Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-22
The Men Go to Church and PLAY
Baseball.
A Camp Entertainment Which Wa,
q Great Success.
Features OF Saturday Evenings Enter.
tainment = Some. Coed Advice
from Chaplain Kienzle.
Company Notes.
staff Correspondence OF the HERALD.l

dispelling the mist and giving the camp
a cheerful appearance. At 10 O'Clock
the boys marched to church. Services
were held at Company DIS srmory, and
were conducted by Chaplain Captain
Charles A. Kienzle, assisted by the Rev.
Mr.. Breck, of st. Paul's church, of this
city. The Seventh made a fine showing
as they marched up to the armory,
which opinion was freely expressed by
many fair damsel, who stood on the
pavement to see them.
After church, game of ball was
played on the parade ground, between
o picked nine from the regiment and a
picked nine from the Ventura boys.
A large number of Ventura's citizens
assembled on the parade ground to wit
ness the contest, in which their nine
came off victorious.
Another feature of interest during
the afternoon was tug-of-war contest
between Companies F and D.
A camp FIRE was given last night by
Captain BaDgham and the boys of COM
pany B, to which all were invited. The
captain made a neat little sneech Of
welcome, after which music, singing and
dancing were the order of the evening.
One of the features of the entertainment
was the negro quartette, made up OF
cooks and walters of the regiment, who
sang plantation songs in good old
southern style, and received most en-
thusiastic applause. During the even
ing refreshments were handed around,
the ladies being RECALLED with fruit and
the gentlemen with cigars. Large num-
bers of the townspeople were present,
they being highly interested in any
mode of entertainment suggested by the
soldiers, than whom, say the visitors, a
more gentlemanly, hospitable body Of
men they have never been brought into
contact with. This evening another
camp fire will be given by company G,
to which all are again invited.
At dress parade this afternoon the
regiment presented q magnificent ap-
pearance, as, with the bright sunshine
pouring down upon them, showing up.
the blue and gold of their uniforms, and
making bright picture against the
white background of the foam-crestedi
waves, they marched into line. Their
steady attention to drill is beginning to
tell in the military precision of their
movements and the rapidity with which
they are mastering the intricacies of the
maneuvers.
The only occupant of the guard house
80 far has been an unlucky gopher.
which was yesterday impaled on bay
onet by one OF the guards.
A Chinese orchestra. consisting of SerS
geant Fitch, Corporal Fred Price, and
Privates Fred Knop, Charlie Caller, E..
Van Buskirk and Schade, occasionally
parade the different company streets
and give the Chinese version Of Tam
hauser, much to the amusement OF inc
boys, who fling them bouquets in the
shape of discarded footgear, etc. The
bugle corps, with Sergeant Fitch at their
head, contribute much to the hilarity Of
the camp, and are among the most pop
ular members.
Chaplain Kienzle's sermon partook
more OF the nature of patriotic lecture
than OF religious discourse. The rev.
erend gentleman called the attention of
his hearers to the troubles existing be-
tween labor and capital all over the
country, and of the elimination
of the difficulty when the Ma
tional guard were called out,
and Obliged to turn their arms even
against their own relatives. He told
the boys that the guard was not mus
tered tor the purpose of having good
time, so to speak, but with an eye to
the welfare Of the country, and for their
protection, not only in local contests,
such as those above referred to, but in
difficulties with foreign powers. He ad-
iured them to be ready to do their duty
at all costs. from the simple motive that
it was their duty, and further
more, that any man who entered the
guard should choose, either of two
courses. Either he must make up his
mind to do that duty to which he made
himself liable, when he became an en-
listed man, and to be ready to do and
dare all for the cause TO which he had
pledged himself; or else to leave the
guard at once. Chaplain Kjenzle is a
fervent and earnest speaker, and evil
IDENTIFY made deep impression on the
minds of his hearers.
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