The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-14
AT CAMP
TUNNELL.
The National Guard Will
be Delaware Volunteers
by Monday Night.

Middletown, Camp Tunnel, May 49,
BY Monday night the National Guard OF
Delaware will be no more. To-day Com.
pany was mustered into the regular SER
| vice, and when Company II and NJ are
mustered In on Monday the camp will be
Of Delaware volunteers. Regiinental off,
GERS will take theoat In the presence of
Governor Tunnel, his staff, and the men,
bers Of the Legislature. Immediately af
terward the troops will break camp and
move south. The destination Is not yet
known.
The camp was flooded last night, the
fiat ground preventing the water from
running of rapidly. The rain was I'M
usually heavy, and the men had bonflres
In the company streets In order to dry
themselves.
To day Captain Ayars, Of Company D..
was officer Of the day and Lieutenant
The Delaware Railroad Company will
run another train from Wilmington next
Sunday and US low excursion rate has
been fixed the attendance Of visitors will
be large The train will leave Whining.
ton at 10 80 A. M, and return at $50 p.
M. Visitors will be permitted to 60 on
the camp ground There will be an In
spection Of quarters and religious services
In the morning and dress parade In the af.
ternoon.
About forty recruits arrived in camp to.
day. Twelve of these came from Smyrna,
where Surgeon McCausland has been en-
listing men. The others came from vii.
ming on. There are row about 700 men
in camp and about 150 are needed to COM
plcte the twelve companies Word reoeiv-
cd from Captain Curtis who is enlisting
men in Wilmington, states that he has
about twenty men. and Captain Pratt of
Al hot c nj ,n,lyi inn
has number. A number of mon were
borrowed from Company NJ to-day to
make up Company l, and when Company
M is completed and mustered in the Dor.
r0wed men will be- returned to their old
post and be under Captain Pratt.
Governor Tunnel has intimated that
unless the twelve companies are completed
Monday that he will order the companies
NOT ready to be mustered in, back to their
armories for them to recruit up to the re.
quired number, This has caused consid-
cradle establishment among the officers
and has caused them to make even harder
efforts than ever to get all the men they
can. Adjutant -General Hart and Colonel
Wickersham hope that sufficient recruits
will be found before Monday SO that none
of the companies can be sent back to their
armories.
The regimental band is progressing, and
~ 10 W tuo
ceived from Wilmington. that it will be
able to come to camp on Monday. Twelve
or fifteen musicians have been enlisted in
Wilmington, and with the six members
of the Regimontal Fife and Drum Corps
now in camp good band can be organ.
lied.
Lieutenant Gordon, U. s A., has been
informed that the Government has ship
ped l05 tents from West Point, and has
abandoned the idea oferecting temporary
barracks The tents are coming by fast
freight and are expected Tomorrow.
This afternoon the news of Admiral |
Simpsons bombardment of San Juan set |
the soldiers hall wild with enthusiasm
and made them more than ever eager to ]
DO on the move. The two weeks of camp
life has made wonderful improvements in
their work, and they now drill with the
precision of regulars
The oath taken by the guardsmen upon
volunteers Is: l do solcmnly
swear Tor atirm) that l will bear true
faith and allegiance to the United States
Of America and that will serve them
honestly and faithfully against all their
whomsoever; and that will obey
the orders of the President Of the United
States and the orders OF the officers ap-
pointed over me, according to the rules
and articles of war.
The guardsmen are again complaining
If the food. The say it is not what the
Government allows.