The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-14
It IS GOVERNORS DAY
And Camp Brown Is Arraysd In Its
Brightest and Best,
WORK OF The TROOPS IMPROVED.
A Mock Court Martial Results In the Ac-
quittai Of Captain Baker From the
Charge Of Jnceudiarism = Troubles
the Commissary Department Has.


STATE CAMP. QUoNsET POINT, July IA =
Today was governo's Is day, and with the
official dress parade this afternoon the
week at camp may be said to fairly
end. Tonight some OF the equipments
will be sent back TO town, and tomor-
row In t early afternoon the brigade OF
Rhode Island militia will break camp.
Lieut. Wooley inspected the Second
regiment yesterday afteraoon- at $50
The order for inspectian was entirely un-
expected. The men had finished dinner
and were resting or preparing TO take
part In the school work. Two mines on
the parade ground were in the midst OF
exciting games OF bail. One nine was
almost entirely composed of the officers
OF the Second regiment ana another of
Company +. OF the same regiment.
Four Innings had been played
and the score stood 4 to
5 in favor of Company F. Sergeant Con-
nors bad Knocked home run. Lieuten-
ant Riley had had equal luck. 1t was a
day Of big bits. Captain Laugnlin, for
the officers, took the bat. Corporal Hol-
den gave the ball an extra twist 1t came
whizziug through the air with a combj-
nation Of the curves that sent it steady
by jerks ia u ziszag direction But the
the bat with both hands aud with
determination the bat met the ball aad
their courses coDjoiutly changed at
that point. There was little white
streak sailing through the air aud dark
streak sailing around the bases. The
white streak was greatly misjudged.
Corporal Forsyth In the center field
waved his hand frantically Mt IL as it
passed. Then he turned and he and Pri-
va Kirby started in to oyertaKe 1t. The
dark streak didn't misjudge anything.
IL kept right on around the bases. past
irst. past second. apd almost at third
when the white streak was stopped just
In time to hinder it from jumping stone
wall. The ball cane home in doub q
quick time and just as it reached there the
order came for inspection drill. Tue
game stopped then and there.
Second Regiment Inspection.
sounded and the Second regiment, with
every man in full dress uniform. every
sword glistening in the sunlight aud
every gun clean aud well oiled, assent bled
for inspection. The National band was
arrayed IL its most gorgeous cofors and
Bandmaster Hedley played his prettiest
tunes Lieutenant " ooley VITA Colonel
NJ ran first inspected the men in rank,
alierward their swords aud rifles. He
was well pleased with the inspection.
The men pr, sented good appearance
considering The inexperience of many Of
them, and there were few poin s that he
criticised. THIS morning he inspected
the First regiment with like satisfactory
results.
Word had been given out that the two
regiments OF infantry would practice the
skirmish drill aud the exte nded order
yesterday At the battalion drill. and
that during the drill they would use
s.apk cartridges. The marquee tent
the read for quarter Of mile the fence
WAS heavily ladeu vi h spectators.
Many OF the bucolic folk, too. came in
teams and were stationed at close inter-
walls alonz the west wall of the ground.
A pumber OF rounds OF blank had leen
issued to the men. AT $3.50 they were
drawn up in line and the seventeen COM
whole field in open order. The work
consisted mainly,of the onen skirmish
drill. The privates are placed dis
tsnces of about six feet. They advance,
double quick step. fall down. load anu
fire either while on the gr )und or resting
on one knee. Almost all over the entire
parade ground The five hundred men
were executing similar mar ouvres at the
same instant. Volley after volley WAS
fired In rapid succession, the rattle OF
musketry was almost incessant. To
those who could not see. It must have
sounded like concentrated OF
July. but to those who watched the
action, the eagerness with which the
men moved and the rapi ity with which
they responded to the word fire." the
scene was as near like warfare az the
average man cares to get.
1he Machine Gun.
At the extreme end OF the field the Cat
ling gun battery was drilling and occa-
sionally the cannoueers would fire one of
the guns rapidlv-at the rate of twenty
shots each second-as IL to warn the visi-
tors that il they cared To show their
power they could easily surpass the rapid
firing OF the two regiments and four
others like them. Every time the guns
pealed out, the ladies cried. There's
those awful Gatling guns" and they
shuddered involuntarily at the thou kht
of the death dealing work OF one of those
innocent looking machines. The machine
gun boys are out early and late. Almost
invariably they can be seen In the morn
ing piling out Of their quarters some
minutes before the drill call. They are
ready to start the instant the order
IF, rward march" is uttered, and they
are usually the last to leave the field at
the recall. They are orderly courteous
and punctilious In observance OF military
requirements. They are proud of their
guns, proud OF their skill. and above all
proud Of the reputation they have at