The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-20
GUARD ON DUTY IN BLOUSES.
THE sETEyIH'S UNpRr CRDENTED
CONCESSION 10 me HEIT
NO Liquor selling or Gambling within n Mile
OF the State Campfire Regiment Gets n
Chance to Sec Itself ne Othcr- Sec II.

| NO Liquor selling or Gambling within n NIL,
| OF the State Camp-Tho Regiment Gets q
Chance to Sec I,-eIr n- Other- Sec H.
STATE CAMP. June 1a-After charming
| cloudess night cooled by mountain brcezes
| until the two blankets per man. which the State
| supplies. were not too much for comfort. to-day
| opened with an ntimation Of great heat which
soon bocamea certainty. 1t was hot during
the company drills and later in the day. when
| the battalion came out. the thermometer had
| got to oO'. but there was breeze and the m n
| seemed to sport and glory In the heat.
Ofthcse first movements In n military way
| little need DO said. There may have been
| faults here and there. corrected on the field by
either the Seventies own officers or Col
rhistercr or Lieut. Hardin. L. S. A.. who ac-
comranied the First ond Second Battalion.
respectively. for that purpose but there were
none so serious as to attract even a practised
eye not professionally engaged in looking for
them.
Ono thing was remarkable about this morn
ing s guard mount. when the outfit under Capt.
Charles +. Lydccker. Lieut.. Andrew Eccles.
and Lieut.. Robert Mazct succeeded Officer of
the Day Capt. Daniel A. Nesbitt and Lieuts.
Morton b. STEELE and william Underwood. For
the first time in history tho Seventies guard
was mounted and went OH duty in the camp in
1t compromised, however. n little. Can't.
Lydeckcr and his officers Of the guard wore
full uniform. and the men wore their white
belt and crosse belts over the blouse and tho
dress helmets and white trousers, The whole
yc w9 r w, WnIe trousers all day at all
Capt. Thurston the authority on guard duty
md great many other things. settled pretty
Augustus Conover Yesterday 1t grew out OF
tho formal establishment Of the color line.
salutcd when they pass or nre passed within
sauting distance unless they, are ,cased. but
ing carried across his most to or from the flag
noes. or under any other circumstances. II
they are ar" folded Up and carried under the arm
He must is the answer. II he knows they are
There" said Gen. Porter in the hottest part
of the day after, dinner. " knew was right I
said there would be no hall playing until we
player out since camp opened. but there they
arc now" A, And sure enough game had been
Gen. Porter had on his store clothes. and
va; going to NeT York nerhhaps. to meet the
M nd Mhs wsn dG
case they need to enforce camp order No. /.
Just issued under the clause OF the military
toprohibit certain things bout the camp. The
law is IMPERATIVE until these limits are de-
thing Is to be. done. Gen. Porter wants 10
know whether the civil authorities are to be
body 70 abate nuisances. Here is the order:
edi. a. S s. Vi. G .. sG
prescribes the limit within which the sae OF AL
sPr.tnons lmo1s wine ale or beer sns holding Of
Tied. to be one mile from camp
Col. Appleton made a pretty and pleasant
change in the form Of the parade tonight. |
The men OF the Seventh" he said to THE Sun
correspondent. have read in the newspapers
such fiatterng accounts OF what they are do
ing. and particularly Of Inst nights parade. |
that they want to see Themselves. and l au
going to give them chance"
He accomplished this by having the bat |
talions in the preliminary formation drawn |
up across opposite ends OF the parade ground |
facing each other. the field officers and band |
between them. So every man saw half the |
Seventh Mt least. and could Judge Of how the |
other half looked. They had reason. too. to |
be proud OF what they saw. |