The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-20
SNAP SHOTS FROM CAMP
Continued from First Pace,

was inspector of quarters yesterday.
 Two of the oldest men in camp are Private Reed and Sergeant Walker of Company E. MT, Walker enlisted in February, 1868, and MT, Reed complet- ed twenty years of service last Mon day, He is now detailed as orderly to Major Albee on the parapet of the siege gun battery,
 The new bath house just in front of the earthworks contains nfty-two apartments and is being freely used by the boys.
 The Machine Gun battery is in first class condition, and none of it's mem- bers has been sick or injured, except Lieutenant Rand,
 Homer Jennings of New Haven and Richard Dalton of Hartford are spend ing the week In camp as guests of the second section, M. G. B.
 D. Fancher Thomas Blount, Joe Southerton. T, J. Callahan and Frank Banta, all of New Haven, gave Cap tain Sears an instrumental serenade Tuesday evening.
 The new lieutenant of the fourth sec ton, M G. B., Robert G. Morley, is very popular with the men of the bat tery.
 Ex-Lieut. Brown of the Third section of New London visited the battery yesterday
 General Lee, the tuba player of the Second regiment band, was the vic tim of practical joke yesterday. While his attention was called elsewhere some of the band men tackled 8 green flag of Erin on his tent and shortly after wards the general was summoned be- fore the bandmaster to explain the presence Of a foreign flag on his tent. While he was explaining a party of band boys played Wearing of the Green" in front of his tent.
 Private St. Clair of company K is wearing a blue ribbon, and is very proud of it.
 Company B has a 24 front at every drill, and has been highly compliment ed by the colonel for having the larg- est attendance of any company in the brigade.
 Sergeant Pauley says he is the tnly Dutch pipe.
 | While on drill yesterday Lieut.. Ka- pitzke of company B had just repeated | to his men the command Fire at will" when he was asked by newly enlisted man Where is WHIP" l Private Beardsley and Private Gill martin of company D have been in the l hospital, but were discharged vester- 1 day.
 The boys say that Fred Bates, the | Baby Corporal" of company D has a ''cinch" on the siege gun. | Private Fred Ramsdell of company D was bum guard at the pump Tues day night, and was yesterday put on as regular guard. He Is now asking is camp week a continual guard duty. 1 Harvey D Bouton of the Noisy Four" was company D's barber yester- day.
 Shorty Mccormick, the eleven year old son of 2. M. Mccormick, is the mascot of company D, He has been in camp for nine years and likes water melon and pie as well as ever | Sheiffele of company D, the meat in spector of the Second regiment, IS still gaining flesh, and they say all he las to do is to keep up his veluminous cor respondence.
 Company D boys say that Henry St Jacques is homesick, and they also say Jack Hays has been knitting scolloped lace all the week.
 S. P Rogers of company D injured his foot quite badly yesterday while running across the field. The Sober Four Tents' inmates de- serve honorable mention. They are Corporal Mcintyre Charles Gilmartin and Privates Sheiffele and Chadeayne Fatigue caps were worn by all the brigade at regimental drill yesterday afternoon.
 B. Stevens of Company D Is not able to drill owing to a slight misunder- standing with his stomach. William Dunn of Company D is rap idly developing into gallant soldier. l William Brennan of Company c was much looked for man yesterday The reason was that he failed to deliv- CT milk to his customers yesterday morning.
 The friends of Sergeant Crowley will probably be pleased to hear that he has raised a. brand-new pair of whiskers. 1 Fx-Lieutenant McKiernan and fam. | ily are spending the week in camp.
 The Sarsfields' ball team is composed of Charles Brennan, J. Seevy, F. Nor gan, Dick Connolly, Dan MoGuire lI,awlor McNamara and Gallagher. Int team played the Hilliard Guards o Hartford yesterday afternoon and wor easily.
 N. Skelly is one of the best divers il
 Company c, and all his friends are en
 wing his prowess in that respect.
 Sergeant Pantan and Private Quinn
 will give a lawn party in front of thei
 tent this evening.
 The -Four Leaf Clover" of the Cit,
 Guard composed of First Sergean
 Gutbrod, Sergeant Bornmann, Musician 1 Hoffmeister and Corporal Krauter, ar
 having midnight rallies on the gold l silver, beer and ice water questions
 Each one claims he has the best of tn
 argument, but Judge Greenbaum vii
 announce his decision later. Sergean
 Bornrnann shouts for the yellow metal
 Corporal Krauter represents the whit metal, Musician Hoffmeister is in favo
 of the cooling beverage, and Sergean Gutbrod is loud in praises for the pro
 hibitionists.
 The "JolIy Four'' of the City Guard Private Pokrop, Policeman Winterfield 1 Private Mueller and Private Daniels invite all their New Haven friends fo +na Governor's day festivities