The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-16
Outlying Island Resorts the Mecca Of Excursions and Pleasure

! T'A1AAAMIGk- WILL ~gel~Lne~ cOmmAnQeT
and Savannah the other two offices.
STRANDS OF CAMP YARN.
Lieutenant Lucas, of Savannah, has
been appointed adjutant of the bat
talon.
Lieutenant Aiken has his pretty
launch Titania in service as tender for
the Passaic.
Lieutenant Aiken entertained the
Savannah officers at dinner at his st.
Simon cottage yesterday.
Lieutenant Lucas, of the Third di-
vision, is representing the Savannah
Press at the encampment.
The Brunswick sailor boys showed
their Savannah visitors how to launch
the Passaic boats yesterday morning.
Large crowds of Savannah and At
lanta people went to st. Simon yester-
day to see the warship and the Re-
serves.
Captain Oscar j. Brown, acting IN
spector general of the state troops, ar
rived last night and will visit Camp
Roosevelt today.
Quartermaster Herman was the
busiest of the Savannah boys yester-
day. He had to superintend the dis
position of the supplies.
The Wilmington lies directly in the
path of steamers to and from Ocean
pier. Passengers who do not care to
go on board can get fine view of tie
vessel from the Pope Catlin's decks.
Assistant State Quartermaster Gen.
eral L. II. Keanan came down with
the Savannah Reserves and proved of
much assistance. Cadet Roberts, of
West Point, is also with the Reserves.
Gunner's Mate Frank Wrench was
In command of the Passaic in the
afternoon while the officers were on
the Wilmington.
The absence of Lieut.. C. L. Elliot
yesterday was much regretted. It was
the first time that he ever failed to ap-
pear on tour of duty. The peculiar
requirements of Lieutenant Elliot's
position make 1t impossible tor him to
be with the Reserves through the en-
tire encampment.
Six Of the Savannah seamen were
made the victims of q most excellent
and laughable practical joke. Lieu
tenant Colding is generally credited
with the origination of the scheme, al
though the men affected are prone to
ascribe it to Brunswick source. Those
who have visited the Passaic know
that the propeller is enclosed In bot
tomless we'll to prevent its being dam
aged by shot. The tidewater fills this
well nearly to the level of the deck.
When there was a lull in operations
yesterday morning Lieutenant Cold
ing detailed squad of six men to man
a deck pump ond pump out the WE'LL"
The men went to work with a will,
and those who knew better said moth
ing. Five minutes they strove-ten-
fifteen, but the steady flow from the
pump did not appreciably diminish
the supply of water around the pro-
peller. "Keep at it, boys" said an Of
ficer, you'll have lunch when its
empty" "Good work." said another,
who wasn't 'on" the joke, "ths waters
gone down two inches" Finally Lieu
tenant Jim Wright came aft, and in
quired the object of the arduous labor
of the perspirlng six. "Pumping out
the we'll, sir" was the response. Lieu
tenant Wright could not restrain hls
laughter. "Don't you know" he
asked, "that you can't pump the At
lantic ocean dry" A mutiny was mar
rowly averted, and the laughter of the
four divisions was so loud and pro-
longed that strollers on the beach
stopped to wonder.
Statesmen Come Today.