The Washington times., 1895-06-17

many visitors along the river bank whenthe
first gray ia wn appeared over the old fort.
About the tine old Sol showed himself a
Washington and Norfolk steamer was at
tracted 10y the waving OF hundreds OF
handkerchiefs, parasols, bats, etc, and
was thus induced to stop and bring the
GiSconsolate eHcursionistS 10 The city i'll
time for breakfast.
You may also recall the fraCas our mex
perienced guard had that nGht with a
rowboat load of rOwdy soldiers returning
late from River View, with a more plenti-
full supply of had whisky than camp coun-
tersigns. Do You remember one of this
party was drummed out ofcamp next morn
ing under a corporars guard?
Lewis and / tent together, and we were
talking over our former camp at this place,
and the changes time had wrought in the
personnel Of the company and the menthem-
selves. In our company Only SimonSOn,
Odell, Marsdcn, King, Lewis, Thompson
Lang, and myself could answer if the old
camp roll were called.
a gray hair begins 10 show here and
there on our heads, reminding us that we
are not $50 young as We used to be-"
but ripper in experience as guardsmen and
citizens Being in a reminiscent mood, /
cannot help noting some of those many
incidents that loom up conspicuously as
memory of the past chases them by in re-
view, for. as the famous poet, Rogers, has
aptiy said:
"Lulled in the countless chambers of the
brain,
Our thoughts are linked by many hidden
chain;
Awake but one, and, 10, what myriads
rise:
Each stamps its image as the other flies"
II is really pleasant to recall those
| scenes and incidents of four and five years
ago. The rain, rain and mud mud, the
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cup drum corps on way to the fort for
fish chowder," the big bonfireS built of
fence rails. the skrInish drills, jumping
fences bushes and ravines, firing blank
! cartridges, etc, and just think of our
first range target praCticel Shooting
along the river bank and through a
newly cut avenue in the dense forest,
across the big ravine where fish-tail
winds gathered up the bullets and carried
them at will!
Think OF CahiH, SeleCman and / making
eighteen. sixteen and fifteen respectively,
| and then receiving special mention when
| we got back to camp for making high
| scores! believe you and Buell., OF the
Comptro!lers office, made more goose
| eggs than bulls eyes, and nearly all the
| company made from five to twelve points
| out of a possible twenty-five, and these
| were scores made by the now famous
! Treasury sharpshoOters!
When we recall the many victorious
| contests with the rifle since that and
see our boys face the target now it is hard
to realize that we should have made
such records the first year of our eX-
| istence.
But to revert to the past again, I am
| sure / will provoke a smile to mention
| Davis famous salute and his provincial
methods while on guard; Wcber's ruse
in a tree top, accompanied by Flick's
rage of wrath. Ny, wasn't he mad!
Flck's successful efforts to knock out
street car conductor, when he was on
detail for the company to this city, be-
| cause of unpatriotic and unciyil illusions
| towards the citizen soldiery.
Since then Webber has been around the
world on man-of-war and Flick has been
doing good government service by special
| detail in the Lone Star State.''
Another bright boy we had with us
then was young Day, son of Second
Auditor Day. He is now on the stage
and making quite reputation in Germany.
And you must not forget little, fat Wayson,
Red whisker" Yate, "Old Whip" Jim
| Simpson, and a dozen others. Simpson was
/ then quartermaster sergeant of the COM
pany, and acted generally as ''Sam, the
| privateeri" peace to the memory of dear
Dan McCauley.) Jim was great boyl He
has filled nearly every position in the guard
below major-aud served in nearly all the
battalions and in as many bureaus in the
! Treasury Department-and is now serving
as colonel over stock farm in New
! England.
Those were the days when Disbursing