The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-25
PRACTICE REVIEWS
Brigade Rehearses for
Appearance Before
the Governor.
LIEUT.. GRAY CONGRATULATED.
The Spy Was the First to
Notify Him Of His
Appointment.

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zling rain of last night kept up during
the entire day, with a few exceptions,
but seemed to make drilling a more
acceptable task for the men.
This afternoon there were two prao-
tice reviews in anticipation of Cover
nor's day. which is tomorrow, and at
both the men showed up exceedingly
well, considering the practice they have
had in this work. At the Second brig
ade tour of duty there was a re-
view by Gen. Bancroft every day, but
this formality has been done away
with since the First brigade entered
camp. The men of both brigades are
receiving about the same amount Of
practical work and, considering every
thing, the work of the First thus far
has been up to the expectation Of the
commanding officers.
This afternoon, in accordance with
orders issued from Adjt. Gen. w. C.
Hagar's office, by order of Gen. Ma
theWs, all routine drill work was apan-
doned and at 3 o'clock the entire COM
mand was on the field in blue uniforms
and white gloves, ready for the prac-
tice review. The first review did not
satisfy Gen. Mathews evidently, as he
ordered another one, and both times
the lines of both the Second and Sixth
regiments were very good. All three
Worcester companies in the Second and
good lines, and on the second passage
| in review company H, Wellington Ri
| fies, went by without a break.
A third passage in review was start
| ed, but was stopped before the men got
fairly started, and every man is now
waiting patiently to pass In review be-
fore Gov. Wolcott tomorrow in man
ner to do credit to the First brigade
| Most Of Gov. Wolcott's staff arrived
at camp this afternoon, and his excel
lency is expected tomorrow morning
shortly before II o'clock. He will leave
Boston at 10 o'clock and will receive
| the customary salute of II guns from
| the first battalion of light artillery. The
| review of troops will be in the after
noon at o'clock, and it is expected a
| large crowd will be on the field to wit
ness the ceremony. The Worcester
boys, who have seen few Of their
friends thus far during the encamp-
ment, are preparing for big crowd to-
| night, and Will be disappointed If their
friends do not show up.
At the time of the Second brigade
there were two visiting days, and on
both the field was well filed Admis-
sion to the muster field tomorrow will
| CS Il &C " all ana Iill5 AFTERNOON ropes
were put up to keep the crowd within
bounds tomorrow.
Today about 200 people were on the
grounds, visiting the different com
mands, and despite the weather the ma
jortty watched the work of the troops
in the afternoon. Visitors at head
quarters today We're Lieut-Col. Wood
ruff, Adjt. Lake of the First heavy ar
| tillery, Capt. Pope, formerly of Gen.
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Gov. Halle, Col. B. S. Parker, Harry L.
Burrage, w. d. Edlefron, G. H. Clarke
and son, all of whom were guests of
| Capt. Edward Chimes of Gen, Mathews
staff.
Brighten. Mathews, in recognition of
the good work done by the men of his
| command in the field maneuyers Tues
day on the Bowditch farm, sent an or
der to commanders last night in which
he thanked both men and officers for
the good work done by them in maxine.
the movement success. It reads as
! follows:-
Camp at birmingham. Aug. "a, 1899
General orders, No 7: The brigade
commander desires to express to the e.
ncers and enlisted men of the brigade
! his entire appreciation of the efforts of
all to make the field movement OF Aug,
~ the success which 1t was. The bear
! ing of the troops throughout the dav
was beyond criticism The discinline
shown both on the firing line and while
on the march, was excellent. The tao
4 teal knowledge displayed by the officers
and the celebrity and accuracy with
which the various conditions were
/ grasped, were highly creditable.
The handling and disposition of the
defending party under Major Gihon,
i Sixth infantry, manifested an amount
/ OF ingenuity and fertility OF resource
most commendable.
By command of Brigadier General
/ Mathews,
Walter c. Hagar,
Lieut.. Col. and Asst. Adjt. Gen.
A red hot game of base ball was play-
ed today between the Third battalion
of the Second regiment and the Sixth
/ regiment. 1t was a stubborn fight from
start to finish for the Second regiment
and was brought to sudden finish by
i Sergt. Jordan of the Wellington Rifles,
who pulled down hard hit ball in left
field from his position at shortstop.
Owing to the number of times the men
were called in to drill, the game was
played in three instruments.
Originally the regiment sent out a
def to any aggregation on the field to
play a game of ball and also insinuated
they were the champions of the brigade.
The challenge was sent to the Y. M.
i c. A. tent and later taken up by the
Worcester boys. Priv. o. J. Newton of
Company C was elected manager of the
Worcester team and got together a
hot ball team on short notice.
Umpire M. G., Bailey Of the Y. M. C.
A. called to the teams to play ball yes
terday morning at o'clock, and the
following teams represented the regi-
ments:
Second regiment-Davidson, Com
fpany c, c.; McTaggart, Company A,
D.; Cooper, Company A. 2b; Jordan.
.IC. 3b; Donahue, Company F, C. f.;
Waite, Company F, c. f.; Cornwell,
Company A, lib; Hartwell, Company F.,
lr f. Later Priv. Mccarthy of Com
pany F took Eldridge's place at third
base.
Sixth regiment-Hawkins 1b; Gas
kill. 2b; Moore, Sb; Beauregard, 8. S.
lie Claire, p; Twist, c.; Harding, p. f.;
Kelley, c. f.; Miner, !. (.
Eighth innings were played in all and
at the end of the sixth the Sixth regi-
ment had the Second regiment team
beaten by score of to g. In the
ninth inning the Second boys made 7
runs to made by the Sixth, beating
that team out by score of 10 to IL
The score by innings:
Sixth ....2 20 o. o 2 Ali
In the last inning, with two men on
bases, hot line ball was knocked to
Jordan at shortstdp, and he hauled il
down out of the bounds in time to re-
tire the Sixth, thereby winning the
game for his side.
Tomorrow morning Co. A, Worcester
City Guards. and Co. II, Wellington
Rifles, VIII play ball to determine the
championship Of the brigade, 1t having
| now narrowed down to the Worcester