The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-15
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
NAVAL MILITIA.
Orders for Six Days Tour of Duty or
 Land and Water.

Land and Water.
 Orders have been issued by Lieuten- ant Reynolds, commander of the first division. Naval Militia, for the six days tour of duty of the organization on hand and water, which begins next Monday.
 The organization Is to be divided into four parts or sections, as 1t Is for artil- lery drill, and each section assigned to cutter i'm which the trip to Mantle,
 where the headquarters of the forces will be for the week, will be made. In order to accustom the men to dismount and mount the guns used by the divis-
 ion, Lieutenant Reynolds has ordered them taken to camp in the cutters. This
 will give the men a chance to work the
 guns from small boats in precisely the same manner as if they were sent out
 for active duty against an invading force.
 The first cutter will be in command of Lieutenant Reynolds, with Boat
 swain's Mate Hutchinson and Buglsr Hill to assist him In transmitting orders,
 the crew being the first section of the first company. The second cutter will be i'm charge of Lieutenant Goodrich, junior grade, with Gunner's Mate Pun derson as petty officer and the first sec tion of the second company as crew. Ensign Cornwell will be in command of the third cutter, which will carry as crew the second section of the first com pany. The fourth cutter will be in charge of Ensign Eaton, his crew com prising the second section of the sec ond company.
 Lieutenant Buckland will not com mand a cutter, as he will go to Mantle by rail with detail of mem to prepare the camp ground and have everything
 In readiness for the men when they ar
 rive from this city in the cutters. The men who will make the trip in the cutters to Niantic have been4 or | dered to carry their rubber ponchos | recently provided the division by the state, pea jackets and blankets. They will also take along "a suitable supply
 of food to sustain life and ambition during the days sail The first cutter will carry the howitzer which was re- cently added to the artillery of the div ision of the navy, department. The sec ond and third cutters will each take one 1 of the Hotchkiss one-pounder rapid-fir- l ing cannon.
 With the exception of the equipments and dunnage named to be taken in the cutters, the rest will be transported 10 l Mantle by train, leaving here Saturday I in charge of Lieutenant Buckland. The latter, who is to be the executive officer
 of the encampnlent, has already arrang- 1 ed all the details for the weeks work.
 He has contracted with the best caterer | at Camp Coffin to remain next week
 and feed the Naval Militiamen A bill of fare for the week will be planned, the 1 caterer not being restricted as to the expense. Last year the young salts | found that it paid to live we'll while on their tour of duty, and as the cost comes
 out of their pay they are willing to ex- l pend any reasonable sum for subsist- ence. Lieutenant Buckland has arrang- ed with Quartermaster General Disbrow | to have forty-seven of the tents belong
 ing to the state left standing on the
 camp ground when Camp Coffin is brok-
 en Saturday. These will afford ample l shelter for the eighty-fve men of the
 Naval Militia who hope to be able to | take possession of them Monday night. 1 if the wind and weather does not pre- vent them from reaching their destina- | ton at that time.
 THE wYANDOTTE ON HER WAY | HERE
 | It is expected that the monitor Wyan- l dotte will arrive in this port on Sat
 urday or Monday next. She is now on | her way here from the Norfolk navy
 yard. It is expected that nearly all
 the members of the division will go to 1 camp.
 | Tomorrow evening there will be a | drill of the division and final arrange
 ment made for the departure on Mon- l day morning.
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