Evening star., 1897-06-12

panied by Lieut.. Col. Henry May, Capt.
Richard J. Donnelly and Capt. Thomas 8.
King of his staff, made an inspection OF
the camp of the 1st Regiment At fatigue
call the camp had been thoroughly policed,
as Is the case daily. Every suspicion OF
dirt ard rubbish was removed from the
tents and the streets, and the sides OF tho
tents ere raised to allow perfect Ventila-
ton. AS the inspecting party approached
the company streets the first sergeant call
ed the men to attention, and they aligned
themselves in front of their respective
camps. Each tent was carefully examined,
and but little fault was found with the
general appearance Of things.
Immediately after the inspection both
the first and second regiments were Iorm-
ed into battaliOns of four COMPANIES each.
The first was under command of Major
Richard O'Brien, and the second was In
charge of Major Otto B. Simonson. For
fully two hours the commands were ma
neuvered about the parade ground Every,
body was thankful when the drills reached
an end, for the rays of the sun were hot,
not warm. After dinner, company drills
were in order, each battalion being formed
into two companies for that purpose. Com
pany C, I'd Battalion. the National Fen
ctbles will be mounted as provost guard at
o'clock. Dress parade to be held as usual
at o'clock Outside of the regular mill
tary duties the day passed without special
incident.
DR.. F. ]. Woodman is acting as post sur
geon today.
Theft Of n Crate of EGGS.
First Lieut.. ]. Bruce Webb. quartermas-
ter of the I'd Battalion, openly avows, in
emphatic terms. that he can whip the man,
barring none, who purloined a crate Of
eggs belonging to his mess last evening.
It Is said that New Jersey mosquitoes
often sing in concert, but the mastodons Of
the species which loiter about Camp
Washington possess a different form OF
Nhor S,f fho H1,,r1u uvr<,e
corps this afternoon rushed into the quar-
termaster quarters of Lieut. Fayles. bear
ing an overgrown deceased mosquito. ex-
claiming:
''Lieutenant, have kilt the burned thing
that kept us awake cackling all night
The pet Of the I'd Regiment camp Is an
unusually intelligent dog named Sport,
and the property Of Capt. James E. Bell.
to camplife like a veteran.
The members of Company B. ID Battal-
ion, the Morton Cadets, varied their mill
tary operations yesterday by capturing
railroad train carrying building material
from the outskirts of the reservation to
the fort. The Mortons then attempted to
run the train on an excursion taunt. but
Capt Shilling, who was regimental officer
of the day, entered a veto. and the veto
went.
Mortons and Interstate Drill.
Capt. Edgar A. Shilling of the Morton
Cadets this aIteTnooh foceiSoo q eeicsioAAA
over The Stars private wire from the gen.
eral manager of the San Antonio Inter-.
state Drill Association. announcing that
the rules governing the coming event had
been amended so as to include the setting
IN and bayonet exercises and the extended
order drill Capt. Shilling replied at once
to, the effect that owing to the short time
INV IL. it, will be impossible for him to
properly prepare his company In the addi-
tinnal movements. II the amendment Is
not recalled, Capt. Shilling stated, the en-
try Of the Morton Cadets viii be with
drawn.
Mrs. Neumyer and the Misses Neumyer
wife and daughters Of Maj. E. H Neu-
nayer, commissary general, were among the
visitors In camp yesterday. Mrs HufliN,,
wife of Lieatss 6utiiR of the aambuisnee
corps. an6 Hrs. Shining, wife OF. Carr.
shilHng Of Company b, "a B6ttalion. are.
stopping with = private family near. the