The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-12
OFF FOR NIANTIC TO-DAY
THE GRAND GATHERING OF THE
TROOPS TO-DAY AT NIANI10.

The Blues Marching Squad-The
ofhcers' Horses for Camp Life-Great
Crowds at Mantle Yesterday.
The annual encampment of the Con-
necticut National Guard opens at Man
tic to-day. Under the direction of the
quartermasters department. Captain
Cornell of the state arsenal has been in
charge of the grounds for the past
three weeks, and the grounds are In
most excellent condition. General Ha-
ven and his staff arrived on Saturday
as did also Commissary General Peck,
who is looking after the caterers.
The New Haven armory yesterday
presented a busy scene. All the bag
gage was shipped on Saturday and is
now all delivered in the company
streets, The companies will assemble
in the armory this morning at o'clock
and will leave the armory at o'clock.
The troops from this city and down the
road will be taken over in three trains.
Train "a" is to leave New Haven
at TBS a. M, to be composed of two
coaches with troops and one baggage
car from Stamford; two coaches and one
baggage car from Norwalk; five cars
of horses from Bridgeport; two cars of
horses from Waterbury, making a total
of thirteen cars.
Train "B" will leave New Haven at
1880 a. m. 1t is to be composed of
three coaches Of troops from Water
bury, seven coaches of troops from New
| Haven, and three baggage cars; total,
| thirteen cars.
Train &C. will leave New Haven at
| $50 a. M, and will be composed of one
coach and one car of baggage, Dan
bury troops; four coaches and two
baggage cars, Bridgeport troops; one
coach and one baggage car, Meriden
| troops, and one coach with Wallingford
troops, making total of eleven cars.
They will be quartered in camp at
| 10 o'clock
Ten members of the Blues left Satur-
| day to march from this city to camp.
| The party was composed of Lieutenant
| Smith, Sergeant Newbold, Corporal
Nichols and Privates McCombe, Wright,
| Hattoff, Rice, Hill, Atkinson and
Coates. They were accompanied by a
| water boy. The squad was under the
| charge Of Lieutenant Smith, They left
| the armory in full marching order,
| carrying rifles, side arms, knapsacks,
and blankets, with overcoats and two
days rations, making a total weight
| of about seventy-five pounds that each
man had to carry. The start was
made from the armory at noon, and
they are to report to the captain of
the Blues this morning at 10:30 o'clock.
/ The party was accompanied as far as
| the -Four Corners by Corporal Barton
and Corporal Knollmeyer. AT that
place the men were served with re-
| freshments at the home of Quarter
master Sergeant Mccormack and Pri-
vate Chadeayne. Prior to leaving the
| armory the squad was photographed
so that their faces may go down to
posterity as the only men who ever
marched into a G. N. G. camp from
| here.
OFFICERS AND THEIR HORSES.
Lieut.. Lowe and Assistant Surgeon
DR.. ]. H. Townsend Of the coloneps
| staff, rode to camp on Saturday.
Major Sucher will ride at camp fine
bay horse which he obtained at Ho-
| boken, N. j., and which is well Versed
| in the duties expected of a horse at an
lencampment of soldiers, having done
duty as an officers horse at New York
state camp grounds. Governor Coffin
and others of those who will ride horses
at camp also obtained their horses for
the occasion at Hoboken-all well drill
ed animals
! Commissary General Henry S. Peck
| Of this city will ride his own horse,
with which he is perfectly familiar,
it being the fine animal ridden by him
in this city almost daily.
A CHANGE.
A change has been made in the bat
| talions of the regiment since the recent
election of Captain Sucher to be major
His company has always been in the
second battalion under the command
| of Captain Dickinson, but since the
| election of Major Sucher it has been
deemed advisable to transfer his old
| company to the battalion which he
will assume command of and in bring
| ing about this change, company F, or
| the Grays, has been put in Major Such
er's company's place in Major Dickin-
sons battalion.
NOTES.
The members of company D have or
| ganized a baseball team with Sergeant
S. H. Paige as captain and Lieutenant
H. c. Young as manager.
The occupants of the different tents
of company D, at Camp Coffin, will be
known by the following appropriate
names: sober Four" -Four Tanks, u
"Four Goo Coos" -Four Hoboes, .
-Four Sunf1owers," NOISY Four
sFour Deacons," Midnight Four, Il
-Four Brass Turner's" -Four Kickers, y
sloppy Four" Happy Hottentots. !"
| Tent No. will be known as "The main
| entrance to Hades.'
| Private Fred Bailey of company has
been promoted TO corporal
| Surgeon General Cassidy of Norwich,
| formerly surgeon general on the staff of
Gov. Morris, has invited Gov Morris and
staff to be his guests at Norwich
| Thursday, August 15. The members
| will probably return via Mantle and
| visit Camp Coffin.
| GREAT CROWDS AT NIANTIC YES
TERDAY.
| Mantle Aug 1.-THE great event Of