The morning times., 1896-06-28
DISTRICT SOLDIER BOYS
One Weeks News and Gossip
Arluld Local Armories.

| Camp is the trouble in the guard just
| now and everybody wants to know whether
there will be one.
| Many commands are going ahead making
| preparations for the event the same as II
| orders had been issued. A general i'm
| preston Is abroad that one will be ordered
| about July 20. THIS time will take the
| guardsmen over the Christian Endeavor
convention and will get them all back for
| the end OF the month. This is greatly to
be desired, for number or merchants
must have their employees at home at theA
| time.
There is to be no docking of salaries of
| government employees who attend camp
| this tyne. This question was decided some
time ago by the Attorney General and
mention was made OF it at the time in
this paper. He holds that when the Guard
| is ordered out by Gen. Ordway it is in
the service OF the government and the
| order is tile same as If issued by the
President. Most of the guardsmen know
| this already. and it is only mentioned
again to cheer them up.
Camp this year Will probably be furnished
with bath houses. This Will be a great
boon to the boys. DR.. Henderson. surgeon
general OF the brigade. has all the plans
ready. He presented them to Gen. Ord
| way some time ago and tile general was
much pleased. They will give the boys a
chance to get rid of "chiggers."
RIFLE PRACTICE.
The inspectors OF rifle practice met
Tuesday night and had a great deal of
lnportant business be fore them The
most impnrtant was the preparations for
the Formation Of a brigade team to 60 to
Sea Girt and uphold the reputation OF the
District. The boys will have to do some
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| come up TO the standard they have already
made. Some tall hustling will have to be
| done TO secure the team. Some OF the
old men have left and they were good shots
| at that.
sergt. j II. Stewart OF the Engineers
was married last week and has gone back
to New Hampshire to live. Corp. Appleby
or the same command is now employed by
the Rifle Association at Sea Girt and can
be looked for in the New Jersey team when
the contests come off. Private Samnei b.
Weatheraid' has been forced to leave the
guard FOR business reasons, and the same
Is the case with Private W. Z. Carleton
All these gentlemen belong to the same
command and are crack shots. They leave
vacancies for some of the younger men to
fill. 'sE s.
The association arranged the schedule for
the seHson at the range. Mondays and
Thursdays will be team days. Tuesdays
belong to the National Rifle Association
and Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
are for volunteer shooting. Saturdays will
be given up to skirnish runs. Ofcourse If
any one wishes to shoot at known distances
on Saturdays he will be accommodated
The season opens July 1. On the Fourth
there will be volunteer shooting sweep
stakes and pools. II is expected that n
large number OF guardsinen will be there
that day
LIGHT BATTERY MARCHES.
The Light Battery is waking up once
more. For some time the boys were popu-
larly supposed TO be off the EARTH but
they were not-they were simply ill retire
u.eut- Now the Com mand is busting
things and getting in the good shape it is
noted for.
Since Capt Forsburg went off on leave
Lieut.. Robbins has been in command He
thought IT would be a good idea to hustle
ih eboysduring tue Ion z summer da VS. and he
has had them a Work. What is more, he
expects to keep them at II for some time
To come yet. He has inaugurated system
of practice marches and the first was
held last night one week ago.
Two sections OF the battery with two
guns and caissons left about s O'Clock
in the evening for Fort Lyon, about ten
made by O'Clock Sunday morning. The
boys reached their destination in a rain,
which made things, to say the least. very
unpleasant. The artillerymen had no tents
and had TO get along as well as possible with
their gum coats. There was little sleeping
that night and the men got along as best
they could. Lieut.. Robbins found time
for nap between two tarpsulins, but
that was the extent of the sleep.
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weather. though parts of the drill were
given up. The fields were wet that
the guns could not be handled Lieut.
Robbins put the men through the drivers
drill without saddles ana got the best out
OF the day possible. The battery returned
about dusk Sunday evening. Another
practice march was commenced last night
The command started for a camping ground
npa- Fort Foote. 1t will put in the day in
drilling.
Quite a number OF changes have been
made in the non commissioned officers
An examination has been held with the
folio wing results: Sergt. Eugene E. Long
ley, promoted to first sergeant Corporal
Charles 7. Morgan. to ouartermaster ser
reant: Corporals John Moore and VIII IT,
Chase. sereeants. and Privates Dick Espey |
and Horace B. Durant. corporals.
sergt. Pierce is off on thirty da VS. fur
HuSti dbI M. hoover
three months. Recruiting is going on at |
a lively rate ami about twelve new mem |
bers have heen taken in during the past !
month. There is no reason why the bat |
terry should not be the pride of the guard |
MILES CYCLISTS OFF.
The Miles Cyclists are also holding prac- |
tice marches these Saturday nights. Last !
night the Command started for Great Falls. |
wnere /, Will spend the day. The boys were |
busy sending forward Il wagon load Of |
provisions yesterday. That wagon held |
enough TO feed small aTmy. but Capt.
Virgins insists that riding a wheel makes |
a man hungry. There is not the least
doubt that there is eEcueh at Great Falls
to-day to eat: Perhaps the members expect
their friends to drop in.
The day will be put in in drills. The boys
will have to get down to work. That is
what they went cut for. There will be but
little play. Capt. Wiggins is determined
to have his men in the best kind OF shape
wbe n camp comes off To do this he means
to have them work.
The captain himself is Just back from q
long ride he took all by himself last week.
He took two days rations. loaded himself
down with thirty pounds of luggage and
started. He rode to Frederick and from
there to Point of Rocks. Here he camped
all night. The next day he rode to Lees
burg and from Leesburg home. The first
day his run was seventy miles, the second
sixty.
These runs have good effect on the men
and more of them are expected 20 take
such spins in the future. 1t will result in
making the cycle corps invaluable as scouts
in case of war They know more now of
the roads leading out of Washington than
anyone else in the guard. This information