The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-20
HASTINGS PARD0NS.
The Governor of Pennsylvania ia
Plays the Bob Reynolds .
Act.
They CAN VOTE Fsa His gslEGAgs'.
While Inrp ectInx tho Jail Governor Hast-
inas Meets 10 Of His Subjects and
whips Them to Liberty aud Into

AUGUSTINE PIER, August 19.-The Naval
Reserves Camp drew larger crowd to-day
than on the previous days. The drills OF
the young tars are received Win deep IN
terest. Governor Hastings and his stan
arrived here about noon on the tug Visitor
and were met at the Pier by Lieutenant
Commander breed and the division OIL.
cers. Governor Hastings was accom- panied
by Major General Snowden. Brlgadier
General John W. Schall and Rear Admiral
Richard w. Meade.
view OF the camp, and the detailed iuepec'
ton was proceeded with by Inspector
General Morrell and Oolonels W. L. Rey-
nolds and Charles II. Howell and Maiors
T. q. Sweeney and David Lewis.
speotlng party, and their number ap.
peared much out OF proportion to the
small humber OF Reserves undergoing
scrutiny. there being only about 150 men.
all told, In camp. There arc nearly 20
com mmissloned officers In command OF tho
Reserves, aud the total number OF officers
In camp was almost one third as great as
the number Of eniisted men and non-com.
missioned officers.
After the condition Of the arms Of the
men. their quarters and supplies were
duly noted they were formed In four com.
panies and marched out for drill lnspeo-
tion. They formed line wheeled. coun.
termarched aud were put through all tine
usual infantry evolutione, showing up In
good form. When the lnaDeuvers were
finished aud Governor Hastings had ex.
prosaed hls qualification at the showing
made the two brass howitzere In camp
were turned loose and fired salute OF II
guns In honor of his presence. band
brought to camp from the city Tor the day
added to the din and blare. and tho camp
officers invited their guests TO o nne mess
table.
Before the Governor AMI hts party left
they were shown tho practical work OF
the signal crops, but had not time to In
spect the boat drill. which took place in
the river later in the afternoon. They
loft on the tug Visitor, which steamed up
the river to New Castle. In the Cover
nor's stalT were Adjutant General Thos.
j. stewart Inspector General L. deV.
Morrell, Surgeon General L. W. Reed,
Col. W. +. Reynolds, Col. Chas; Ii; How
ard and Color Sergeant Jacob Green.
Major Gen. Snowden's staff consisted OF
Col. Alexander A. Il. McCandlees. Colonel
Ralph Cuilman, Major j. A. q. Camp
bell Major David Lewis end Ordnance
Sergeant Robert LlDerton. With Brlga-
dler General John w. Schall were the fol.
lowing First brigade staf officers; Assis'
tant Adjuuant General X. b. Edwards,
Major Inspector L. q. Sweeney. Quarter.
master Beverly II. Keim, Major j. X.
Weaver, Captain George Burton, Captain
d. s. b. Chew and Conm!ssary sergeant
W, ", Bell. Retired Rear Admiral Richard
W. Meade. United states Navy. accom- pa
MED the Governor on the trip to camp as
his Rueat and took great interest In the
work OF the Reserves.
The Governor Of Delaware and staff are
expected to visit cam y Farragut on Thurs.
day. The boys aye well tanned anu are
enjoying camp life Immensely
"Wednesday promises to be u red letter
day mere as the St. Mary's Pioneer Corps
of Wilmington and-a largs crowd from
New Castle will be here and a great game
of ball will be played. There will be a
grand ball given on Thursday evening
and the young tars will show the Della
ware Urls how to dance. On his return
the Governor stopped at New Castle jail
and released 10 prisoners who were uB-
able to pay tho coat OF the indigont
affidavit. .+..