The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-24

stead. but ths nervous. expectAnoy. the pessi..
billy that they might eS sailed On 70 a fSst
We're We're as good : fresh men: and. hsd ebert
enlargement taken place, they would probably
PROUD OF THE GUARD.
THE call came in the summer time" said
NSrh & Vs 9Ss sSs
Psps%F .Ss AK IL .S STS
EEiIaHs!ssSh s$sa was on lis
ssS,, he Sor1 ssa that ss sSss. nsG
s sssp ss before SS he 10 ss ss
Els Captain to take his uniform along to camp.
e, o%a c him his to t. KnoseTq nsH n rs
ssuilesin S posted r tss %ssteTa Gn Sri .oiiIss
jumped on the. first freight train in order to
set to town in time to loin his regiment:
th hnif are eSR few minutes ithnE could
answering this call as they did was very
necessary nee to leave their business, and some
leave i IN had shape s., and tthsy
9 murmur. There are two men IN the Tenth
RegiInent who can truly call this seryies
Gagged ssd%e e :. An.5TIed e Ws.snstoa county
sfen rsss last ts
power he could Corporal Finch could get no
. and is % nj 81 ys s th H
ago: but he, had to 60 to the front. and he is
still unmarried.
camp UTENSILS AND PROVISIONS.
The Guard was better provided with sup
plies than Il would have been had the call been
n%H 9TH Stain %' s
which was to have begun in nhout one week.
the commissaries Of great many Of the regi
ooee. hard tack. and some q them had sat
vinegar, canned go"ds: all these were stored
State camping ground: Tho camp utensils
were on hand all packed AMI ready for u,,c.
mn IN s so o. ahs e ss
anything but hard tack and coffee.
CAMP SAM BLACK.
There was great confusion on tho first day In
camp The tents did not arrive on time. there
ee ss
was hard. and the sym was hot. The soldiers.
Sssn sf tSsy hsd ths
IND ss By y.sy
spdi .!, had stocked HI, fnspsseE S Mith -
Of goine to town: Each man had . FIJI supply
/ ing had no previous opportunity ~ SPENDING
it, and with this he bought food and delcaciss
tremcly anccm Portable during that nrst n sht
but no one com planned. The novelty Of camp
life under such circumstances and the PROS.
poets. faint as they were. OF real lighting. took
While the .ofiicers were swearing at the nom
going on in two directions Gen. snnwden
had sent an orderly 20 the brigade command
Cneers steematters. and plumbers. in their
! command. Within ten minutes. to the aston.
OF he At s ry 81
How many OF you are enrineers?" asked
sr'I 'sS1, and fa'a rh.s good TIM
d"wn into she NIL and start the water pumps
II. 9s m ha"ES1 tS
could lay water pipes from tho cente: OF the
mill t. tne top Of the hin and throughout tie
mem n serseant Scratched his head and said
That's rather sholt tine General Can't
g Gen Snnwden an SHOOK his head I'VE must
have water BY to,morrow. and II you can't do
This touched the pr id" Of Tie sergeant. and
*Ws'lI have ,aIl the pipes laid by this time
me General isea this s but did
wa fs
xork s. .G, ,s ssh did TIA, in whish h. Re Was
Work sse
fitted them together and iastensa them Sc.
eursly, 10 the ground. =, These men
m"kfa sn 9s a n9l oa I'll n e he
could have water by walking twenty 'eet from
snd in '"n the on sJ
ordered to run 4, wire from the schoolhouse on
the tGn ., the M. which hah been ,.sctsd for
@ snG that "n o 81 these sou BE-
snoSden sent to PtsSursh Tor an e1 pen
| THE PROVOST CAMP
On the first day. also the provost camp was
established. In holiday en"ampment rro-
vost camp is usually nothing. more than a
dIers to Seer r them within The boands Of lis lis
cipline md duty. hut here was organized for
business; The site elected i2r It was the iat
this camp ,deyolyed the work, of preserving
law and order in the t"wn. i tho strEers bad
would have begun by firing. upon the provost
amp. not only because It was nearest to
they were brought in contact belong to tile
provost guard and came from and reported to
this raWn. C4l. ChatinS A. Greene was ap-
Early on the morning Of the second day car
loads Of tents and provisions arrived AMI rs
to camp they were distributed among the con-
! panies and erected. The ground had ali heen
| surveyed. and the officers o! Gen Snowien' S
staff hai, made small charts showing where
| each regirl ent and each company was t. erect
its tents. The tents were all Of the common 4
. pattern. and t o. were erected in the lines and
| at the intervals set down in the tics.
by sunset every tent was IN place and the
! hillside presented magnificent spectacle.
Tho tents in unbroken lines cleaned in the
sunlight. aud rs the sun sank hey, stood in
snowy relief against their da.k background.
| From the town the camp appeared warlike
and threatening, Tho strikers. standing on
| the roofs of their houses MS many of them did.
could see the camr in all its strength. The
| hillside IL long and slopin.. md at the top it
glides into plateau. Upon this plateau ST Cd a
village oftents occupied blythe Third Brigade.
Upon The upper left hand corner OF the Inside.
seen from The town; stands the schoolhouse
| the headquarters OF the General and his stat.
In front Of this building were the two twelve
ronnders apd two Gatling guns which belong
To the, right OF this station and halfway down
the hill was the cavalry camp. where the City
troop OF Philadelphia. the sheridan troop Of
Tyrone. and the GoyerIHr's troop Of Harris:
| burg were stationed To the right ~ this
camp. end almost at the bnse IT the hill. was
tho provost camp. Behind it. near tho top Of
| Ia a. nd eal IN nah IN hR net