The evening times., 1898-06-04
SHAM BATTIEIkPa9sP[CT
General Graham Arranging for
q Grim Pageant.
TRAINING FOR RCANP ALDERMEN
Ohio Troops Got Their Pay Cheeks
Today-The ColoneHs Private
Bank-Race PreJudice-Light Uni.
forms for Tropical Use-Y. NJ. c. A.
Services-Skirmish Practice.

Camp Alger Is rapidly assuming an or
derby appearance The camps have been
laid out with more military precision: the
the pressure of police gangs; parade
grounds have been leveled and cleared.
and clear-cut roads traverse every sec
ton of the grounds.
General Graham is making preparations
for a big sham battle on the grounds, to
accustom the men to lrings AS soon as
blank cartridges and 4, full supply of
rifles can be obtained the woods around
the camp will witnsss big battle In
which d. 900 men will participate.
Today was the day of Gays for the Ohio
boys. The captains of each company is
sued checks to the mem for their State
pay. Each man received s3i for the sew
enteen days at Camp Bushnell. Columbus.
Ohio. OF this amount the Government
pays $2516 and the State 1854. .Applica-
tions for passes are now in order. as ev-
erybody wants to get into Washington.
The various captains Of the Eighth
Ohio. acting under a suggestion from Col
onel Hard, advised the men to take only
a small portion Of the money, and to
either bank the rest with the colonel or
send 1t home.
A private from the Fourth Missouri
broke his leg last night while in bathing
He was discovered by the driver of an
ambulance, who brought him into the
division hospital.
The feeling between the white troops
and the colored Ninth Ohio who are do
ing picket duty on the Falls Church road
runs very high. Last night a corporal
from one of the Pennsylvania regiments
was arrested by two of the colored sen
tries for abusing them because of their
alleged examination into his business out
side camp. A sentry is supposed to rec
ognize an officers stripes without ques-
ton. and the Pennsylvania man was SO in
dignant that he used some violent Ian
guage and started in to clean up the
road with every colored man in the vicin-
fly. He was taken to the guardhouse.
The officers Of the Eighth Ohio ordered
their light uniforms for tropical use today.
The uniforms are made of brown stuff
like duck and resemble those worn by the
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment.
The men of the Fourth Missouri have
their own ideas as to the status of a
corporal. especially when he happens to
have squad on guard duty. Therefore,
when among themselves they lay aside
Corporal of the guard and substitute.
scorpion of the guard"
Ohio is suffering from a painful acci-
dent While doing squad drill yesterday
he accidentally dropped the butt of his
rifle down on his little toe and crushed 1t
badly.
The Y. NJ. c. A. holds services in its
tents every evening. which are largely at
tended These services are led by some
soldier from one of the regiments and an
organist can always be obtained in the
ranks. Many of the boys are good mu-
sicians and like to show their ability.
The Sixth Massachusetts, were brough:
away out into the woods yesterday al
ternoon and they spent several hours in
skirmish practice. They ran and fired
and dropped and lodged and captured
whole "slews'' of the enemy. Only one
man was wounded and he merely lost n
few patches of skin from his ankles and
elbows while falling to dodge a supposed
coming rifle ball.
DR.. Kosser. of Williamsport. Pa. Wis
tied the Twelfth Pennsylvania yesterday
and found all his old friends in military
attire.
The Stoneham Company of the Sixth
Massachusetts gave an entertainment to
its friends last night. Admission was by
invitation only, and the tickets were
squares of hard tack upon which was in
scribed in ink: