Middletown transcript., 1898-06-25
AT CAMP TUNNELL.

| Camp Tunnel has had seVera
notable days, the most notable perhap
being Monday, June 21st, when Gov
Tunnell and his staff reviewed the re
giment, with an oration by Senate
Gray. The regiment fully equipped
aud armed made handsome showing
and the review was in every way {
success. The visitors were very few
The field and line officers completed.
surprised Col. Wickersham in the pre-
sentation Of a handsome sword. Sena
tor Gray presented it.
The men are drilling daily and Wed
nesday began taking short marches
The Third battalion was marched tt
Odessa and back-six miles. Or
Thursday Major Townsend took hi
Battalion to Townsend and back
about ten miles. He had them served
with sandwiches there. YESTERDAY
the FIRST Battalion went to Odessa
Some Of the men are not accustomed
to walking and several have ''fallen BY
the wayside."
The guard on Wednesday morning
made lucky capture for the people Of
Middletown in taking up the nortor-
ious bob" Allen who has spent somt
thirteen years in prison for burglary
He was acting suspiciously and was
arrested and searched. He had or
him Jimmy" and other burglar
tools. He was brought to town and
committed to New Castle in $3.50. OF
bail for carrying burglars tools. He
has done service in Dover aud Elktor
as we'll as New Castle.
A very quiet wedding was solemnized
in Clayton on Saturday evening by the
Rev. O. w De Venish. The contract.
ing parties being Edgar w. Redman and
Miss Maggie Lyons both of near Black.
bird. The groom is soldier of Camp
Tunnel and had been granted fur
Tough Of forty-eight hours.
There was rather romantic wed.
ding in Newark Wednesday evening OF
Commencement Week about ten O'Clock.
The contracting parties were Lewis
Reese Springer, Lieutenant in Com
pany L, Delaware Volunteers, encamp-
ed at Middletown, and Miss Geneva W.
Ward, Of Wilmington. Rev. F. q. Nc
Sorley performed the marriage cermony
at the parsonage. The newly married
couple were at the dance later in the
evening.
Sergeant Harry Welsh Of Go. I. who
has absented himself from the camp
since June 18th, was arrested as a
deserter IN the Philadelphia postoffice
Wednesday and locked up at the City
Hall. When seen at the City Hall
later he admitted that be had taken
French leave Of his regiment. but had
no intention Of deserting. He and a
comrade had gone 10 Philadelphia to
have good time. swell, we had it. y
added Welsh, ''and between drinking
and cigarettes am unable to give any
account of my actions for the six days
following, but when I came to my
senses wrote to the captain of my
company explaining my action and
asking fur money to return. Not re-
ceiving any answer wrote to COM
rade for money, too, and when went
to get the reply from the general de-
livery at the post Office this morning |
was arrested"
Col. Wickersham had visit from his
mother and sister OIL Thursday. Mrs.
Wickersham. the colonePs wife, has
taken board at the National Hotel and
visits her husband at the Camp daily.
John Hazler, a private in Co. H.
met with serious accident shortly af-
ter - O'Clock Wednesday night. With
several companions he had been spend
ing furlough Of "a hours in Whining
Ton, anu having no money, decided to
board freight train for camp. The
train went through Middletown with
out stopping, going at the rate of at
least 30 miles per hour. Halzer and
three others jumped off at the station,
and while his companies landed safely.
although their clothes were torn Hal
zer had his head split open and his
right collar-bone broken. He was
found lying along the track and taken
to the camp.
There is private, good looking and
educated, who admires greatly one Of
Middletown's bellies but he complains
that he has not the show of an intro.
duction even because Of shoulder
strap attractions. Silly girl