The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-23

each side. Other preparations are be-
ing made for this day which will be the
banner day Of the week If 1t is pleas
ant an immense crowd will doubtless be
on hand to witness the drilling, march
lnss and other events that will take
place. Governors day at Mantle is a
day that interests every military man
in the state and is always marked by a
very large attendance, a great many
coming from out of town. A large
number of New Haveners will spend the
day in Mantle Friday
"A feature at the camp this year, and
a feature that is meeting with great
deal of satisfaction among the men, is
the Y. M. G. A. tent, in which there are
writing materials, books, newspapers,
etc. Each company on the grounds
pays live dollars to the support of the
| work. 1t Is under the auspices of the
state Y. M. C. A., and each evening
! there is some kind of an entertainment
| under the great canvas. There are two
large tables at which the men sit and
write to their friends and others, and
| IL Is rarely that there is a vacant seat
to be found. The Y M. c. A. has had
printed very neat souvenir programme
giving the photographs of Governor
Lounsbury General Van Keuren, Cen
eral Frost and the entertainers for each
evening during the week. Last evening
%. A. Hendrickson of New York enter
tanned a large audience with many
sleight- -hand tricks. The tent was
filed to it's capacity and everybody had
an enjoyable time.
Tonight j. Stuart Blackton of New
York, the well known cartoonist, will
entertain the soldiers. Rev. Walter F.
Prince, the field secretary of the Tenn
perance union, and Kenneth Robbie the
secretary of the junior department of
the Y. M. G. A of this city, are in
charge with e. T.. Bates, the state sec
rotary.
The health of the brigade is remark
ably good considering the season of the
year. There seems to be some mild
cases of malarial fever in camp, but
they are of type that creates no alarm
Corporal Mathew Bohen of Co. c. Sec |
ond regiment, is in the brigade hospital |
He was removed from his tent Monday
afternoon upon the recommendation of |
Captain Donovan. Bohen was not well !
when the regiment started from New |
Haven Monday morning, and before |
the days routine was finished he col |
lapsed At the hospital yesterday the
surgeons said that Corporal Bohen's
illness was nalarial fever, but it was
said that he would doubtless be out
again in a day or two. Yesterday there
was a demand for quinine. The night
was cool on the camp ground and in
some of the quarters the men We're not
provided with sufficient blankets. AS
a result many suffered from exposure
to the chilly blasts that swept across
the camp ground during the night.
According to orders issued yesterday
only two passes will be issued to COM
pany each day. The men are delighted
with the rations they receive, and one
said yesterday that ''it was the best
feed anybody ever had at camp" He
said he had been three years at Mantle
and nothing could begin to touch it.
Colonel Burpee went the rounds again
and from all quarters every
body expressed themselves as perfectly
contented. The new system is working
and the regimental cooks
are doing good work. All the food is
excellently cooked and is wholesome
from beginning to end,
A number of ball games We're played
by the different companies
al along the line and If the scores had
been kept the total would probably
each over the 500 mark.
Colonel Henry J. Stelnert of Norwich,
lide-de- camp on the governors staff, !,
vas thrown from his horse while mount
ng yesterday morning and sustained a
pad scalp wound. John Cotter, Co E,
First regiment, tripped and fell over a
ent stake and fractured his arm in two {
places. James Mitchell Of New Haven, |
civilian barber, was taken to the hos :
oital yesterday suffering with the collie.
No formal reception was rendered the
governor on his arrival at his quarters,
,ut at s O'clock last night every COM +
niesioned officer of the brigade assem-
lied at brigade headquarters and
marched to the headquarters of the
Governor and paid their respects. Dur q
ng the ceremony and after it the Sec
nd Regiment band under Leader a
frank Fichtl serenaded the governor.
rhe bands of the other regiments rem > ;
Tered selections in front of the colonels' :
ants.
Yesterday was the first day of camp
he When the men nave peen gwen a
ull routine of duty. 1t was a hard day, :
I'LL of soldering, but the men have y
ntered into their camp duties with =
est that augurs well for beneficial re- ;,
ults, particularly among the recruits. :,
It regimental parade many noticeable !,
elects We're observable, although the =,
'irst and Fourth regiments made =,
cry creditable showing considering D
le number of new men and officers, -.
uard mounting is also capable of much =,
Improvement 81
Only two mild cases were in the hos ma
ital last night and there was not a hi
,ldier in the guard house. The total a,
rength of the brigade yesterday was vi
246 hi