The herald., 1896-11-16
A JOLLY DAl N CAMP
Citizen Soldiers Had a
Taste of Service
THEY D|V0UAc N A SaaDY GROVE
A Half Day of Rigorous Field
Work
AN EXTENDED ORDER DRILL
Both the Infantry aad the Cavalry Did
Their Yer, Best
Two Men Hurt by Horses While on
the March
The Guardsmen Stood the Test Very
Well, But Did Not Want to
Two Men Hurt by Horses While on
the March
The Guardsmen Stood the Test Very
Well. But Did Not Want to
Walk Home-Notes of
the Camp.

S3AC SdihP
The citizen so tiiers had a great day in
camp yesterday, in a shady grove CT
eucalyptus trees within sight CT
Ramona Convent. about ten miles
east of this city. AS moment
Gus as was the day, the night
preceding it will remain as long in the
memory of the boys in blue who
bivouaced beneath the sheltering foliage,
and. waking or sleeping, dreamed Of
spring beds and warm coverings in their
comfortable homes. and whiled away
their time in seeking spot of earth
level enough to afford resting place
for their reclining bodies.
The march from Los Angeles to the
site selected for the bivouac Saturday
evening, was trying ordeal, and sorely
proved the metal of the infantrymen OF
the National Guard of California who
cbeyed the orders of the emergency CAL
AS was related in The Herald yester-
day the start of the three companies OF
infantry, one troop of cavalry and the
signal corps was made auspiciously from
the armory on Broadway, and the mar
tial array amazed the citizens on the
streets, who wondered at the unex-
pected spectacle
The marching forces kept bravely on
their way, the officers mounted and the
infantry on foot all the distance to the
camp, which was reached about $3.50
o. M. about four and one quarter hours
from the start. The Los Angeles con :
tingent found the Pasadena company, 1,
already in camp, and the Ramona COM
pany, D, arrived a few minutes later
The company from Santa Ana, l., did
not arrive at the bivOuac until midnight,
the Orange county soldiers having lost
their way and tramped eleven miles
from Rivera. AS each company ar
rived some tents were pitched, but not
near enough to accommodate all the
militiamen, and most of them had to
pass the night with no other covering
than their blankets, the shade of the
eucalyptus and the blue, star-speckad
vault of heaven.
There was little sleeping that night.
and an enemy would have had hard
time to surprise the camp. The ground,
that had been furrowed and dried in
corrugations, afforded no resting places
for even those who had brought bundles
of bedding. and to thoe who had only
Tucson blankets"-that is. the sky
it's unevenness was exasperating. This
being the case, the only way the boys
could pass the night was by making
noise-many noises in fact-and driving
sleep from the comrades who could have
slumbered if permitted.
Brigadier- General Last and his staff
officers Jared like the subordinates and
privates, all roughing it and eating the
same kind of rations, which were not too
dainty to seem like army fare. Luckily
for all concerned, the night was an Ideal
one for camping-no fog and no cold
wind.
THE SUNDAY DRILLING.
Bright and early yesterday morning
the real business of the camp began, and
until noon the men were kept drilling
over the broad acres of Richard Garvey.
There were inspection, guard mount. ex-
tended order drill and brigade review.
All things considered, the drilling was
quite satisfactory, and showed the men
to their best advantage.
Company l of Pasadena, As men, un-
der Capt. Bangham, displayed excellent
drilling. Company D of Pomona. As
men in fatigue caps, under Capt. Win
ters, was a fine-looking body of men.
Company L of Santa Ana, with 62 men
present out of total enrolment of g.
also showed up well. All the Los Ange-
les companies were at their best, and
Troop D (cavalry) and the signal corps
were quite dashing.
Major Weller was in command of the
extended order drill and Lieut.. Thomp
son was in command of the cavalry.
Lieut. Wankowski was acting adjutant
of the guard. Capt. Schneider and Capt
Bangham were old and new officers of
the day. Lieuts. Green of Company l.
and Wlnans of Company f were officers
of the guard. Col. John r. Berry was in
command of the brigade review, Brig
Gen. Last and staff reviewing.
At noon the active work was done and
the boys proceeded to take their camp
,at, h.,1 if,~
missary department, and barbecued beef
was the most conspicuous item of the
bill of fare. The Pasadena company dis
played it's aristocracy again, in having a
colored cook to prepare its meals on a
real camp stove that had a great ca
pacity Everybody had his appetite with
him when the meal was ready, but when
the eating was concluded it became ap-
parent that the commissary had made a
miscalculation in providing too much
beef and bread and not enough beer
there being none of the latter in sight
BREAKING CAMP
To aid their digestion after lunch the
boys began to wonder how they We're
going to get home. Marching all the
way back was out of the question, for
they had not yet recovered from their
tramp of the night before. The briga-
dier-general had given the captain of
each company permission to take his
men home any way he pleased for their
comfort, and this set all to devising ways
and means. The first company to leave
was the Santa Ana contingent. which
left at 1890 to march to Rivera, the only
recourse, but the companies that fol-
lowed were bound to take it easier The
Pomona company walked back to the
raiiroad, and Company started over to
Shorb station, hoping to catch a train
there for the city. A hay wagon and
four-in-hand team was chartered by
Capt. Schreiber to convey Companies a
and F to the city, ard their departure in
their "tally-ho" was a touching scene.
10 bring tears to the eyes of the Pasa-
dena boys who fingered, later to walk
seven miles homeward in the cool of the
evening.
The brigadier-general and staff left
the camp at 1:42. 1t was noticed that
some of the grizzled veterans had traded
horses, in the evident hope of finding
aasier riding animals.
At 2 o'clock the camp was deserted
The shady grove was a dismal scene OF
camp fires. barbecue holes, mounds of
hay. chunks Of cooked beef and empty
tin cans.
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