Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-23
THE LIGHT BATTERY CAMP.
The Boys and Guns In Camp ut Mar
shall Hall.
Correspondence Of The EveeinG Star.
CAMP ]. H. GRIFFITHs.

CAMP J. II. GRIFFITHS,
MARSHALL HALL, ND. Aug q. 1893.
Yesterday morning was cloudy. At noon
the sun beamed full on our marching col
umn, and In the evening those who had
prophesied rain were overjoyed by its APP
pearance But ere It ceased their Joy
turned to sorrow. The water came down
In torrents and the wind blew a gale. With
the approach Of darkness came what may
well be termed a hurricane.
The great drops beat fast and furious on
our tents, and. to make the misery COM
plete. nearly every tent in camp was loos-
ened by the wind The proprietors of the
injured shelters had to appear and repair
the damage as quickly as possible Their
but their sense of humor at comrades
difficulty prevented a word Of complaint.
The guard was mounted during the storm.
and, withal, the boys proved themselves
good soldiers.
At 6 o'clock this morning reveille was
blessing prayed for Bugler Biondi After
feeding the horses the men fell into line,
and, marching to breakfast, devoured Col.
Mckibben's wholesome meal Immediately
after filing natures haversack all hands
proceeded to raise a seventy-fve-foot flag
staff. Sergt- Marion acted as inspector OF
the post hole digging, and the work was
admirably done by Privates Oxley and
After about half an hour of hard labor
the staff stood erect, and at S:i5 Lieut..
Griffiths frightened the halyards and let NY
the starry banner. as Capt. Forsberg COM
manded Fire. Three successive volleys
blazed forth in salutation of the Ameri-
can colors. According to regulation, the
flag should have been raised by non-com-
missioned officer, but since the camp was
named in honor of Lieut. Griffiths ne per-
formed the ceremony at the unanimous re-
quest of the men.
Capt. Forsberg and Prvates Posey and
Touhy were prominent in the work of the
morning. The ambulance corps, under
command of Corp. Kreig,, erected the hos
that of veterans. All the morning the men
were busiy engaged in polishing up the
harness and guns for the mounted drill at
O'Clock this evening. Private Sousa of
the hospital corps acted garbage in
spector, and was very Industrious in the
performance of the duty. He cleaned up
ent no danger of cholera exists at Mar
shall Hall.
sergts. Quackenbush and Fry nearly pet
rified small negro boy by charging on him
with drawn sabers. but a slice of DR..
Krieg's watermelon pacfied the dusky lad
Edward Kemp our valet, valet. has not fully y
long ride, and the boys, guy him consider
ably; In the hurry of Harvesting up after
breaking bivouac YESTERDAY morning Iert ne
The mistake was not discovered until the
first downward incline was reached, when
Ed falling IN his efforts to SLACK nsn up dha
mounted to search out the cause of his ami
mails hard mouth.
DrS. Burns and SOuSa this morning filaue
up for the time they lost Sunday nigh.
searching for fruit In the neighborhood OF
Friendly post Office.
Capt. Forsberg is enabled, by means of
his held glass, to see everything in and
around the resort. and the white mans
eyes are greatly in demand among the
Little Gus Forsberg. the captains son.
who is living in our midst, will race the
fastest ponies in this section on Wednes-
day, and the boys are taking great In
teveSt In his horse Minnie.
Cannoneer Wells. who fell between a
caisson and fifth wheel during our march,
sustaining a slight bruise on the arm, is
now perfectly well.
Mr. r. c. Nash of the battery spent Sun
day with us, leaving in the afternoon for
Private s. s. Riehold of the Corcoran
Cadets, with his brother. Mr.. Fred L.
Richold. and Mr.. Al sigmund. visited camp
yesterday. Capt. Columbus of the third
battalion also Inspected matters here.
. At o'clock this afternoon Bugler Biondi
sounded assembly and the men were
drill. The maneuvering was excellent and
when the firing came around an old vet
eran standing nearby went into ecstacies
over the regularity and precision of the
Fully five thousand people are expected to
visit Marshall Hall Thursday. That after
noon at i:S9 will occur the full-dress mount
ed inspection, followed in the evening by
the grand military hop to be given by the
battery.
The boys are first-class hosts, and will
see to it that their civic and military
friends have thoroughly enjoyable time.
Lieut. Griffiths. officer of the day; Sergt.
Tappan, sergeant of the guard: Corpl.
Henderson; corporal Of the guard; Privates.
Lithgow, Cooksey, Worch and Nen.
Another Day.
CAMP ]. H. GRIFFITHS,
MARSHALL HALL, Nd, Aug o. 1893
Last night was one of pleasure at Mar
shall Hall. The Sons of Veterans gave an
excursion in the evening. arriving at s
o'clock and remaining until 1890 They
were accompanied by an immense crowd Of
lady and gentlemen friends. who made
merriment galore. One of the pavilions was
occupied by band in full dress masQue-
rade. while the other was made lively by
dancing.
At 6 o'clock all hands were up with the
SOUND OF reveille and the morning gun. The
and the guard detail for the day consisted
OF Lieut.. Griffiths, officer of the day; Sergt
Pierce, sergeant of the guard; Corp. Jones.
Dyer. Burns and Sousa. ''"
. During the night, just, shortly after
mad of wilson ha eo g
our colored man Edward. He was a pc
cuiar sight as he woke up In costume de
nude and in amaZemcnt looked around.
The camp was again aroused at 4 O'Clock
this morning by the call Corporal of the
guard to the picket line" Cannoneer Wells
been forced into the river. He was on
guard duty at the time. and as he fell over
board seized his saber in one hand and lam
tern in the other. His clothes are now dry
and Mr. Wells is happy.
Driver Posey has started camp barber
shop and did rushing business this morn
ing. Among his customers were Capt. Fors-
berg. Lieut. Griffiths, and your correspon-
dent, who can say that Mr.. Posey is as
good as professional.
In the afternoon sort of sports tourna-
ment was held and amused all present
The features were a bag race wheelbarrow
race and tug-of-War. The first was won by
Cannoneer Worch, with Driver Posey sec
ond The wheelbarrow race was truly inter-
esting. Private Lowe pushing and Sergt
were not in it. The tug-of-war was be-
tween two teams OF seven men each I'M
der Messrs. Marion and Posey The former
won after a hard tussle. Dr. Krieg was
next tossed In a blanket. but took the mat
ter pleasantly.
At $50 o'clock this afternoon Bugler
Biondi sounded the drill call In twenty
minutes the battery was in the field and
ready for action. The exercise which lasted
one hour and a half was highly satisfactory
'and some very difficult movements were
gone through. Action front" was admir-
ably executed. the firing was very regular
and the trot and gallop gave the appear
ance of regulars Evidently Capt Fors-
berg has set of experienced drivers as
well as cannOneers. The field drill of the
ambulance corps had military snap and
precision seldom seen In the National
Guard, and was an attractive feature of
the day. 1t Is very pleasing to note the
great interest taken by the men in this en-
campment
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