Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
UlLDlNQ 0ABIONS
Engineer Corps Putting in Hard Work at
Camp Thompson.
Company q I'm Good Trim and Enjoy
ing Itself-The Rifle Scores
Improving.
of The Evening Star.
CAMP GILBERT THOMPSON,
Ocean City, Md. August Il

Ocean City. Nd. August II, 1894.
There was very small attendance at re-
treat last night, owing to the fact that the
wind died out just at critical time. This
does not mean that most of the boys sue
cumbed to the still heat OF that the COM
pany's military schedule is dependent upon
the weather. 1t means only that the sail
ing parties who went to Shell Beach yes
terday afternoon under a positive guaran-
tee to be returned in good order by 5
o'clock. depended upon an uncertainty, and
they arrived about o'clock-a great many
of them on foot.
Shell Beach is seven or eight miles down
the Sinepuxent bay, and got Its name some
years ago, before the summer visitors had
so completely despoled 1t of its shells. The
boys say they tramped over full square
mile of sand before they found any worth
gathering. But they brought home a good
many, anyhow. The joke of the thing,
however, was the walk home. The boys
got very anxious about supper, and good
part Of them, after the wind dropped, de-
cided TO foot 1t home They beat the sail
ers, but were very weary"
There had been company guard mount
and guard drill planned for the hour after
supper, but the sail postponed It, and 1t is
now on the schedule for this evening.
Capt Horton drilled the drum corps for
SNORT time THIS morning, Lieut.. Holt has
been very good to the young buglers and
drummers. and. in their appreciation, they
call him papa"
Lieut. Ruebsam has had a detail out to-
camp. He took a base line on the board
walk, 100 feet long, and measured the
angles from one end of the base to all the
points necessary to make map of the
camp and Vicinity The transit was out of
all adjustment and, after the adjustment
of 1t, some stakes had to be put in for
sighting points, and, considering all this
and the intensely hot weather, the lieuten-
ants squad did very WELL
There was no drill today as Capt. Averill
wished to have the rifle shooting and other
matters attended to.
The rifle scores for yesterday and today
are as follows: AT zoo yards-Iieut. Holt,
II; Sergt. Stevens, Is and u Corp. Steward,
q and 16; Corp. Stevens, o and 8; Corp.
Lepper, Ii; Pvt. Cass o and 10; Pvt. GustIn,
Ii and IL; Pvt. Kemp Is and 49, Pvt Nc
Michael, Is and 20; Pvt. Newman, 9 and 10,
Pvt. Pellen, 10 and H. Pvt. Smith, and 6;
Pvt. White. IA and IL. At 800 yards-Lieut
Holt 10 and 20; Sergt. Chandler, 10 and 5;
Sergt. johnson, 0 and 10; Sergt. Stevens 2
and -; Corp. Steward, IL and II; Pvt Gus
tin, - and IL; Pvt. Kemp, 10 and II: Pvt
Smith, and 2. Lieut.. Holt hopes to finish
up the scores at 200 and 800 yards this
afternoon, and begin on those at 800 and 600
yards tomorrow. The company will prob
ably leave here on an early train next Tues
day morning, and with that program most
of Monday will be needed for packing up.
There was a little revolver practice this
morning, and the scores are as follows:
Lieut.. Holt and IS. total %; Sergt Ste
vens. l6 and II, total 81; Pvt. McBIichael, 6
and T. total II; Pvt: Newman, 6 and ~,
total 49, Sergt. Chandler still leads the com
pany in revolver shooting his total being 80
Lieut.. Middleton took a squad out this
morning after another gabion. The ma
terial for the gabions has to be obtained
from the mainland. and the road back to
camp lies by Cor gress Hall. The squad
brought the material back after awhile but
1t was very much disorganized squad, and
they reported that charge had been made
on them by the girls of the hotel and that
their lieutenant in command had been cap
tured. Thinking such a capture q disgrace
to company G, they at once got into their
bathing suits and returned to recover their
officer. and they CALAMITY (or perhaps, I'M
gallantly) did so. and the camp Is now
decorated with another gabion. This one
visitors how 1t is used.
Captains Averill and Horton went with
squad this morning to assist in putting I'D a
belfry and the bell, for the Episcopal Church
of Ocean City. Four large uprights We're
put In position, about fifteen feet high, q
platform made upon them, and this after
noon the bell was raised into position by
means of a tackle; The bell weighs 500
pounds, and the belfry is few feet from
the church door. This task was not made
compulsory, but was voluntary work
There was no signaling done today.
xoai .e' isster sergeant freeman mas been
devoting himself pretty largely (the force
or largely" is easily apparent to all the
friends of the tovial quartermaster ser
geant to his camera, and has taken a good
many photographs. There are eight or ten
cameras in camp, and they have all been in
use, more or less
Lieut.. Ruebsam is officer of the day, Corp.
stevens is corporal of the guard and the
privates of the guard are Privates LYON.
Sunderland and Gustin
The boys are having a good deal of fun
out Of Sergeants Chandler and Johnson
about couple of fishing lines they have
received from some kind friend, who wrote
simply: II thought I would drop you a
line" The boys want to know lust the
dimensions of the whale they expect to
catch. q