Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-01
AT CAMP McK lBBIN
Marshall Hall Looks Like the Home of
Regulars.
Last Nights Rain Made the Lawns Fresh and
Attractivs-Camp of the Third Battalion
ofthe National Guard of the District.
Special to The Evening Star.
Camp McKibbin,
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Last nights rain settled the dust and
made the lawns appear at their best and
this morning the camps of the third bat
tahon, N e. D. C., and it's surroundings
mad the appearance Of being the temporary
home Of Uncle Sans regulars instead of
that OF portion Of the District of Column
bia volunteers. The color line and COM
pany's streets were as neat and clean as 1t
was possible to make them. The bed
sacks were neatly rolled in two folds. and
the blankets In four folds. while on the
latter lay the clothing Of the men not in
use.
The first driii that has taken place since
morning At SIS o'clock the familiar cali
was responded to by every one in
camp except those on guard. the men being
paratory to the sham battle which takes
place tomorrow. This event is looked for
ward 70 with interest by the men; who are
making great preparations for the event.
The battle will take place about O'Clock,
and those desiring to witness II can do SO
ter everything was in good working order.
and the crowd Of Sunday visitors had de-
parted. game Of baseball was played,
company of the third battalion playing
picked nine from the camp, and the picked
mine suffered the fate Of the Washing
was the long side Of serst. Mackey Of COM COM
pany y. and rear view of the sergeant
will yet give evidence Of the great perform
cause the scorers paper was not large
enough
Kit carson Post Camp Fire.
Yesterday the camp was eniivened by
number Of lady visitors. Among the ladies
who visited the camp yesterday were Mrs
C. II. Fisher, mother of the sergeant Of
company B; Miss Gussie Fisher. Mrs Capt
Edward Dunn, Miss Hattie Dunn, and Miss
Last evening a number Of friends came
down on the boat to attend the camp fire
OF Kit Carson Post. which proved an en-
1oyable affair, and to which all the camp
officers were invited to participate. Those
not officers were not in IL. but they cap
tured some of the charming young ladies OF
the post. and enjoyed the evening on the
pavilion
Soldiers kindly acted as escort to Kit
Carson Post last evening. and the famous
drum corps of the post rendered good
service This drum corps accompanied the
to camp and faithfuily are the members
of the corps doing their duty. This corps
was organized far back as 1858 by
Messrs. Holmes, Boyd. Vurnstine and Cald-
ron, and was known as the Independent
Drum Corps until il became part Of Kit
Carson Post The corps is composed of
veterans and sons of veterans each having
served at least one term of enlistment 1t
is composed of fifteen pieces and included
j. II. Myers. The army service Of its mem
bers amounts to Ill years. Accompanying
the corps are two of the famous trumpet
ers from the U. 5. marine barracks, Messrs-
Falk and Corrigan. who were detailed by
the commander for camp instruction.
One Of the features OF the evening were
the sweet strains Of music from the cornet
of Mr.. W. H. Jordan. among the selec-
TONS being such familiar airs as Then
My Prayer" The Last Rose OF Summer"
and Marching Through Georgia" The
sers Je9est and in order to pIease his
musical ear the popular air IS never
First Experience In Camp Life.
This is the first experience in camp life
for many Of the soldiers, and. while no
complaints are heard. it is asserted that
some Of them partake sparingly of the ra-
tions and then get some delicacies from Col.
Mckibbin's dining room. where Harrison
outdone by any one in the business. and his
soft crabs. roasts and salads are calculated
to make one leave the mess tent even under
fear of being court-martialed-
Lieut.. Chas. Swigart and Capt. W. II.
Myers are responsible for the meals fur
ntshed In the mess tent. and thus far the
men have had no reason to complain.
While the food is plain and substantial"
when we pass the fires. for we have got 10
eat our peck of dirt anyhow
The bill Of fare for today is follows:
Breakfast-Baked meat, hash, onion
gravy. bread. butter and coffee
Dinner-Salt pork. string beans, cabbage,
bread. butter and coffee.
Supper-Cheese, pickles. bread, butter cof-
fee and oatmeal porridge.
The detail for today Is as follows:
Capt Fabian Columbus. company B. OFF,
,seesnd Lieut.: Chas Knockey. company
Second Lieut.. J. d. Leeman. company B,
sup. officer of the guard
G. W. Woltz, company A, sergeant of the
c. ]. Loveless. company d. and Sergt
Mackey, company B. corporals of the
j. E. Waters. company A. lance CORPORAL.
One Of the most inviting places in camp
Is the tent OF Capt. Fabian Columbus Of
company B. He has many home comforts
in his tent, which Is fioored with handsome
rugs and decorated with flags. In his tent
Is a table and large lamp. and there the
captain is to be found of evenings getting
up his reports Of the doings Of the day in
camp.
The lateness of the hour for sounding
taps, IL D. m, is due to the rules of the
place. for Mai Suess knew IL would have
been not Just the thing to call in the SOL
diers before the departure Of the excursion
lists. for like the others he enjoys the ex-
element on the grounds during the evening
and can roll the balls in the bowling alley
nntl the steamers whistle blows taps
for the excursionists.
Maj Suess. Capt Columbus and Capt.
Dunn have been through an Indian cam
paign and they sometimes delight in tell
ing stories of their hardships In the wild
west, which has tendency to satisfy some
they are living on hotel scale rather
camp life.
Camp Incidents.
All oAhNoLh5 occurred SUNDAY
when Capt Myers was called from the
mess tent to See some friends. His white
shirt was badly soiled and taking the adj
vice Of soldier he hurriedly donned
another shirt In the hurry he neglected
to remove the soiled one. and after repeat
ed complaints of "stuffy feeling" he dis
covered what he had done and the ANUS
ing scene followed.
The captain presented the appearance of
a man having struck a hornets nest or
hayf nar ron In yIffh haa
shout went up for the camps surgeon.
Never mind. was the captains re-
spcnse. when he had extricated himself
from his unpleasant situation. Its all
over"
One unpleasant and painful incident hap
pened yesterday when Private Fred Rice
of company A. third battalion, was reprt-
handed for an alleged disobedience of
camp discipline and excused. but later
he became insolent. so it is charged and
used language which was not on the COM
pany's orders. for which he was put in
the guard house. and now he Is to be court
martialed when the battalion returns home
While the camp is known as that of the
third battalion. company A of the sixth
battalion is here as it's guest and Lieut.
Chas. W Moore. the commanding officer
Is the proudest man in camp, for his men
have succeeded in capturing the honor OF
the orderly to the majo each day of camp
so far. The successful ones who made
such fine showing guard mount were
PrivateS White, HanSfOrd and Tallmage