Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-17

traffic" So said Col Moulton when his
regiment commenced operations, and If he
and his have not done all that the most
exacting could require of them, nobody here
knows where the shortening was. This
Is not the first time the colonel has been
on duty in the stock yards he was there
during the riots of 1887. But this is his
initial appearance there as a regimental
Commander, his commission "a colonel be-
ing dated February II last. He was one Of
the majors long before. though, and for a
time was lieutenant colonel and Inspector
of small-arms practice. He is a thorough
soldier, and successfully rigid disciplIn-
arian, who Is doing Everything possible to
keep the second in front Of all Competitors.
He Is being ably assisted BY lot of really
capable offlcers-Lieut. Col. ". D. Hotch-
kiss. Majs. r. F. Logan. J. Il, Stuart and
w. p. Dusenberry. Mil. q. Z. Lydston,
surgeon; Capt Malcolm Gum, assistant
surgeon; Capt. J. p. Sherwin. Inspector OF
sraall-arms practice; Capt II. w. Bolton.
chaplain; Capt. II. G. Purinton. adtutaut,
and First Lieut.. F. w. LAS. quqrtermas-
ter. with an old regular-Peter Osmor-as
sergeant major.
Battery d. which is in Camp Wheeler, is
an organization of which Chicago boasts
itself. 1t was organized in 1871. when the
railroad riots Of that year were 10 progress,
and has prospered ever since. The battery
has four gatlings and four twslve-pounder
brass Napoleons, but only the eatl!ngs are
In the field. Eighty-fve men out OF a total
membership OF NlUety-Ous are present lut
duty. The battery is oficered by well-known
eitizens-Capt. w. A. Russell, First Lieut..
". a. Austin. Second Lieut. A. Lindman,
Second Lieut.. Archibald Watt.
An Early Morning Alarm.
Bang! bang-bang! bangl
One o'clock In the morning, and most of
the camp fast asleep. Col AI0ulton is
awake. though, and so ares others of the
officers
"Sentryr' This to an overloaded figure
who stands on the high roof Of the little
office building. and who sees every conner
from afar. What direction does the sound
of those shots come from"
"O1 TO the west, STR
Capt. Limo. move out as rapidly as pos
sible with about twenty men,"
In fye minutes more then twenty horses
are saddled by men hastily but effectively
aroused from slumber, and in minute
more a detachment of troop A-which is
Differed by Capt. 2. b. Limo and Lieuts.
Lenke and Ireland-moyes out at a trot,
with Col. Noulton and Capt. Purinton a
triffe In the lead. Along the highways $,
some broad, some narrow, moves the csyal-
cade. fastening It's pace as other shots are
heard. yet far from careless In It's pro-
cedure. Fifty yards to the front rides a
sergeant, who cannot but detect any trap,
whose horse must fall in case a wire has
been stretched across the street.. lnyesti-
cation shows that sentry had been as
saulted. and that mob of two or three
hundred toughS was gathered couple OF
squares away. There are clouds of dust
for him who is not well TO the front, and
there are holes in the roadway, but the
horses are let out q little more, and the
nucleus of a riotOuS multitude becomes in
simultaneously invisible. From one outpost IL
al other Is the scout keps up, until a ribbon
Of gray appears on the eastern horizon.
There are many inquistive heads polied out
OF windows as we ride back brislIly To
camp, and the ribbon was broad and lighter
OF hue as We tumbled into our respective
tents and slept the sleep of the tired fer
the fragment of time that remained be-
tween unsaddling and breakfast call Those
Illinois boys are soldiers!
GEO. II. HARR1E,S.