Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-15
EN- JOYlNG THE SURF.
Ordway Rifles Drilling, Bathing and Work
ing Hard.
Carrying Sand 10 the Rifle Butts-A
BALL Last Nfght-Ncws From
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correspondence OF The Evening Star.
CAMP STEPHAN, August Il. 1894
The rain of yesterday continued all night
long. so there was nothing that could be
done except nsaks,the best of~the circum-
stances. The boys spent the evening al
the hotel. and otter TIE other guests had re-
tired took possession of the parlor and
Office. where they made themselves as COM
Portable as possible. II is hardly necessary
to remark that all hands slept welh not
withstanding the difficulties. Promptly at
5:i5 Bugler Wagner. sounded reveilie and
the boys were all awakened to find that the
sky was still overcast. However. after
breakfast the sun came out and Immediate
steps were taken TO get camp in order and
dry out everything, the uniforms having In
the meantime been dried in the hotel
Work was rushed. and before . O'Clock,
colors up. Camp. stephan was in. formal
existence. The rest of the morning was
spent by the individuals getting their tents
IN order and making themselves comfort
able. ,.-or-- ".-s. -. go
After dinner, however, came the hard
work The permission Of Mayor Ludlow
having been obtained, and suitable point
located the men went to work to hay on a
target range, and set Up the butts and tar
gets for rife practice. When the company
fr ally reached the point selected aud had
fully started on the work they began TO
realize that IL was not all play. In fact, It
was necessary TO clear away a large space
of underbrush. and In additieH =, to. that
to tran sport sand for the butts for con-
siderable distance. The entire company
was therefore divided into cappers and
diggers. and all hands went 70 work. while
one squad went to work on the framework
Of the butts another. put the target frames
together. stin another went to work digging
sand. and the remainder passed buckets
from these last mentioned to the butt
frame. In a few minutes all were working
merr1y, commissioned and non-oommisr
stoned officers and privates working shoul-
der To shoulder, and every man working
hard. ass AZ! - $685.. sna'I
At about 2:S0 the men were pretty well
tired after their exertioas. and as opera
lions were nearly completed il was finally
decided that the rest should be allowed TO
remain until morning. Immediately after
breakfast II is hoped that the company
VIII be enabled to start practice soon.
AS soon as work was discontinued ali hands
started Immediately for camp the unani-
nous vote being all hands for the surf It
of course. required only a short time for
the boys to get out of their uniforms and
don their bathing suits. and then there was
a general rush for the water. followed by
an Immediate halt when the first wave was
reached The only reason for this was that
the water was cold although not so cold
as yesterday. Regaining courage however
an advance was made In dorbls time and
then the fun commenced. The surf was
grand. and everybody enjoyed II Thoroughly.
After the bath was over" the boys re-
appeared in their best uniforms and all
hands had opportunity to make themselves
more presentabie. as their shirts q nd ether
accessories were obtainable. such not being
the case In the rain of the day before.