The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-21

tended to make their hair stand
or else obliged them to do So, On end
scrubbing to remove the maris 'te TAI
brush with the old veterans. VI The
Company H, Wellington R,ea.
worcester, did some A / initta., OF
although 1t was under difflcnltjiSas
Capt. Holden has kept up a good a; as
pine among his men. Every rs HIsel-
the company outside the first sa f--C,n IN
and the three commissioned cant
was treated to a dose of lamr ViLLlIefs,
Private Lawless got one dose plaek
disobedience to OFFERS, washed ' a. n
and he was treated to a, second - OIL
A squabble ensued which ended uose;
naturally. sOoa
In company c, private H. E Fs,.-
brook strolled forth from his oraS SSet-
logged out in night dress. and vel, "I
tremendously two of, his conoro W. ~.
grabbed the ends of the article Of r, eass
ing apparel and ripped it from the 5at
tom to the collar. Private Esterbrnoi
was also relieved of pair of piIioUa
he brought to camp, and, being a rooSr
took the matter good naturedIv ana
now full-fiedged member Of The cow
pany. Private Turner of compary =
was placed on mosquito guard ~
one of his comrades and given orda,.
TO allow no one to pass his line D..
Yate G. H. Poland challenged him viii
a syringe full of bottled fluid and NV
Vate Turner suddenly realized thar h.
was the victim of joke and retired I'll
his quarters. In other cases "rooklasaT
were handled roughly, but nothing al
rious happened.
Sergeant C. H. Smith of COMPANY +
Wellington Rifles, who is sergeant tina.
jor of the End battalion, got his sword
yesterday.
Col Fred w. wellington, Mai. ]. f
Bigelow and Maj. II. B. Fairbanks "a.
turned to camp tonight, after a fishing
trip down Boston harbor. The partv
brought back about 80 pounds of coi
and halibut with them and had an en-.
joyable trip.
They were guests of Com. ]. STANLEY
Gushing on the steam yacht "Lillius"
The guard detail from company A.
City Guards, was privates John Bieber.
bach and H. A. Billiard on brigade
guard and private E. T. Boswell on
regimental guard.
The guard detail from company H,
wellington Rifles, was Corporal G. E..
Hill, privates Lewis Whitaker and
privates e. w. Stone and A. K. Snow.
The guard detail from company c was
Corporal Eldridge, privates Dorr Be-.
june, H. F. Esterbrook, Wilson and
Goodwin on regimental guard, and Dri.
Yates Dennis and Dockham on brigade
guard Private Dennis was acting col
poral for the day. Musician S. j. Shaw
| of company C, Light Infantry secured
| his transfer from Battery B today. He
was formerly a private in Battery B.
Capt. E. G. Barrett of company A.,
| City Guards was acting major in COM
mand of the Sd battalion today and in
| spected the quarters of the battalion
| this morning. Corp. Hills tent in COM
pany HIS street received special men
ton. Capt. P. H. Rider of company c,
| Light Infantry, was in command Of the
End battalion yesterday.
Col. Clark inspected the regiment this
morning at o'clock.
Privates Frank Wray and A. G.
Brown Of the Wellington Rifles were Or
the sick list early today, but tonight
both were feeling better.
Private F. L. Taft Of company c i
| laid up with sore hand.
Chaplain F. L. Phalen of the End Mas
sachusetts will speak in the 7. M c.
Brig. Gen. Mathews will talk to tn
brigade tomorrow at the Y. NJ. c.
tent
Capt A. c. Porter of F. company
End Massachusetts, was regimental Of
| ficer of the day yesterday.
The guard detail from Battery B u
day was Corporal Mccarthy. private
Hunt, Clancy, Jenkins, Moore, Whit
Williams, McQueeney, Albertson an
| Garden.
Private ]. G.. Grady was allowed
| go to Worcester this morning to atten
! the funeral of Corporal Wilson's chill
which died last night.
| Lieut.-Col. Priest of the 9Th regimen
was brigade officer of the day today.
The total strength Of the brigade Il
/ day was 1852. The strength of the On
is as follows: Field, staff and band, s.
Co. B, 5S; Co. C, 80; Co. D, Sc; Co. E, 4
Co. F., 81 Co. G. Sc; Co. K, 60; Co.
50; Co. NJ Sc, total, 706.
Sixth regiment: Field, staff and ban
81; Co. A, So; co. 3, "a; Co. Q, 81; Co
"a; Co. E. 81; Co. F, IS; Co. G, 81; Co. ]
As; Co. I, 81; Co. K, 46; Co. L, 81; c
NJ, IS, total, 7000
First battalion light artillery, Batter
! B, 81; Battery C, So, total, 119. Sign
corps, "a; ambulance corps, Is. Boz
regiments of infantry show up bett
than they did yesterday.
James Saunders, more common
known to members of the Second reg
ment as SNOWFALL" arrived in can
Saturday morning with Company D
| Holyoke and he Immediately HE'D hin
self to Capt. Holders tent, where
| was the center of attraction.
He accompanied the regimen
| through Cuba, and since his return
America has had many ups and down
He refuses to consider the downs ar
| still thinks he would like to be a so
| der.
Private James E. Watson of Con
panyD of Holyoke is cutting conside
able swarth in camp, riding around {
! Spanish mule he captured July
| 1898, at Ell Caney, when the Secor
Massachusetts was in The thickest
| the fight
The animal was brought to Montau
on the transport Mobile by Capt. Crt
zier of Company D, who was at tht
time acting as major. He bears, in &C
| dition to a Spanish brand on his necI
| three bullet marks where he was b
by Kragg- Jorgensons. Private Watso
supposes he belonged originally to
Spanish officer.
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