The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-23
GUARDS BACK FROM CAMP.
A LITTLE sUNBURNED. But N
SPLENDID CONDITION.

Their Record Was n Creditable one
aud They Have Reason 10 Feel
Proud of Their work in Camp.
Had Everything Their own Way
NJ the Targets. With no COMPETE
tors-They Got Full share OF
Other HonOrs AIsO-The Winners
Of the battalion and Company
Prizes.
The Guards battalion arrived from camp
yesterday afternoon al o'clock, having
broken camp al Griffin Immediately after
breakfast
The battalion arrived half an hour ear
Tier than expected and consequently there
was no detachment Of the home contin-
gent on hand to escort the camp veterans
from the depot TO the arsenal. There was
d slight drizzle at the time. but Col. Gar
rard promptly marched the battalion
down Liberty street and 10 the arsenal on
Bull street
on arriving at the arsenal the compa-
MES were dismissed to their company quar-
tiers. Refreshments had been provided in
each company room IN the shape Of beer
and sandwiches and We're partaken of
with a relish by the boys after their long
march. The Guards looked bronzed and
soldier like and marched with n firm and
confident step. They did not appear to
be IN the least faded by the week in camp
and with the exception OF the sunburn.
which VIII wear of IN a few days there
was nothing 10 indicate that they had
been undergoing severe duty.
The facts are that Il did not take the
Guards long to learn that camp life was
business ana not a frolc. Many OF them
had been there before and knew this and
the others were not long in finding il out.
As a result instead Of staying In Griffin
every night until after midnight they
were in their tents and asleep two to three
hours before and were in shape 10 get
right to work when the bugle call awoke
them the next morning.
The camp was one OF the most success
ful the battalion has ever attended. The
Guards acquitted themselv1 with credit,
in every department of the camp duty,
whether on parade, guard mount or at the
targets. Their company streets were kept
in perfect condition and they were mig My
cOmplmented on this feature by the
United States inspecting officers. At the
targets the Guards were supreme. Besides
securing four sharpshooters and seven
marksmen, twenty-three men qua1hed IN
the first and second classes, making thir-
ty-tWO men IN all who made credttable
scores at the targets.
The Atlanta companies and other COM
panies of the Fifth regiment, which was
in camp with the Guards, did not go 10
the targets at all, and some OF the
Guards marksmcn were unkind enough
to express the opinion that the Atlanta
men did not shoot because they knew they
would be badly beaten by the Guards
Lieut.. F. c. wilson's score OF loo out or
possible IT'S is something of which every
member Of the battalion is proud as il
distances by long odds all previous rec
ords on the skirmish ranges of the state,
while the score Of l35 by Private Ed Mer-
Ger of Company A, and l52 by Private IL.
+. Wilson Of Company B are themselves
ahead of anything ever done in camp be-
fore in the way Of target shooting.
Col. Garrard is well pleased with the
showing made by the battalion in camp.
The men acquitted themselves with credit,
which Is no more than he expected, out
IN everything pertaining to work of the
soldier a high standard was established
and maintained.
Several battalion and company prizes
were awarded at the close OF the camp.
The First battalion prize OF $40 for the
Colgate and J. I. Bond Of Company 3. The
second prize for the best kept tent was
awarded to Corporal +. w. Garden and
Private j. A. Robson of Company A. In
each company prize of $40 was awarded
10 the member whose gun and accoutre-
ments We're found to be In the best condi-
ton at -the close Of the camp These prizes
We're awarded as follows: Company A.
Sergeant A. S. Haines; Company b, Pri-
vate z. J. Thomas; Company c, Sergeant
J. 5. Bond; Company d, Corporal j. o.
Hatch.
Company B secured two orderles during
the week, Privates Thomas and II. A.
Crane. The latter was also commended
by Lieut.. Brown, L. S. A., for his knowl-
edge of the duties Of the sentinel.
Col. Garrard requests the Morning News
to state that the announcement that the
Guards gave a german at camp was an
error There was nothing of the kind,
Some of the members of the battalion got
up a german by subscription among
themselves in order to return courtesies
shown them in Griffin but the german was
not given by the battalion and the officers
had no control of it whatever.