The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-13
In CAMP.


advance that there was bridge of but
nttie width, as the scouts had told, and
beyopI the bridge mound we'll fortified.
A Halt al The Bridge.
Did the men rush for the bridge with
wild rush that would 90 roaring down
the corridors of timer No, not at all, for
the point halted nearly 700 yards from
the bridge There were two reasons for
Ehe halt in The first place the enemy had
cent "a detachment TO guard the entrance
10 tle bridge and i'm thessecond place the
e".,ny were using Springfield rifles, and
while n mile is q good distance 10 sight.
vet when an enemy Is behind the gun at
200 feet the distance Is rs O'Reilly said
al tbs world, very little IL at the end Of II.
The story, brought to camp. to present
writing is that the advance OF the enemy
has beon driven back across the bridge.
but. there are no further details and there
remains the narrow bridge and the we'll
guarded mound beyond and our hearts
would loo anxious over the fate OF priced
friends had we not been told that the men
would all return safe II not crowned with
victory.
The..BiggeSt Attendance on Record.
Yesterday was a record o ,ter in at
tendance for first day In camp. The
strength of camp was as follows; DriRa-
dier general staif. l2 officers; signal corps.
] officer, men; bands AZ men; 81 Reg
iment Infantry, 33 officers, 23S men; lst
Regiment 20 officers, 2i6 men; LIST
Separate Company. officers. 40 men:
BatteryA, Light ARTILLERY. officers 90
men list Machine Gun Battery. 4 officers.
4s men; LIST Bat, Cavalry, l3 officers 50
mon; hospital corps. ! officer, ~ mon;
total, a6 officers, 756 men. This is 81 per
cent of the brigade. and last wear on tho
first day the per cent WIS S3.7, w Itch
also was record breaker.
Notes From The Tented Field.
On Friday Col. Moran, will hnve MS
guests Col. f. B. Bogert, Major Grady.
aud other officers OF tho Ninth Massa-
chusrtts,reginent and also Major kelleher
Of the Third Connecticut
Tie members Of Reeves band who are
furnishing the same delightful music as
az old. for the First regiment wear the
regulation campaign hats
Lieut.. Col. Warneld, Captain Ritmann.
Capt. Greene, Captain Gray and Captain
ingloy have beeD in camp ance sunday.
The fact that tho militia made up as IL
Is OF young men still retains some old
soldiers or pcrbaps IL would be better 20
say that good number OF years haye passed
over nut only Rontiy touched is evidenced
ly the Grand Army medals worn by Col.
Moran. Chaplain Wooley of the First
Battalion Of Cavalry. Adjutant Cbilds
and sergeant OF one Of tho companies
OF the Second regiment. Not ono of the
party but has merry ring 20 his laughter
nor one whose feet are not as MIN ole as
tie youngest recruit mustered into SER
vice.
Prettier things there are nowhere than
the white duck trousers OF the hospital
corps.
1re National band gavc concert at
brigade headq carriers last night that was
b." hly appreciated.
DIR. McKeEna, surgeon OF tho Sccond
regiment is in camp hut DIR. Barry, the
assistant surgeon Of tho regiment, is de-
tained by other duties until thursday.
Tho regulars OF whom. there are two
companies in eamp, namely. Battery B,
:, conh Heavy Artillery Captain Iavlor.
commanding and Battery +. Light Artil-
iery, Second. Captain Vos1 commanding,
seem To be less animated Oy a desire to do
& cir work quickly than were the militia
companies and this OF course was natural
5 nee the regulars look upoa tho camp
mora as an outing than do the officers of
I e brjgadeS
Foe .-prottier sights could one witness
than tiIU arrival OF the heavy artillery with
tie Fort Adams band. TIE easy swing
OF the whole body. the evsr moving hands
kreping time with the legs all went as If
ono single spring moved them all. Both
comiauics 81 the regulars are this year
stationed to tho right OF the Second regi-
mcnt
Captain Cuniiffe II. Murray of tho
Fourth Cavalry, u, ;. A., is In camp
aud is engaged in giving instructions to
the cavalry.
There was a great deal In the sugRes-
ton made hy Lieut. Abbott, u, 5. A., 10
tho officers OF the companies of the Second
regiment last night on the duty of nom
commissioned officers taking tho responsi-
bil:ty To sec that tho privates Iay strict
attention To- their duties. lt applied TO
Dnu-commissioned officers in all the con-
paBies and II tho advice is followed great
benefit will result 10 tho men and the
state whose servants they are
k.rhc lrst call according To the daily
routine is ut , 80 a. m. but long before
the buglor announced tho call nearly
every ma IL the camp was awakened by
tho hardest downrour OF ram that he
ever listened 10 and the wind shook the
fonts In "a manner that threatened n bath
II no worse injury. The rain sized and
bo1t on tho top OF the terts ard from the
sides of the tents, water flowed in and
Threatened for a time TO float the cots
AftPrward the sun oamo out but its reign
was brief for tho clouds soon obscured il
from Wow.