The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-26
A GREAT CROWD AT NIANTIC
OYER EOUR THOUS1ND ATTEND GOVERNOR,S DAY EXERCISES.
General Miller and the Governor Re- view the Brigade-Troops Win Leave Camp To-day the Second Regiment Arriving in This City About Four o'clock,

Arriving in This City About Four | o'clock.
 Yesterday was the gala day of the
 week at Camp Lounsbury. It was 1 Governors day and when the bugle
 clouds instead of a good clear sky
 greeted the soldier boys. They went to
 bed the night before all hoping for the | finest of weather yesterday and 1t cer- | tainly looked as though their hopes
 would be dashed to the ground. Ev- erybody expected friends or relatives and everybody wanted a good day. | About o'clock the clouds began to separate and a good day was assured l Clothes were neatly brushed, shoes shined and faces shaven, all in readi-
 ness for the great influx of visitors,
 which began about 9:30. By that time
 four excursion trains from New Lon
 don and New Haven had rolled into
 the Mantle depot bearing a great crowd of visitors and at II o'clock 2,000 visitors
 were estimated to be on the grounds.
 Six other trains came to Mantle yes
 terday loaded with guests from out of town and although the crowd was very large one it was not so large as
 some that have attended on Governors
 day in previous years. About 4000 vls-
 itors in all were in attendance.
 The principal event of the day was
 the review of the brigade by Governor
 Louusbury at o'clock. The visitors
 were lined up on all sides of the field
 and the brigade presenting it's best ap-
 pearance paraded in front of the gover-
 nor and General Miller, who accompa-
 nied Governor Lounsbury. General
 Miller is well known as from his cam
 paign in the Philippines He sailed
 from Manila, stormed and captured
 Iloilo.
 The Second regiment appeared to
 beautiful advantage and easily out classed the other three regiments. The men wore white gloves and all in all were more natty than the rest. The marching of the Second was excellent and every company in the regiment was heartily applauded all along the line. After the parade General Miller ex- pressed himself in unqualified praise of the fine showing of the brigade. His observance of the brigade was perforce keen and critical and it was a matter of much qualification that he found so much to commend in Connecticut's citi- zen soldiery.
 General Miler's summing up of the re- view was Tt was fine" He said the only possible fault that could be found hot rf 6n mi rather small. At regimental parade af- ter the grand review the Second and First regiments appeared in white trousers. It was the first time this style of uniform had been worn during the week. Sergeant Conter and his de- tail from Battery A took another turn at the big mortars of the shore bat tery yesterday and large crowd | watched the operation. Loaded plaster | shells were thrown high in the air, | bursting as they descended halfway | down the cove. This feature appeared | to interest the visitors almost as much as the review. Ammunition was used | for the first time during the week in tactics yesterday morning and consequently the manoeuvering was exceedingly interesting.
 The rating at the morning inspection was as follows: Third regi- ment, policing, 100; quarters, 100; First regiment, policing, 100; quarters, 93; Second regiment, policing, 100; quarters, D7; Fourth regiment policing, 100; quarters, 977; Battery A, policing, 100; quarters, 90 Machine Gun Battery, policing, 100; quarters, 100; signal corps, policing, 100; quarters, 95
 At meeting of the brigade signal corps yesterday morning It was de- ,ided to erect suitable tablet to be placed probably inthe capitol in mem- )ry of the late Philip F. Farchild of Hartford. He was an officer in the Con- 1ecticut signal corps before the late var with Spain, and was acting ser seant smajor of the signal corps bat alton of the Seventh Army corps at He died of typhoid fever ast October
 Pretty souvenir cards were given to very member of the Second regiment by c. M. Loomis' Sons A lumber of the members of the State Music Teachers association were in NldlliC yesteludy anu greatly eHJOyeu he work of the soldiers
 Guard mount at S:30 a. m to-day will e the last ceremony of the day and of he camp. The troops will then break amp and the work of packing will be-
 in directly after guard mount. The roops and baggage will occupy seven rains, which will be made up and leave amp as follows: lent and Company H, Second regi- lent and I Fourth regiment; first sec- ion brigade signal corps and first sec ion machine gun battery, horses, ma hine guns and bicycles for Hartford ,aves at F o'clock noon. f Train No 2-Baggage of the Second nd Fourth regiments, second and | ourth sections signal corps, second 6 nd fourth sections machine gun bat | 3ry, horses, machine guns, bicycles for 1, ew Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, z tamford and South NorwallS at 1:2O '
 n!. f Train No 3-Third regiment troops, , ard section signal corps and baggage, f aggage for Willimantic, Norwich, Y utnam, Danielson and Westerly, bicy- f es for New London, at 12:40 p. m. f Train No. 4-Battery A, troops. guns, r 1rses and baggage, at 2:20 p. m. a Train No. 5-Troops First regiment, i l. H Second I Fourth, first sec- V