The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-27
STRIKING OF THE TENTS.
The Last Hours Of the Troops In
Camp NOTthel.

camp NUllutH,
The Quartermasters of the First ReRi-
ment Make Great Record The Reg
iment Given Another Chance to Make
Record At the Rifle Range Private
Ennis Of the Cadets Wins the Sharp
Shooters Badge.
Griffin. Ga. July 26.-At the sound Of
the bugle this morning he whole camp
became a scene Of activity and life. The
various company quartermastcIs had to
get their equipment in shape for shipping
home on the same train with the troops.
and the way in which the men of the
First regiment worked was an eye-opcner
TO the qUartermasters of the Third
These officers waited until a later train
to get the bulk of their baggage off, only
the baggage going forward with the
troops, There was no guard mounted
this morning. The old guard was re-
lcved at review so as to enable the men
TO prepare to leave camp with their re
spective companies.
The First regiment was, on account of
the very hurried manner in which they
were put through the firing last Thurs
day, allowed to send their best men on
the range again yesterday morning and
this morning. The cause of this hurry
was the fear Of an injunction being taken
out against the range by Farmer Stewart,
the fruit grower planting Just behind the
butts. The result Of the shooting was
very satisfactory, being one sharpshoOter
and three marksmen.
A GREAT SCORE.
Private John c. Ennis. Of the Cadets.
won the sharp shooters badge on a score
of l75 points. His score on the
fine, being S3 points out of 50.
The shooting at this part
of the score has been here
tOfOre explained. Private Ennis received
an ovation from his company. as well as
from the whole regiment. His comrades
are very proud of little Johnnie and wish
him greater success ut the next cncamp-
ment, if such thing were possible. His
score is the highest made ON the range at
Camp Northen either this or last year.
Lieut. X. =, Lowell of the Cadets won
marksman's button, and at the 600
yards range his five sighting shots had
they been counted, would have won him
sharp shooters badge. He made n on
the trial or shifting shots, and from some
unaccountabie reason made Il miss on his
first shot for record, and as he had 81
points to make did not finish the score.
Sergt KOeneman of the German VOlun-
tee&s and Private Nicholas =. Corish of
the Greens also did good shooting and
won markSmans buttons
Corpl. 5. x. Ward of the Cadets, who
won a marksman's badge on Thursday,
was presented with his buttons at the
same time the others received theirs. 1T.
Sattorlec presented the men with the
trophies in a,neat speech, which was very
complimentary 10 the regiment as well as
the crack shots. Col. Mercer also ad-
dressed the troops at the close of Lieut.
Sattorlee's remarks, which was from the
front of the regiment. as il was formed
for marching out of camp this morning.
Col. Mercer thanked the men and officers
for the very efficient work done
during this tour of duty, and said that he
felt proud of being colonel of such
a fine body of men, commanded by such
good officers. At the close of the col
onel's talk 1t. Col. Reilly turned each
company over to their respective com
manders and they were marched by the
most direct route to the train, which was
in waiting for them.
NOTES
Privates Ennis of the Cadets, Nick
COriSh of the Greens, Sergeant Kohlne-
mann of the German Volunteers and Cor
poral Ward OF the Cadets. were each in
turn taken upon the shoulders of the men
and marched through the various streets
after the shooting this morning. The
men seemed wild over the success Of
these soldiers, and especially at the score
of Private Ennis
All of the companies left their streets
in good condition. In fact much better
than they found them.
Corpl. GaudrY, Of the Cadets, posted
the first relief at the opening of camp,
and as his turn for duty came around
twice he relieved the last relief posted
Nick Corish, of the Green's is one of the
proudest men on earth, and it is on &C
! count of his well earned mArksman's but
| tons
This was a bad day for lazy men in
| camp, as all hands had to do their share,
| and no one was allowed to be absent from
| their company street.
| Lieut.. Smith, who was left in command
| of the Blues, is a fine officer, and his men
are all very fond of him. This gentleman
/ takes great interest in military matters
and is well up on all subjects pertaining
/ to the military.
The Chathams were reinforced on Mon
! day with quite a number of men, and &C
companied the First regiment home hav-
ing one of the Ccntrals fine sleepers
! The Cadets and German Volunteers also
had good sleepers.
The Guards arrived this morning and
at once went on the range.