The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-28

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soup down the back of son of Africa,
the assistant cook, who is diving down
in a basket for more dishes, the vener-
able Mack INDUCES in a few eXple-
tives which defy chronicling.
There is considerable rivalry at the
table for prizes Very few have come
thus far to jewellers on Manhattan, the
New York boys, as a Jersey City lad
explained, being such pigs that they
eat up everything before the other
fellows get bite"
After dinner in the evening comes
the dress parade, when people frcm the
hotels and the villages visit the camp,
and put the boys on their mettle to
make a good display. Good music is
furnished by drum corps and buglers.
Every soldier in camp has to follow
strictly the following daily routine:
Revielle, 6:45 a. M; assembly, 7:15 a.
d. M; religious exercises, $50 a. M;
company drill, $50 a. m; recreation.
1890 a. M; mess call. u M; lunch,
12:15 p. M; military instruction, l p.
m; recreation, 100 p. M; battalion
drill, p. m; mess call. $50 p. m. din
ner. 6 p. M; dress parade, Z p. m;
retreat, $50 p. m; tattoo, 9:45 p. m;
taps, 10 p. m.
Plenty of Fun.
Entertainments are a great feature
of the camp. Every week a stereOpti-
con lecture is given in the mess tent,
or the boys themselves entertain
large audience with recitations, plays,
whistling matches, three-legged races.
potato races, swimming matches and
various other sports and pastimes. The
camp baseball team plays the second
nine, and teams from the nearby viii
lagos, and a beautiful stream within
a. stones throw of camp furnishes an
excellent place for aquatic sports.
Religious training is not forgotten.
Every night prayer meetings are held
in the various tents, and a great num-
Der of boys have been converted by
the influences brought to bear during
this outing. No punishment is melted
out to culprits, but a court martial.
with the attendant disgrace, always
serves to break the most unruly
boy. But one court martial has been
recorded this year. A strapping big
fellow disobeyed his superior officer, u
lad of ten years, and was Immediately
arrested. A court martial was ordered
at high noon. The big boy was found
guilty, and sent into coventry. The
experience seems to have changed him
completely. He is now a. good-natured
chap. and the personificat ton of ODE
dience.
A Popular Duty.
Guard duty is very popular with the
boys. Owing to the presence of tramps
and loafers about the camp, it has
been found necessary to keep pickets
out all night There are four reliefs
during the night, and each one has
different password. The guards slept
in a, separate tent, and as the night
watch sings out: Corporal of the
guard, second relief" the eight boys
tumble out of their cots, rub their eyes,
and grabbing their rifles, make their
way to some distant part of the camp,
where the owls are hooting, ana every
thing is dark and gloomy.
There is something fascinating about
guard duty, and a spice of danger in
it, which makes it very popular, and
the boys can scarcely wait until their
turn comes.
The camp has been visited by prom
inent clergymen all over the country,
and contributions are flowing in from
all parts, one man in Paris having
sent CHECK for thirty boys" The
experiment has proved so successful
thus far, that in another year. it is
believed, such camps will be estab-
lished wherever there are brigades of
Baptist boys, or any like military Or
CARNATIONS. The order numbers at
present $4,000 boys throughout the
OnlIeQ states.