Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-09
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| NJ. u. Murrell, or Company ID.
Junior Officer of the Guard-Eieut,
w. L. Hinton, of Company D.
Guard Duty-Company D.
Twenty-Five men reported sick at the
First Regiment hospital this morning,
but only four were excused from duty.
! At the Second only six cases were re-
| ported, only three beinA REUSED.
The commands at battalion drill are
now sounded by the brigade trumpeter
instead of being given by the comman-
ders.
Among the handsome officers that
! received beautiful bouquets of flowers
from the ladies to-day were Gen. Hol-
ley, Gen. Spilman, Col Baker, Major
Neal and Major Gluck. The latter is
one ahead of the others, ne having re-
ceived two very beautiful ones.
Instead of marching the soldiers to
town to attend Sunday services, as was
done at Camp Blennerhassett, each
! regiment will hold specitl services of
their own in the grove near the camp
| on Sunday morning. The services of
! the First regiment will be conducted
by Chaplain A. NJ. Buckhannon, of
MOrgantOwn, and the Second by Chap
lain W. p. Walker, of Huntington.
Visitors will probably be allowed TO
attend these services.
From reveille in the morning until
| taps at night all commissioned officers
are allowed to pass the guard lines at
will. but from taps to reveille they are
challenged the same as other parties
and must be identified before they are
allowed to pass.
So far the general health of the
camp has been very good, there being
only a few cases of illness reported
I and the patients were soon brought
around all right. Lieut.. F. w. Smith,
, Assistant Surgeon of the Second Regi
ment but now acting as surgeon during
the absence of Major S. H. Austin, of
Lewisburg, has prepared an excellent
report which he will submit to the
Colonel of the Regiment before the
camp closes. In It ne makes number
| of recommendations which the officers
would do we'll to follow.
H. o. Aleshire, of Charleston, Drum
Major of the Second Regiment Band,
can give may a officer holdig a SINH
lar positions pointers on how TO handle
the stick"
The rent paid for the grounds on
which the camp is held is 5000 for the
entire encampment. The amount was
| made up by subscriptions from the citi-
Zens. At Camps Kenna and Jackson
the grounds were donated free of
charge, so I am informed.
Quite a number of ex-members Of thei
Regular Army are now members of the
Guard among them being private w.
J. Nelson, of Company G, of Haunting
ton. who has charge of the firinfi of tha
reveille gun.
Company E, of this city, were hon
Ored with being color bearer of the
Second Regiment at dress parade yes
terday
Since the order of yestering confirming
all persons escaping through the guard
lines to the guard tents, on bread and
water for the remainder of the encamp-
ment. there have been very few of the
soldiers running the lines. The boys
think the punishment greater than the
risk, for to threaten to take away a
soldiers mails strikes them in a tender
spot This policy has been more sue
ceSsful than any that has been tried
since the formation of the Guard and il
will probably be continued hereafter.
Col. r. Z. Fast, Commander of the
First RegimenA who was indisposed the
first day of camp, has recovered suffi-
GENTLY to resume command of his ia
vOrite regiment The Colonel is one of
the handSOmeSt men in camp and
makes a splendid officer. With the
able assistance of Lieut. Col. c. l..
Smith, he has the First Regiment In
good condition and has cause TO be
proud of them.
The largest Company is Company c.,
of Ansted, of the Second Regiment,
they having fifty-six men in camp.
w. ~ Page is their efficient captain.
Yesterday there arrived here by the
Adams Express a bran new flag for the
Second Regiment. One was also order
ed for the First, but through some mis-
take only one arrived. The other will
be here before camp breaks Both are
the national colors.
While taking his company out to bat
talon drill yesterday, Capt J. A. Par
ker, of Hinton. stumbled and fell into
a ditch, bruising himself quite painful
ly. He had to report to the hospital
for medical treatment and will soon be
/ his former self again.
Those who saw the First Regiment
band in their white duck trousers last
evening at dress parade were Impress
ed with the fact that they are the very
thing that should be adopted as dress
suits for all the soldiers. They made
a very dressy appearance and showed
off TO much advantage.
All the buildings on the grounds were
given a coat of whitewash Yesterday,
making a great improvement in the ap-
pearance of camp.
Capt. J. W. Hughes, Of Chenille. aid
de-camp on General Spilman's staff, ar
rived yesterday and reported for duty.
TIe will remain until the close Of camp
After dress parade yesterday even
ing the discipline of the camp was
somewhat relaxed and everybody was
admitted to the grounds. This oppor-
unity was taken advantage of by an
immense crowd, the company streets
being thronged by curious visitors.
The sweet summer girl was there. so
was grandma and the baby, the noisy
small boy. the gentleman of color, the
old maid and her sister, the widow, the
orphan, the poor and rich, the gay and
giddy, the young and old. Twas a
crowd of all kinds, just such as a per-
son is apt to find at any big attraction
10 which no admission is charged. They
strolled around the grounds until nine
o'clock. when taps were sounded and
the grounds cleared.
MoundsvilIe Camp Meeting, August 9th to