Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-19
AT CAMP RICHARDS.
Tn, Cadets Return to Routine Camp Lie AiteI
thursdays Festivities.

| Compared with the hustle and cx-
citement of Thursday, Friday was a
I very quiet day and the cadets took it
easy. doing no more than was abso-
| lutely necessary, and when it is known
that they entertained fully 500 visitors
during the day, it is not to be wonder
ed at that they wanted a rest.
In the early morning. after drill.
they fell in for practice march across
country. Their objective point was
Spring brook, about a mile and half
from camp. and on arriving there they
INDUCED in a swim. The bath in the
| cool waters of the brook did them lots
of good and refreshed them for the
march home
After dinner, leaving enough men be-
hind to guard the camp, General
White took the balance of the com
pany down the road below Coombs
Mills where all enjoyed another swim.
When the Journal reporter passed on
his way to camp the bathing pool was
full of the youngsters, all posing in
the altogether" and the animated
picture presented by their little plump
bodies, the pool and the background
study for the camera.
During the absence of the swim
mcrs the camp was in charge of Lieu
tcrant Dan Haskell. Every one who
has seen Dan at drill knows that he is
a GOOD officer and the graceful way in
which he entertained four young lady
friends at headquarters proves that he
is equally capable of performing more
pleasant duties than those imposed by
the art of war.
Much disappointment was felt at
the camp. Thursday afternoon. on ac-
count of the band not being present at
drc IS parade. This part of the pro
gramme was delayed in hopes that the
band might come later but owing to
some misunderstanding it did not and
the parade was executed with music
by the drum corps.
he supper given in honor Of Gcncr-
al Richards and other guests was a
Wei Y fine one, the menu embracing cold
ro; i beef, potatoes, bread and butter
ice cream and cake and watermelon
Private Tom Bcrran oficiated as wait
er ut the guests table and came in for
many compliments for his proficiency
in III ,.,tit-!-r LIKE of duty.
j Very pleasant feature Of the even
ing was the presentation of purse of
moroy TO General White at tattoo roll
call. The presentation was made by
CAPT. Hichborn. and was very grace
fuzzy done.
Gre has no idea of the fun the boys
have unless they can spend a day IN
camp with them. Boys will be boys
but to see them at drill no one would
i'm gine that when they are off duty
the ! are as mischevous a lot of young
stcrs as were ever raised within the
citJ limits. But they are. and there
is no end Of the pranks that they play
upon one another. For the most part
everything is taken in good humor. but
one young man became exasperated
Friday morning, and, picking up his
clothing. left for home. AS Il consc-
qucncc his tent pole was draped with
= black stocking. placed there by some
irrc pressible.
@GrGeon TueIl reported that he had
not had q sick call for the day. In
connection with this General White
said that it might be we'll to caution
parents against bringing too much
fancy cooking to the camp. The boys
appctitcs are away ahead OF their
judgment. and their over-indulgcncc
in this class of cdibleS often results
disastrously. TWo-thirds Of the indis-
position at camp is due to this cause.
though it is claimed by some parents
to hc due to camp life.
Every wen ItSuldttu DDuy III tI'bi'S
is supposed To have a mascot. and of
course there is one at Camp Richards.
lie is large yellow and white dog.
the property Of one of the boys. and
rejoiccs in the name of Bib" Bib
has no pride Of ancestry and in fact,
might be called composite dog, for
though he bears no distinguishing
marks of any particular breed, he
shows traces of several. He is quite
intelligent, performs several tricks,
and like the boys, is ready to do most
anything for something to eat. He is
a good watch dog and taken all in all
is a valuable acquisition to the camp.
one Of the busy places at camp is
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