Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
At CAMP WARBURTON
Boys OF Battery A Receive
Bibles as Gifts.
DIXIE WEIGHS ANCHOR
"-ea'"nre Practice the Auxiliary
After Sub Calabre Practice the a,r,u. :,
Cruiser Leaves for Old Point. emma
H.. Work Satisfactorily. No News
OF the Buffalo.

b.,,,,s ..ars alsclpline is at all times
, W. uship on the wearers of the hin
h.,,,l.., .i.ey are detailed to duty on II
,,, ,'lNS OF the james River, sonar, ta
rom the enemy by leagues of fatl,on
"a'er. II is indeed hard to be hel
uoNh TO the rigid regulations Viii
,iilsnt De expected In times wban ~
puiStlng OF death dealing shell arc M
iie''earily thinning the ranks of ~
men. VI Tn
s,.,+i., i tne members of Battery A
| ebir,,5. ~ the encampment above tn
a. 81 was complaining yesterda
~ .ne severity of keeping the M,
| wi'h,n the narrow limits of c.,,,.
arDurton, when the ,yho,a c;,,1 =,
..eWport News Is teelning with nr,,t,
SS,l'S. naturally daft on the s,,h;e,., -
.,n n.e cl"th and red stripes. This ,a,
,I -, a,''tiSh'ah was bemoaning the fact
~ was only allowable FOR INC
,ieilioehS OF the battery to come ~
Town five times in two wea,s.. -
,'ess visits are limited in point ,,f ti,,,. :,
90 ABOUT three hours each D
ny alter noon until O'Clock cool
~ ttrnoon the citizen soldiars h...n
nnti'nE TO do but loaf around the ca,nn
~ Iiu WISH the Maine had never h,a,'
~, Mn ~, curing these hours the bovs
.,il'h mat they could put i'm soms 49,,
i,fasant moments, were they ,,,,o,,.s
f privileges of the town and snn,,.
se''s LADIES who We're visitors at RI,
''il' yesterday afternoon were heard
" Spress themselves to be of the same
opinion. .Ae Saiie
BATTERY AS BIBLES
man In Batter A has bran
new testament. OF course. when Tba,.
leit heir respective homes for ~
,Ii'. most fthe men carried PILLS
MIN MIN tsm, but those who did moi ha,-s
oeeH Resented with one. and tboss
VINO didnow have two.
~. Dry have the boys received coz
ses % 'Aa good book. but each one is
,,,.,l- 49, ''ssession of complete dress
maker establishments One az tia
boys saidyesterday that thew onI,,
heeueo ewing machine to make the
49,. ouIil e",r!ete. We have all sorts of |
Tools and fnny looking Instruments ~ |
.ot'ure, $50 he. but I don't believe
there IS a nm in the camp who knows
now TO handt all of them
maKer. Wife5f the =, ex-postmaster gen
eral, whose 4n-in-law, Captain Bar
clay II. Warbcton, is in command of
the battery hch of the men in the
command werepresented with little
bag which confined the above emu
merated article and the men prize
their gifts veryhighly
~ FhT TIME"
About n'clocl Yesterday afternoon
Captain Warbur.n took his men ont
on the drtll ErouH opposite the CANT,
and for an hour So amused himself
by practicing the artery in the intri-
cacles OF the manuvres at double
time When the aen were marched
back TO their quarTs they presented
a Very comical appliance. Their blue
flannel shirts. not I'll coolest article of
dress We're saturate, with the perspi-
"a ton of their honesqabor theIr. hair
was bcdewed AIS thouh they had lust
Withdrawn their head from the blue
James. while little yulets of toll
juice streamed In uninterrupted
course down their taqed visages.
selves and declared thathey had had
Il hot time" -4t.
- DIME LEAVE.
At els o'clock yesterda afternoon
the auxiliary cruiser Dixie in charge
of the jolly tars of the MarNnd Naval
Reserve. weighed anchor al left the
James River bound for Ia point
When she started she had rate of
nearly ten knots and presend a re-
markedly pretty picture as 81 moved
smoothly and rapidly throughhe wa
ter .t-.i |
Commander C. II. Davis. wi is In
|
popular officer. an dthe Chicago ecord
has the following to say of him.
Commander Davis attended the
Princess Eulalie. when she came the
World Fair, as the repreSentatN OF
President Cleveland. and in ackEwl-
;.dgement of his services the Queene-
;ent of Spain decorated him Withhe
,rder OF Isabella the Catholic. The,-
sigma is a Greek cross beautifully I
ameled in colors. Captain Davis ia
brother-in-law of Senator Lodge, al
just before he started to sea, the Sene
tor happened to be joking Davis abou
his decoration.
What is II good for inquired the
senator. What advantage is it?"
"Well.' replied Davis. among other
hings, any man who wears that deco
alton has the right of audience with
he Queen at any time. He can go uI
20 the palace and knock at the doc!
md tell the usher he wants to see thf
Queen and they've got to let him In al
nee"
Then you'd better take it along with
sou when you go to sea- retorted SER
ator Lodge "It would be very handy
the Spaniards captured you ant
.houid take you to Madrid"
For several hours yesterday morn
ne the boys on the new auxiliaI!
rl.iser were given some experience il
| handling the guns and excellent wa
he showing that they made, the boxe
| ma barrels which were fioated In tn
| liver TO be used as targets being YER
! ,adly damaged by the experimenting
| rhe sub-calibre appliances for the six
| nch rifles of the Dixie arrived severa
avs ago. but We're not fitted 10 tn
.ort guns until yesterday. prior TO IN
arget practice. During the test I'll
| ,ixie behaved remarkably we'll. bein
s solid as house. t7
Yesterdays drill was the first targe
Practice in which the boys have III
dulged, although they have becon
thoroughly familiar with the mechal
SIN and workings of the guns, and ti
.e.sult was extremely satisfactory, tf
,oys showing great aptitude In hane
ing the death-dealing engines.
The auxiliary battery Of the DIXIE
omposed of six-pounders and Colt mi
hine guns, which are manned entire
IS the marines. The Colts were test,
yesterday for the first time, Tor q
urpose Of discovering whether or
Y hey would jam. Only one OF me
,,,,,nea and that was due to the De