The times., 1897-06-13

Regiment companies under Major Otto
SimonsoH, showed marked improvement
over those of Friday.
The best guard mount yet seen at the
encampment was that of the provost guard
by Compae c, Second Battalion lFenciblesi.
at 4:30 o'clock. Capt. Charles s. Domer
was officer OF the day, aud Lieut. Myers,
OF Company sAs Second Battalion lCor-
ooransD, was commander OF the qua .
The officeFof the guard was Lieut.. TTalles,
of Company b. Second Battalion tMoTtons)
While The ceremony was comparatively
ell executed by the company a whole,
soEae unnecessary individual errors Were
made in handling the piece, and the march
in review of the officer of the day was
not what it should have been.
The interesting ceremony Of dress par
dde was indicative OF the Improvement
made by The guard during their camp, and
the spectacle WAS thoroughly enjoyed by
the visitors to the camp.
Ma jor Burton r Ross of the First Bat
TALON. was general field officer OF the
day, and in the morning, under Instructions
OF Gen. ordway Ito whom alone the field
officer reportsl, he took fourteen members
of the provost guard through the entire
camp, and placed under arrest and shipped
to Washington and River View seven camp
followers, boottlacks. etc, who were found
III camp without authority.
Every one in Washington, and every one
in camp, knowsG joe Kondrup, of Com
pany C, of the Second. Kondrup is prob-
ably the best natared man and the most
inveterate practical Joker on the Fort
Nashin gton reservation, but since the ar
rival of the troops on Thursday his com
rades have been connecting schemes to
make joe as uncomfortable as possible.
Friday nj ght. together with four comrades,
he secured a pass and went over to River
View
On the return trip, the sentinel on the
beach declined TO allow the boat to land.
After much Conf6b, Kondrup suggested
that they row ashore further down, and
he would have himself arrested and see
some fun. provided the boys would take
adv antage uf the excitement and then
p,It in an appearance with the pass which
was marked for five.
Kondrup carried out his part of the con-
tract to the letter. but while the sentinel
was holding him and calling for corporal
of the guard his comrades pulled ashore
the lines They passed the first sentinel,
but were stopped by the second. They
produced the pass. and were going to camp
and leave Kondrup to his fate, when the
officer Of the guard said he thought
he had one of their party under arrest.
The boys said they did not think he was
one of their men, but to bring him out as he
night perhaps belong to their battalion
patton of his release. The boys ca ch in turn
walkedup to him, scanned him closely, and
then eaca in turn declared he had never
seen the man before They moved on
toward camp. andKondrup, seeing a night
in arrest staring him in the face, pro-
tested loudiy, and called TO the boys to get
him out. They Kept out of sight for some
time, hut finally and reluctantly acknowl-
edged HIM asia csmrade, and secured his
release o.
The boys of the etAmbulance Corps have
a baseball team, of which that particular
corps is exceedingly proud Yesterday
the true sporting atmosphere pervaded
the tents of the norps and caused it to
urge it's baseball nine to renewed efforts
toward maintaining its prestige among
baseball cIubs1 Il
The members of4the nine cast their eyes
about them, but Gould not discover any
well defined and GavailabIe nine TO an
tagonize. They finally swooped down on
Company D, Fifth Battalion, Second Regi-
ment, and told the latter to organize a
baseball nine with alacrity, as they We're
eager for gore Company acquiesced, aud
in short space OF time the requisite nine
were mustered in as abaseballteam. When
all was ready the Company ID nine sailed
forth n search of the medicos.
The latter team saw the d boys COM
ing, and after peering carefully from
behind the flats of convenient tents, held
a hurried council of war and decided that
the d team was of more formidable di-
mensions than had been expected and
fled panlc-stricken back to their quarters
The team from Company D waited with
a fine grade of patience on the campus
until every sign pointed to the fact of the
ambulance teams withdrawal, and then
with sundry shouts Indicative of gIee re-