The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-13
THE SOLDIERS NOW IN CAMP
TTESTATE'S NATIONAL GUARD NOW
SETTLE FOR THE WEEK's WORK.

The Full Complement of Men Present
Comnissary Departments Good Work
Camp Does Not Begin Auspioiously-The
Arrival Was During the Rain-Many
Honorable Discharges The Blues Squad
How the Boys Left the City.
Camp Coffin, Mantle, Conn, Aug. 12-
The state milltiamen are now all set
tied in their respective quarters on
the camp ground, and this afternoon
their weeks routine work was COM
menced with the establishing of guard
| mounting. This afternoon the fig was
run up the pole in front of Brigadier
General Havens tet at his quarters,
ad Camp Coffin was officially declared
open. This afternoon the consolidated
| reports received at brigade headquar-
| ters show that there are fully as many
! men in camp this year as there were
year ago, there being about 2,761 men on
the camp ground. The following are
| the figures of the four regiments, the
number of men in attendance and those
absent. First regiment, 646 present, so
abset; Second regiment, 672 present, 81
absent; Third regiment, 4SS present, II
absent; Fourth regiment, 529 present, %
| absent; separate companies, 1873 pres
ent, II absent; machine gun, 40 present,
| none absent.
The weather cleared up this afternoon
| and the temperature was at the point
| that made it exceedingly uncomfortable
| for the men in camp. Especially at
| drill the men suffered from the heat.
| There were few cases of sickness in the
| hospital. A member of company c, of
| the First regiment, was received at the
| hospital this afternoon. While coming
| to camp on the train this morning a
| bottle of soda water exploded in his
| hand and lacerated the member badly.
| The signal corps this afternoon start
ed out to Mount Hddings, two miles
| from the camp, and practiced for two
| hours with the flags. The mtlitiamen
| have not found any fault this year
with the quality Of their food which has
| been served. A new plan of inspecting
| the food, which was adopted by Gen
| eral Peck. was put into effect to-day and
| worked successfully. The plan is tc
| station a quartermasters' sergeant of
| each company at the mess house and in
| the kitchens and watch the food as it is
| served. If the quality is considered
good or bad note is made of 1t and
| report made to the commssary de-
| partment. There has, however, been
no occasion for making a report against
! the food served to-day and the men
| were we'll pleased.
| The adjutant general to-day granted
| the following discharges for the expira-
| ton of time enlistment:
Charles H. Coyle, W. H. Cheney,
| John d. Joyce, John Mclean, J. O'Brien,
Fred K. Ritter, James F. Reynolds, j
S, Stevens, M. e. Porter, Daniel Nc
| Lean, ]. ]. Broadbent w. b. Mon
| tague, Charles Zimmerman, w. K
| Holmes, w. e. Copeland, E. J. Parme?
lee Charles e. Andruss, w. j. Dyson
and Edward M. Smith of the First reg
| ment.
F. c. Gilbert banD, ]. Lynehan
| (band, Charles w. Christeson, J. H
McCabe Charles l.. Nolan, Ernest L.
| Crowell. George A. North, Walter e.
Jones, Robert f. Fay, of Second regi-
| ment.
Patrick Carney, John ]. Conboy
Michael T. Goggins, James T. Mona
hon, Thomas F. Sullivan, John H Jor-
dan, Henry E. Drew, Of Third regi-
| ment.
Frank Goelin, Frank Mcmahon John
Prince.
IN THE RAIN.
The opening of camp to-day was de-
cidedly unpleasant, and the fact that
it was not at all unusual did not make
the boys feel any better. The tents
were completely soaked and the ground
was full of puddles and sloppy as could
| be.
The storm which passed over the rem
| devious last night was one of the most
severe that has been experienced in
years. Rain fell in torrents and the
almost continuous play of lightning
followed by the terrible peals of thun.
der which followed each other In rapid
succession made the night anything
but a delightful one to experience. II
is a noticeable fact that during nearly
each encampment since the establish
ment of the rendezvous severe storm
has been experienced
The first to arrive was the Guilford
Battery, which reached the camp
ground at 9:15, and closely following
came the First Regiment of Hartford
then the Second Regiment, then the
the Fourth Regiment, the separate
companies following after. By moor
all were in quarters, the rain storms
interfering but little with the work
of settling, which continued from this
first arrival until noon, when it car
be said Camp Coffin was ready fol
work.
THE BLUES SQUAD.
The ten members of Company D, who
left New Haven at 2 o'clock Saturday
to march into camp, were standing be
side the railroad track this side of the
Connecticut river when the militia
trains passed this morning. They
cheered as the trains passed and seem.
ed to be in good spirits. They ar.
rived in camp at II 80 o'clock this after.
noon. They bivouacked at Saybrool
1 Junction last night and left there at
o'clock this morning. Not a mar
was sick nor did a man drop out of the
march. They arrived covered with
l Nd GLORY nd raoaiI-a5