Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-17
AT CAMP RICHARDS.
The Cadets Are Rapidly Assuming
the Appearance of Veterans.
Another Perfect Day. Wednesday Adj. Gen.
Richards TO Visit Camp. Today.

still another day of perfect weather
was enjoyed by the boys at Camp
richards. Wednesday, ana every mo-
inent or II was used 10 the best adj
vantage. The weather bulletin prophe-
sled bad weather. but Notwithstanding
the weather clerks gloomy prediction.
there was hardly a cloud in the sky
from sunrise 10 sunset large enough
to cover Drummer Williamson. There
was a fog blanket over the camp Mt
daybreak, but the warm sun soon dis
PEELED it ard perfect August day fol-
lowed
by The way. the sun and the out Of
door life are doing great work on the
boys faces ana when the Youngsters
are drawn up in line for dress parade
one sees every shade Of complexion
from cerise to cocoanut brown. There
are noses. too. in all stages of the
peeling process. and the beauty of
many Il nose of otherwise classic CON
tour is temporarily marred by sundry
patches of loose cuticle, mute witness
SEES Of the intensity Of the suns rays.
There are freckleS, too. from the wee
bit of barely observable brown TO the
well developed specimen as large as
buckShot.
But the boys don't care for freckles
or tan. for it makes them look like
veterans and really were it not for
their diminutive size, one might read
lily mistake them for heroes of a hun
drcd battles. This, is no joke, either.
for they are picking up rapidly AZ
drill and the looseness noticeable dur
ing the first few days in camp has al
most entirely disappeared. Their
alignment is better and their march
ing and manual work give evidence Of
the regularity and snap that is indis-
pensible to the true soldier. When
they came out for guard mount,
Wednesday afternoon. it was done to
the Queens taste and the only real
serious error noticed was that one
young man wore hat instead OF his
cap. From subsequent developments
ii is not probable that he VIII make
the mistake again.
There was one feature of Tuesdays
programme that came off too late to
be chronicled in Wednesday mornings
Journal, and that was the relay race
after supper. The course was 100
yards from Knowles barn toward
camp. and the contestants We're teams
of five men each. led respectively by
Privates Berran and Trask, and Ber-
rams runners proved the fastest.
The forenoon at camp. Wednesday.
was devoted to the same programme
as heretofore. as well as will be here
after with few variations. Surgeon
Tuell had n sick cali from Private
Stewart who reported that he was
suffering from a cold. The Doc adj
ministered the inevitable quinine pill.
and the afternoon the record book
quoted the sufferer as improved.
The bows were out on the rifle range
again and though many bullets went
no one knows where. some of the EN-
bryo sharpshooters found the bullseye.
In the forenoon, Comrade Wayne
Savage won another ice cream by
making n score of II, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that if the ice cream
supply will only hold out long enough.
Wayne will become n perfect wizard
in proficiency with the rifle.
In the afternoon practice W. TrasK
scored 4: II. Trask .; Stewart "
Hichborn. 6: Clifford. 4. OF these the
last four shot off a tie for place on
the rife team.
In team work on one side were Rand.
Savage and Stewart, and on the otner
Hysom. Clifford and Hichborn. Rand
could not find the target, Savage scor-
ed . and Stewart ?, making a total OF
H. Hysom scored l, clifford anu
Uichborn "plunked' the bullseye, and
in consequence thereof seemed at least
two inches taller than he was at sun
down, Tuesday.
First Sergeant Metcalf came in FOR
some of the honors of the day by VIII
ming the lO0-yard dash gotten up by
nambers of the company in the fore
noon. -
General White appointed himself an ex-
amlning board in the forenoon anu '''aue
n physical examination of every BOY III
camp-save one, Drummer Williamson.
That young gentleman declined 10 pass
tho ordeal. but 1t is thought that latet
he will, reconsider his y6te and so before
he hoard. All the boysswere found to be
sound and in the best OF conui'ioh
Wavne Savage is the largest boy in camp.
His measurements are: Shoulders, 5o4
inches: chest, 80; waist, q; upper arm,
II. lower arm. 9la. clyde Stewart. one Of
the smaller boys in camp. showed the
greatest chest expansion. ia inches
Only one accident occurred in camp
during the day, but was of most shock
ing nature Sergeant Common was abroad
on the parade ground wearing a pair OF
lavishIy ventilated trousers, and in some
way succeeded in tearing them 10 an
alarming extent. Hiss comrades rushed
r.K
! to his assistance, bur their EFFORTS only
completed his ruin. and ne was forced to
| flee to his tent as free from pants as IS
, the figure that adorns the Soldiers monu-
ment on the park.
! Today will be a red letter day, and