The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-13
CAMP NOTES.

The Young Mems Christian association
have n tent on the field.
The boys of Company II are among the
most orderly in camp. They are model
in this respect.
Company f boys have set certain nights
for the forage of certain necessaries. 1t
was blanket night last night.
Arlington Adams. the colored cook of
the G boys, Is a great favorte. He sings
plantation songs and is good company
generally.
Selden L. Munger. at one time West
Side correspondent for the Times, is
with Company G, of Montrose, as COM
pany clerk.
The changers on" this year are not
very numerous, but they are noticeable
and of the kind that make a living at
shooting crap, etc.
Mayor F. w. Stillwell. who was re-
Gently elected to the position at mess Sat-
urday evening" passed around the cigars
TO every member of the Second batta-
lion.
Private Murphy of Company E. was
struck on the head by a stone thrown
in play by a comrade Dr. Kellar sewed
the wound. Murphy was not incapacitat-
cd from duty.
Conductor George Sweeney, who was in
charge of the troop team was conductor
on the train which carried The Tribunes
prize winners through Pennsylvania on
their Chicago trip in 1893.
Eleven-year-old Abraham Steinberg is
with us. Messages were received at camp
today from the boys parents at Scran-
ton, inquiring about him. One message
was received by Chief of Police Rob-
ling, captain of Company c.
The Thirteenth had decidedly the best
Of it on dress parade with their forage
caps, as compared to the unseemly grey
campaign hats of the other regiments.
u 4. tlo taot
can give all sorts of odds to the thick
ribbed caps.
Hospital Steward Joe" Baumeister Is
in charge of the best working depart"
ment in the regiment. Fourteen cases
of sickness or "grunters," as tie poor
fellows are called, were given various
doses at the hospital tent Saturday. Only
one was of q serious nature.
After the mesmerist gave his remark
able exhibition last night Happy" Jack
Macreth tried to do it just as good with
n Company + fakir as subject. The
fakir faxed. Jack had him clinch his
hands. The fellow did so, and for twen-
ty minutes held them in the position. At
ter a long time Jack. who was looking
fearfully at the fake subject yelled
Run and get that buck to get him
loose" He believes yet that he had hyp-
Noticed the fellow.
At 1890 o'clock Monday morning the
clatter of the corporals' guard in F
street was heard Investigation revealed
the fact that gang of Fs boys had
pulled out a tent pole allowing the can
vass and top beams to fall on the Sleep
ers within. The guard pulled from
under the pile of canvass one private
who has been sick since camp started
The. young fellow was too weak to move
from his position under the tent, and he
suffered the chance of a gun hitting him.
he. h 10 hnr fnn
where he spent the rest of the night.
Captain r. ]. McCausland and his
Montrose boys, G company, are the main
stay of the regiment. They are order
ly, earnest and we'll drilled Captain
McCausland is deserving of the confidence
of his men, and he certainly has it,
Personally he is courteous and friendly
a commanding officer, yet brother to
the ranks. Saturday General Goblin took
occasion to remark upon the complete
number in the company line. They had
five sets of fours, which Is unusual, and
the General referred to 1t as unusual in
the face of general decline in the men,
bership of other companies.
A hypnotist in the person of 1S-year-old
William Leopold, of Allentown, struck
camp Sunday night, and gave remark
able demonstration of his power by the
light of Company Gs gasoline jet at
the cook house. The audience numbered
over thirty boys in blue ana some who
had very little blue on them. Young Leo
pold is a fierce-eyed youth with black
hair, and a strong face. He tried his
skill first on the falling test Several
tried this. Afterward Art Meredith was
stung by bees and had the pin on a
sharp-shooter's medal run through his
wrist. Charlie Finberg made the best
subject of all. He spoke on Mckinley
shot crap. sold salve, danced the body
dance, chased his rubber nose, had mo-
lasses run down his face and other
pleasant experiences. The hypnotlst came
here on freight train and is ''hanger-
on" for G company. L. d. o.