The evening times., 1898-05-23
s0UNDIhG Of THE BUeLEs
Trumpet Blasts Ring Out From
Hilltops and Plains.
THE NATION AT ATTENTION
Legions of Brave Men Step to the
Music of ThrobbinE Drums and
Claiming Brass-Seventy Million
Voices Sing "My Country, 'Tfs Of
Thee"


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San Antonio, Texas. May 23-Camp
Wood was thronged today with people
anxious to see the rough riders All
during yesterday afternoon in the hot sun
hundreds of people strollea among the
tents and on the driveways. There were
no drills. but sightseers found much to
interest them.
Teddy's Terrors spent the greater part
of the afternoon iounging in their tents.
Toward 6 o'clock. when the men began
TO ride their bucking bronchos to water
and the men on kitchen detail began 10
fry bacon, the camp became more inter-
esting Religious services were held du-
ring the day.
Goodrich. the famous Harvard athlete.
has been made second lieutenant of
Troop d, of the first squadron. He prob
ably is more popular among the west
erners than any other of the Fifth Ave
nue. recruits. and his promotion gives
great satisfaction. Sergeant Major Joe
Carr, of Washington, has been promoted
to a first lieutenancy.
a choir composed of twenty Of the best
singers in the regiment, accompanied by
a cornet, sang number of familiar
hymns. Nearly all of the eight or nine
hundred rough riders assembled IN the
hall Joined Justify in the choruses and
then the singing could be heard half
mile away.
1t has been decided to have a parade of
the regiment every day from now on at
5:30 d. m. The men will be paraded dis
mounted for the present but 1t is probable
that by the middle of the week the entire
regiment will be mounted.
1t is rather peculiar fact that the
greatest trouble the Westerners have in
drilling is in keeping step. In explaining
the reason for this, an officer said:
You see, some of the boys have been
riding SO long that they have almost for
gotten how to walk, but they will learn"
1t is generally thought that the regi-
ment will be here at least a week longer.
Some of the rough riders are impatient
to get at the Spaniards. One of them
remarked yesterday:
keeping us cooped up here is a good
thing in some way, for the longer they
hold US off from the Spanish the fiercer
We will get and the worse ii will be for
the Spanish when We do sight them
There is considerable rivalry among
different squadrons in the matter of mas
cots. The Arizona boys brought a hand
some young mountain lion. which they
consider the premier mascot The New
Mexico boys brought Salisbury" a gift
ed dog. which has been making railroad
trips all over the West for years. Sal
isbury's" name has been changed to Gu
ba,' and his followers consider him fully
as warm a number as the mountain
lion. The Oklahoma boys have a diminu-
tive dog, which weighs four pounds only
after hearty meal
Troop A has named its company street
O'Neil Avenue. after the captain. Troop
Il. composed almost exclusively of Arizo-
ma men. has named its street Arizona Ave-
nue.. Troops c and D chose respectively
the names Of Manila and Dewey for their
streets.
A New Explosive.
Chicago. May 23.-"Mirex." the water
pressure explosive. discovered by two
Chicago men, which. it is claimed, will
revolutionize the methods of naval war
fare, has won strong Endorsement from
Government experts at Indian Head after
4 demonstration there. The inventors
lave returned home with a commission
rom the Government to conduct syste-
matte work at Fort Sheridan during the
next month.
This explosive was the result of labora-
tory work by Emil S. barley and Her
nan G. Pfeiffer. The principle of it is
hat water pressure sets 1t off without
any sort of fuse attachment or cap when
he bomb sinks a reasonable distance be-
heath the surface either of water or a
solid body. The point of explosion can
be regulated for any depth. without troub-
Messrs. barley and Pfeiffer went tc
VA Shinpfnn last nr,th N hair in.
vention at the disposal of the Govern
ment fer test. The youth of the invent
Ors and their apparent lack of influence
DR. prestige. as well as the revolutionary
principles of their explosive. made the
Government officials slow in making a
test. but the inventors waited patiently
for hearing and won. Toward the close
Of April, Commodore O'Neii, of the Navy
Ordnance Department, placed the boat
Triton at their disposal and designated
Inspector Cowles to go with the invent
ors to Indian Head. twenty miles from
on the Potomac.
Three bombs of mirex were thrown IN
to the river with the result, it is said. of
blowing the bed up, killing fish, and dem
onstrating by aid of a delicate appara-
tus, that the explosion, although the
quantity of material used was small,
would have proved the destruction of any
boat riding near the projectile. The re,
port of the Government experts says that
the new explosive upsets every accepted
of chemistry and physics.
Within a month or two Mr.. barley says
the Government will give ''mirex''
test at Sandy Hook. Meanwhile
he and Mr.. Pfeiffer will experiment of
the bluffs at Fort Sheridan with the six
foot Napoleon rifle there. to ascertain
what kinds of proiectiles are best adapt
I'd to carry the new explosive, and to de-
termine the distances. elevation, speed
and other details in which the explosive
can be used to advantage.
.ennessec's Troops Ready.
Nashville, Tenn, May 23.-The Third
Regiment was inspected yesterday and
all needed equipments were ordered
The regiment will proceed to Chicka-
mauga today. The Second Regiment will
be completed today, enough men having
been secured to fill the last three COM
panies. Four more companies will also
be mustered into the First Regiment,
leaving 1t only two companies to fill.
ARMY LABOR TROUBLE.