The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-07

ed for the able manner In which he man.
aged the trouble, In the absence OF Col.
Rose The men have been long enough
In camp to realizs that 1t will not do to
talk too much, and the result Is that the
rinaieaders In Sundays incipient DEM
shou lder" BY she large majority OF tfe
recruits
The men are doing excel lent work on
the drilling field, and It Is the Intention
OF Col. Rose to secure rifles for the men
for drill purposes as soon as possible.
Col. Rose believes that since this detach-
ment now in camp Is soon to join regl-
ment which has been drilled thoroughly
In the manual OF arms, It should bs iu
condition to join with the companies
without In any way retardinR their prog
ress. The manual OF arms Will afford a
variety In the work Of preparation which
viii be appreciated by the recruits and
come sufficiently proficient to be sent to
join the regiment under command Of Col.
Abbot.
Bttery Men Drilling.
Now that the men OF Battery B, for
merly known as the Idachine Gun Bat
tery, are In camp, the parade ground has
assam Q more lively appearance. and
eyerv BODY Is feeling better fer the fact.
The artillerymen commenced their first
drills this morning on tie tattsry at
Quonset Point, and were in the school of
the battery iswounteu. which practically
means the arohing mo 'ements. No IN
form alton ol. .Ds purchase Of horses has
been received from the government al
though orders are expected every day. II
the war department. decides to furnish
horses Tor the batteries at the camp of
volunteers to which they are to be ordered
horses Will De hired for the drills here. III
ths orders are TO make | urc 1ases here at
the regular army price of St25 ench, the
battery horses will be bought at once.
That price Is Iow for o good battery horse
here. although the government Is able to
procnre enough at that figure In the
West.
In the meantime the recruiting for the
purDcse OF filling up Battery b Will te
carried on with renewed vigor both in this
city and Pawtucket. and Capt. Wolcott
returned from camp today TO look after
this branch of the work. The guns and
cannons of the Machine dun Battery have
been left at the armory on Meeting street.
In charge OF a SECTION Of the battery, COIN
who have been rejected by the doctors.
A Flag For the First.
That Rhode Island IL right to the fore
with ssveral pablic-spiritsd citizen is very
evident and this has Teen clearly illus
trated by State sealeIs of We AMI
Measures James nj. Crawford o. p vtoc-
kat. within the post two days. Several
days ago it MAS announced that num-
ber OF the boys of the Rhode Isla I'd Rsgi
ment had pre-. ented to Col. Abbot a 20
foot cotton woo0 pols, which they had cnt
In the wood" 1t was then sue -ested
that son. patr ticRhvdo islander 8 ould
furnish nn.- for the Iole and tnis pa
triotic resident OF the state mas been
quickly found In the person OF Mr. CTaw-
ford, who " sterdGy wardsd to Camp
Al9er a h handsome United States flag,
with the necessary hHlvards. The dag
was consigned to Capt. FORSYTH Of Com
pany q, with the request that he hand
1t to Chaplain Woolsy. who in turn will
present It to Col. Abbot
A CHARGE For Brigham.
Capt. Cunliffs ii. Murray, Fourth
U pitsd States Cavalry. who for the last
81 rse years has been Instructor OF mill
tary ieDce st Brown University, has
be an r,oalled to his regiment, and has re-
ceived word by telegraph that formal or
tleis are in the mail. Capt. MURRAY Will
be ordered to the Presidio San Francisco.
W mere he will be assigned to duty. He is
now torn on tie roll Of the regiment as
romm andinP o 10 of the skeleton or nm
ORG q izsd Il cC mpapies