The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-01

by yesterdays brigade drill. Pennsyl-
vania Is one of the few states that
maintained division and brigade for
nations in its national guard and con-
sequently one of the few capable of
presenting brigade drill. General
Goblin put his $500 men through the
complicated manoeuvres with as much
ease as IL II were a mere battalion
that he was drilling. The whole parade
ground was occupied in the evolutions.
The general directed the movements
from a high piece of ground. giving his
orders by buglers or mounted aides.
He kept the whole body in almost COM
stant motion, assembling them in vari-
Gus forms of battle array, dissolving
them again into regiments. battalions
or companies, and again bringing them
together in an entirely different for
nation.
DETAILS OF THE DRILL.
At times it would look as IL every
thing was in hopeless confusion. A
battalion would be going one way,
company another and regiment would
be seen twisting itself every which
way into what would appear to be an
inextricable knot. A word to the
bugler, a blast from his trumpet and
in a twinkling order would come out
of the seeming chaos and $500 men
would be formed into a pretty and
symmetrical battle line, skirmishers to
the front, line of resistance next and
the reserve following. In this order
they would advance across the field,
keeping perfect alignment and step,
and going through various movements
of the manual of arms.
Another blast of the trumpet and
confusion would once more reign. Then
would come another command and
without the semblance of a hitch every
company would be returned to it's bat
talon, every battalion to it's regiment
and every regiment to its place. sIticers
of staff and line waiting in position for
the next manoeuvre. Thousands of
soldiers and civilians watched the evo-
lutions and cheered every time the
human Kaleidoscope formed some new
and pretty figure.
General Graham. the corps com"
mander: General Butler the division
commander, and General Garretson, of
the Second brigade, rode out with their
staffs to pay their respects to General
generals had to return early as the
hour was busy one for them, but
many of the staff officers remained tc
watch the evolutions to the end. They
complimented General Goblin highly on
the work of his brigade and he in turn
expressed his extreme qualification at
the progress the colonels have made in
getting their recruits into line. NC
wonder every corps commander in the
army wanted Goblin" was the substance
of mary a remark dropped by soldiers
from other states, who had heard much
of Pennsylvania famous soldier, but
never saw him at wnrk.
ON THE GENERALS STAFF.
Lieutenant Inglis and Major Parke
made their first appearance as men,
bers OF General Gobins staff and with
the others were kept busy dashing
hither and thither across the field with
orders from the general. Lieutenant
Morris, the brigade adjutant, made his
initial bow in his new position and
made a very favorable impression. His
youth and dasN, and success with which
he acquitted himself in his difficult Of
flee won him a general verdict of he'll
do" Should the war department grant
General Gobin's request for his perma-
nent appointment it will meet with the
hearty approval of the brigade.
Lieutenant Inglis' position as aide
to General Goblin is a permanent one
but it does not cause him to lose his
standing in his company. 1t is in the
nature of a permanent detail and
should General Goblin and the Thir-
teenth regiment become divorced,
Lieutenant Inglis could, If he so de-
sired, return to his company. AS an
aide to the brigadier his rank re-
mains the same but his pay is in
creased to that of captain.
Lieutenant Marcus B. Crisman, of
Company G., who was made assistant
quartermaster in the medical depart
ment of corps headquarters does not
enjoy the same option as Lieutenant
Inglis. He is divorced from his regi-
ment entirely and If his command was
taken away from the second corps he
would have to be relieved from his
corps office before he could rejoin his
company. He is not particularly
pleased at the prospect and thinks of
asking permission to resign his new
honor at once. If his company goes
out to the front he does not want to
stay behind at Camp Alger looking
after Colonel Girard's mules and am
balances and the like,
HAS RETURNED HOME.
Charles f. Daniels, the Truths war
correspondent, returned home today
after bravely, but unsuccessfully
struggling for three weeks to over
come a complication of ills brought
on by the change of climate. Last
week Major Parke. who was attending
him, advised that he return to the
north, and on Monday last when his
condition was shown to be growing
worse, rather than better, the physi-
clans directions that he return to the
north were made mandatory. With
reluctance Mr.. Daniels notified his Of
flee that he would have to be relieved.
John III. Blackwood, a former MEM
ber of the Truths staff, was sum-
moned from New York by wire and
sent on to take Mr.. Daniels place, ar
irving last evening. This was the
seventh tour Mr.. Daniels made with
the Thirteenth and the regiment had
come to regard him as much a part
CT itself as any of its attached mem
bers. Regret was universal through
out the carp last evening when it was
learned that he was not to continue
with the regiment and that regret is
felt by no one more keenly than the
writer, who for two months as tent
mate, messmate and friendly opponent,
learned TO appreciate more fully the
good qualities that made Mr.. Dam
iels so popular with his fellow news
papermen. II. j, Duffy.