Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-14
SCENES AT CAMP COOK.
The Last Days Passing I'm n Blaze Of
Fun and Glory.
q Of The Evening Star.
a. Lrnu~r. 1AnI

Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
CAMP c. FRED. COOK.
PINEY POINT. Md. August b. 1sts
As the end of our outing approaches the
discipline in camp Is becoming more strict.
Night before last Lieut.. Redman was Of
acer of the day and Sergt- Bailey sergeant
OF the guard. The boys were very orderly,
but for the two guard tent prisoners Pr
Yates Read and Maxwell These yoanr
men were inclined to counterfeit the GOOD
effects of WEAKNESS by affecting everyone
with insomnia. so Il was found expe6lent
to place them in separate tents. But they
were determined to keep up communica-
ton with each other, and accordingly bean
passing little articles under the tents
Corp. Parson has a good eye and quick
judgment. which induced him 70 insert his
hand between those OF the over-conhoent
expected. was the capture of i.rSe sup.
ply of pipes, tobacco. PENCILS. etc. Messrs.
Read and Maxwell, after emptytng their
/ thanking bearer for the luxury OF n wood
en-top mattress slept.
| AT O'Clock yesterday morning revcIile
was sounded and after breaizfsat the boys.
who are as a general rule, well tired cut
Iound shady spots in an attempt 20 rest
up Their wanderlnes were shortly re-
turbed by the appearance Of an Immense
school OF PROPOSES making I'D the river.
Quickly obtaining their rifles n soaad
started for the shore In hopes Of getting q
shot at the salt water 6easts but hey
arrived a little late and 3id not have an
opportunity Of displaying their sharpshcot-
After the excitement caused by the per-
poises had subsidized a practical joke vas
ing the sweat from his learned brow when
| he spied Bugler Chandlee stretched out on
the green lawn slumbering generously. The
doctor had just finished hard run 70 his
meoicine chest for cran1p reraeoy 60 re-
neve one OF the laundresses who was sur
had life enough to utilize the Opportunity
| now onered so selecting four men no
Started Started for camp. returning with q COZ.
| Bugler Chanolee was stll In the land OF
nod. Two minutes later he was IN the
midst of an ocean of aTnszcnent. as. borne
rades, he sped on towards camp. In re-
storing the irnprovised stretcher 10 It's
prGpef place in the hospitai tent Che
den descent ana Private Wigrfntnn oan-
suited the doctor In earnest, His injury
proved nothing more than knock on The
One Of the members of the con.punv
touhd PRIVATE Morans cont just beiSr'e
with the advertisement For sale. apcly
TO the Barber" The Joke Contained IN IN.
above lies IA the fact that Mr.. Norm has
peen running camp barber shop ard
been dubbed "The Barber"
yesterday evening at precisely ga
and, catching UP the tag, forced the sta
over until. with q resounding crack 1lse
top section snapped and down came the
stars ana stripes But they had hardly
touched the ground before Private Piens0a
and Sergt. Mstunsly were untyins fhs
placed it in Capt. Relchelderser's tent
Sergt Cromwell ana Private Hail secll--
60 The broken OF section ana using IL a. =
Corp Parson. who had charge of pre,.zr-
ing the hsgstaf. says II win be repaired ~
me earliest possible moment ana the rag
, VIII again spread its sheltering folds os-r
Camp Cook.
The crew Of the sail boat Clara, which
Evening News dispatch boat intene.i
, making a cruise to Blnckiston's Ialaad.
put abandoned the idea on account of fbs
| Thursday night a squad Of the company
MADE things lively for the absent me,nheYp
by loosening their coJs and tents and plac-
Ing cactus pants and sand In their hlsn-
| kets.
At -:15 this morning TIE steamer Grofge
Leary landed about one hundred and TWEEN
" people at the wharf ana the resort Is
now overfiowing with handsome young
men, winsome young ladies aad discreet.
Following is a partial list OF those uhs
r. a. May. W. Post and daughter. WI
liam Larnan and wife. Earnest {. Thonap-
son, John q. Thompson. Thomas Gornlsn
and wife. X. II. Campbell and wife Ar
drew offut, Arthur 3; shelton. c. Y. a.
Muller, VIM. Z, HALLS and wife. r. ]. Nar-
shall J. W; Cameron R, z, Elliott; yoen
IN c. w okey ana wife. +. w. Macksy,
Roet Rusiers, Frank G keefe. ThoH1ss
Able, VIM. Casey, e. r. Smithfon. Vim. r.
J: IS. Brennan. N. =. Brennan; Jos. Dow
ALT F. Mcceulcy. George p Brodt Bort
Rredt 2 p Little G e rrsiaay and WI, W.T.
: r.. Juenemenn and wife. Henry Sterms-.
wife and child. Henry Juenenann. W. r.
moore Mar ana s Ssa Mar T. w,sss s
wife. J. Goodrich. J. Trobei, j. L. S;evens-
Q. Cross. : plrnarza. A A. clsrnens. x
Joe c. Gates. John Montgomery J: Cal.
John q. Gibson. S 1. wilie5t r. q. Camp
4 bell. A y. Miller. X. Farnhan, J, s. Rf1-
man. Miss Ella 81. Clark. Miss Lulu Smith.
: J. w. Mattingiy and family. John r. Me-
: Connell
The following order was issued last exss-
Headquarters Camp c. Frea Cook,
! Piney Point. Nd.
. The following io detail for guard duty 10
NIGHT is hereby made: Lieut.; :; =; creIa-
WELL officer Of the day: Sergt- r. II. Ear-
Ian. sergeant of the guard, hrst detail y
to 2:2o AMI; Corp. ARttinsly. pr1vatee
Blandy, Read. Maxwell and Grant; second
Yates Luckett, Prince. Mark snd wigsia-
: tom supernumeraries. priyates Gather snd
Winsatt BY order Of
: L. III. REICHEI-DERFER.
Captain Commanding.
This guard was BY Ear the best OF tie
showed his knowledge OF his duty by the
' manner In which he governed the cainHr
Five men attempted 10 run trc Btiaru. bAt
E were halted ana permitted by the officer
of the Gay to sleep in their own tents prs-
yided no disturbance occurred.
At 5 O'Clock reveslle was sounded hne.
: | Notwithstanding the fact that ell hends
were tired they obcyei the call ana were
G of considerable Of their WEAKNESS by eat
] ing a hearty breakfast
After breakfast quite crowd sssefnbis3
in the drawing room and held a short To-
4 | iigioux service.
2 over ana above the Official inspection to-
. day the camp was gone through and Ia
. yorably criticised by many OF the guests
4 at the hotel. A large number CT parenis
| Of the cadets are here today nnd en,oyof
| very much the sights OF camp life On every
Q side.
!; The bowling alley is not In use today :
? Sunday-and IL seems though the CROW
: ! which usually fills IL has adjourned 70 Tie
: | barber shop.
Quite a humber Of the boys vent TO 81
' | Georse's Island 10 attend church.
| About II O'Clock Mr.. Williams. IN his
| generosity. served the hotel lawn q
| dozen large watcFnelcrs. The tre2t Was
| thoroughly enjoyed by most OF those prcs-
ept.
y Frank. our valet arose rs usual at .
| o'clock and starred VITA the buckets for
| water. He is now complaining that "cue
r err de fclers wild gun" stopped him ana
z demanded ''6e corncrsign. ] cidn' kno' NJ
. co-nerslyn an wen ne w'u'dn't iefnms
:. | mass / list tole I'm dat De camp lkud Dc
: | vfdout water fer ter wash in. ana Md ds
I | excepshun Nv de capn an me deg Welst