The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-21
THE NAr4L HhsEnvns IN GIMP.
The Maine is Their Training Ship and
 Fishers Island Their Camp.

The Maine is Their Training Ship and
 Fishers Island Their Camp.
 The Connecticut Naval reserves had their first day at camp life yesterday at Camp Long, Fishers Island, down the sound. The steamer Richard Law cor ried the naval militia, 14O strong, from New Haven to their camp school on Monday. The big battleship Maine is anchored nearby in the sound. The Maine was ordered up as a training ship by the navy department much to the qualification of the commanding of- ficers of the reserves.
 Yesterday morning the naval militia went on board the battleship Maine for drill and instruction in the handling of the big guns on shipboard. The ships launch and boats were sent ashore early yesterday morning, and the boys received an insight into the routine of a battleship. They were drill ed at the big guns and the small guns and they were also put through the fire and collision drills.
 Thursday the guns will be loaded and they will engage in target practice shooting at barrels and kegs placed in the water During the week at various times they will all have a chance to pull one of the long oars of the Maine cutters or whaleboats. Most of the na- val militiamen are engaged in indoor occupations and when they started on the cruise Monday they were nearly all pale faced, but when they return Sat urday the tan on their faces will show the effect of exposure to the sun for a week.
 The camp itself on Fishers Island is in splendid condition. All the boys had to do when they arrived was to arrange their mattresses in the tents, unpack their dunnage sacks and stow their goods and chattels in shipshape order, the tents having already been put up. The militiamen had rawenous appetites by the time their goods had been stow ed away and were hungry enough to make a well directed attack on the plain but substantial food provided by Heublein.
 After supper the sailors were free to spend the evening as they chose and the
 
 acquainted with Fishers Island. The tars are not obliged to do guard duty this year as the officers decided that this work was not properly part of a sailors education, and the men will be able to get their full quota of sleep every night. Each man has with him a hammock, mattress and blanket, SO that the sleeping facilities were all right.
 Governor Cooke Monday received a. letter from Philip Hichborn, chief con structor of the navy, stating that steam whaleboat No. 159 had been ordered re- paired at the Brooklyn navy yard. It will be turned over to the state author ities for the use of the second division naval battalion. The letter is in reply to Governor Cooke's recent reauisition on the secretary of the navy for a steam launch for the naval battalion.
 The list of commissioned officers in the battalion is as follows: Commander Edward Buckland, Lieu tenant Commander Arthur Day, Sur geon w. w. Hawkes. Chief Engineer Mather, Paymaster N. W. Bishop. First division-First Lieutenant Dan iel M. Goodridge, Second Lieutenant Frank Cornwall, Ensigns Stephen Balk- CT and Frederick Averill Second di- vision-First Lieutenant Filton Parker, Second Lieutenant L. B. Perkins, En- signs L. F. Middlebrook and R. H. c. Kelton.
 A picked ball nine from the crew of the Maine will play the Atlantic club on Saturday next on the home grounds.