The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-24
GOOD WORK At THE CAMP.
The Battalion and Company Drills
Improving Daily.


Years-The Pooler Light Infantry
the First Company to Put Up an Ezc-
tended Order DrilI-Capt. Jones, Of
Macon, the Offcer Of the Day-The
Companies at the Butts.
Griffin. Ga, May 2S.-The day in camp
has been spent in routine work. The bat
talon and company drills are each day
better than on the preceding one. The
Guards have received many compliments
on their battalion drills, as well as com
pGny drills. They are Of course. the best
in camp, and many officers, including the
army officers, think the Guards the finest
drilled battalion in the south,
Lieut. Satterlee says that the improve
nent in camp duty IS wonderful, and that
the work is being well and promptly done.
The drilling shows greater study than in
former years The new companies have,
he says, surprised him.
The Pooler Light Infantry was the first
TO put on an extended order drill, and
so far none of the other companies have
drilled in this most important exercise as
yet The officers of the Poolers show
their training. They are both from the
Savannah Cadets.
OFFICER OF THE DAY.
Capt. Jones, of the Macon Light In
fantry, is officer of the day, and Lieut.
Sanders, of the Quitman Guards, and
Lieut.. J. r. Anderson, of company A,
officers of the guard.
On occount of the large number of COM
panies in the camp, the orderlies were
selected at guard mounting this morning
and the two men presenting the best APP
pearance and having the cleauest guns
and kits, were Privates Davis, of the
Macon Hussars, and Gerdine, of the
Macon Volunteers.
Lieut. Col. Peter Reilly, of the First
regiment. is visiting camp, and has ex-
pressed himself as being much pleased
with the neat appearance of the camp.
The Guards streets are like a nicely
swept floor. Lieut.. Moore, of company
D, goes home tonight, but will return on
Friday to finish his score on the range.
To-DAY's SHOOTING.
The three unattached companies will
shoot in the morning, and will be followed
by the Guards. the second having finished
at 200 and 300 yards. There were about
seventy men from the second to go up to
the 500 range. This command has HAD
practically no practice at target firing.
and their shooting, considering this, is
not bad. The range is very much i'm
proved, the butts repaired, and every
thing works beautifully. The marking
is quickly and correctly done. A corporal
Of the Third Artillery, United States
army. is in charge Of the butts
light rain fell to-day, just enough to
lay the dust
WORK THE COMPANIES DO.
It is surprising the amount of work that
the young men, composing the various
companies, do while in camp For the
first few days especially the work is
particularly hard. After the tents are
pitched the tent floors have to be laid out
so the tents will be correctly aligned.
Then men have to go to the quarter
masters headquarters for tent poles,
pins, etc. A squad is detailed for this
work. The streets have to be properly
cleaned out. which means still greater
and harder work, for they have years
growth in them. Then the streets have
10 be raked, tent floors wiped and swept
out, cots and mattresses brought from
the quartermaster's stakes driven for
holding washbasin and cup. When this
is finished, certainly not very long after
the call for the first guard mounting
sounds. and then certain men from each
company have to go on duty. The first
RudIu Ou nave kGuGEdlly Ln6 shortest
tour of duty, but they are expected to
establish the precedent. and therefore the
men chosen are or should be among the
best in company. This guard duty not
only consists of marching along the
post and calling the hours and chal-
longing few stragglers, but 1t means
work. Already the men are tired from
the work of cleaning up and loss Of sleep
in travelling, but, nevertheless, they are
expected TO be always on the alert and to
observe everything that takes place in
sight or hearing, and on account of the
large number of officers moving about are
always coming to a carry to salute
Then at night on account of some, or
rather many, companies allowing
their men too much liberty, the
sentinels duty is made harder for
he must stop every man that comes on
his post, and know what he is after If
the state wished to hire men to do this
work, they would have a hard time get
ting them, FOR some of the work done
would almost break down a saw mill
hand great number of the young men
of the various companies are used to
doing only the light work of clerks. and
II is astonishing to see them set to with
hoe, AK rake, and shovel, or wheelhar-
rows and work like farm hands, and
should be highly commended.
CAMP NOTES.
Capt. Thomas Screven, as officer Of the
day, has won the heart of every man on
guard. He is popular, and an efficient
officer.
Lieut.. Hal Bacon makes a splendid
officer His company shows good judg-
ment in electing man to the lieuten-
antcy.
Private Hugh Conner is up with the
boys of Company B, and is one of the
most popular men in camp.
Lieut., Moore of Company D. is making
name for himself, and his men are very
proud of him.
Lieut.. T. p. Huger, of Company A, is a
model officer of the guard. Although the
guard yesterday was increased to nearly
double the size of the first guard, the
discipline was much better and the men
were better instructed.
Sergt w. T. Hopkins. of Company D, is
acting first sergeant and no one could do
the duties Of that office better than he
The boys of Company d say he is a "hum-
mern
First Sergt Drane, of Company c, is
one of the best in the state
service and he commands the respect of
all the men Of his company, and in fact,
the battalion
Hospital Steward Orear, Of Com
panV @ is acting commissarv fO1, HE coY,-