the ground making needful prepare
tons.
For the rest Santa Cruz tonight is under
going a general resurrection and the citi-
Zens, who have been chiefly instrumental
in putting out the 5000 10 secure the camp.
are comforting themselves with the con-
vietion that the bread cast Oh the waters
i'll return to them in very few days.