The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-06
WORKING THEM HARD
Officers of the Second
Brigade Keep the
Men Busy.
THE EMMETS COMPLIMENTED.
Worcester Company is
Picked as the Best on
the Field,
THE EMMETS COMPLIMENTED.

South birmingham, Aug. 5.-The
! fact that it is a soldiers duty to obey
orders, is becoming more and more
| impressed on the minds of soldiers in
the Second brigade, and at taps tonight
as the last notes of the bugle died
away, there was not a soldier in camp
who remarked about being sent to bed
at 9.15 o'clock Yesterday the work
! commenced, but today it was on in
| earnest, and the men put in one of
the hardest days ever put in by the M.
V. M. in years.
The third day of camp opened with
out hardly breath of air stirring, and
the ice water tanks in the Y NJ. c.
A. tent were patronized in a manner
| that made the attendants feel that their
efforts were appreciated. The Their
mometer kept climbing all day, and
! the men felt the heat extremely, but
there We're no prostrations, probably
owing to the fact that heavy dress and
fatigue coats have been abandoned and
replaced by the lightest possible cloth
ing.
All the commands were out with the
first notes of reveille, and in short
time the camps were policed to a loose
straw
At S,15 o'clock Major Golf of the brig
ade staff started on his tour of inspec-
ton through the Ninth regiment
streets, and he refused to be fooled
again. All tents had to be thrown wide
! open.
In company G street the popular
major stood at a distance, surveyed
iI.Cf Mo- 80
ment, and then passed on to Sergt. Ho-
rams tent, which evidently looked sus-
picious, and he would not pass it by
| He stuck his head inside the gun-rack,
but found nothing, and when he got
outside he took another look, and
seemed loath to go. No other tent on
the street was entered, but he re-
marked to Capt. Moynihan that the
| soft stuff should also be taken away
but there was fan argument on this
point, and it was allowed to stay there
Company K street was next visited
and here Mai. Gift seemed to be very
much impressed with the company
quarters. Sergt. Garveys tent Yves
given special attention by Maj. Golf
who stated it was the neatest squad he
had seen in any infantry quarters on
the field.
Uniforms are now thing much in
spected by the officers, and a man
without showing signs of having re-
Gently visited the barber, will be or
dered out of ranks Immediately ito gel
occurrence. The men fail to see why
this should be, but it is, and that set
! ties it.
The Emmets ares now a company
with bic. reputation, and they are the
1 cynosure of all eyes. They have re-
eeived special mention every night on
review for the manner in which they
pass down the line. They are the color
company of the Ninth, and this is a
manner in which they are marked by
the brigade officers: They are a good
company, well up in military drill, but
they like good time is what the staff
officers say and no one disputes them
Battery A left camp this morning for
a 15inle ride into the country and
were put through a stiff drill, A big
| field was selected for maneuvres and
the men practiced defensive work for
more than three hours. A new regula-
ton light artillery wagon brought ra-
tions, and the men were fed In the
| field. The men were ordered to take
the horses and battle them In nearby
pond On the return to camp the mer
were allowed to go to their quarters
and did not participate in the review
| tonight.
| 1t is the first time that much outside
work has been attempted by any bat
terry in the NJ. v. M, but what the men
gained is worth more than month OF
| ordinary camp routine drill and it will
| probably be repeated Sgain before the
| close of the encampment. The cavalry
is also getting down to work in detail
and last night the work was watched
| with interest by the soldiers from the
| Ninth. A race between Troopers Rich
| mond and Appleby was exciting, and
clearly showed the ability of both In
handling a horse. Mounted sabre drill
| was taken up In detail and the "pror
| vost" are getting hit as hard as any
outfit on the field in actual work.
| Col Donovan of the Ninth was acting
brigadier general on review tonight
The Emmets expect to see their
| friends in big numbers tomorrow and
| have made arrangements to give them
! as good a reception as they are able
| under existing circumstances. Today
over 1000 persons were turned away at
| the main gate by the guard, and no one
was allowed inside without pass. Even
officers could not get their wives by the
| guard without pass Today the camp
will be thrown open to visitors from
reveille to taps and all will be admit
ted. All drill work will be put aside with
| the exception OF an evening regimental
! dress parade.
| Today the Emmets and X company of
! Clinton got out ball teams and the game
| was won by the Clinton company by a
score of to 8. The makeup of the EN-
NETS team was: Priv. J. F. Powers D.
| Priv. Timothy Hurley, c.; Musician N.
]. Skerrett, 1st b.; Priv NJ j. Delaney,
I'd b.; Priv. Gerald McGillicuddy. Sd b. +;
| Priv. p. F. Shea, r. f.; Priv. James M.
| Carberry, C. f.; Priv. John Fogarty |.
f.; Priv. Michael Gully, S. S. The Gin
| ton eompany's team was: Priv. Patrick
Quinn, c.; Corp. John Cannon, D.; Priv.
| O'Malley, LIST b.; Sergt Mcdonald, %
b.; Priv. Duran, Sd b.; Priv. Cannon s.
s.. Sergt. McRell, |. f.. Priv Madden,
c. f.; Priv. Scanlon, r. f.
The game ended enthusiastically for
the Emmets and they want another
game. Corp. David Burke of COM
pany was umpire and he evidently had
a grievance against the members of his
company. At least they think so, and
some of his decisions brought remarks
from the bleachers. Priv Gully brought
in three runs on home run and prac-
tieally saved his company, although
Jimmie Powers did some clever work
with the sphere that would do credit
to an old timer
| Bx-Corp. Frank II. Doran and his
| brother, John e. Doran, visited camp
today and both received cordial recep-
tons all along the line. DR.. r. NJ Ray
mond, a Worcester boy. was a guest
Of Capt. j. j. Moynihan today, and ex-
Assistant Surgeon p. f. Shea of the
Ninth, officer Joseph Midgeley and
Capt. Mcdonald of the Third Illinois
cavalry also dropped in on Capt. Moy-
nlhan during the day. Capt Mcdonald
| is a cousin of w. j. Tansey of Wor-
cester ana is on a visit to relatives in
| the east.
Religious services will be held in all
| re Riments tonOrrOw and Ctha ,,1oI.-