The Worcester spy., 1899-08-12
THE BOYS STILL GRuMBLE.

Company K boys continue to grum-
BILE over the way they were treated at
camp. They have come to the CON
elusion that they don't mind being cut
off on their allowance Of beer, but they
do think that they should not have been
put to bed at 9.15 O'clock like children.
But they have decided that the most
serious grievance they have is decapi-
tation of their visiting list. 1t used to
be that the band would play until 10
o'clock, and give the boys a chance to
waltz little or polka little with the
girls, which was innocent fun and vast
ly enjoyable, but there could be none
of that when bedtime came so soon.
Some of the men say they expect that
next year Brig. Gen. Bancroft will put
UP big bell on the camp ground and
ring curfew on the boys, just as Will
liam the Conqueror did on the Saxons
a few hundred years ago.
A commissioned officer of the COM
pany thinks that the German plan of
treating the beer question would be su-
perior to the plan devised cT Gen. Ban
croft. In Germany the marching com
panies are followed by a hogshead of
beer on wheels. AT intervals the COM
pany is halted, and every man has a
swig of the beer The men when on
march are not allowed to leave the
ranks and make breaks for the nearest
well, or the nearest cache containing
beer, as is the habit in this country
Again this officer thinks that the or
der for a temperance camp did not
much decrease the amount of alcohol
consumed. Deprived of beer, the men
brought in whisky in their clothing
They had to, or go without anything.
1t was comparatively easy to smuggle
whisky. Enough to sozzle three or
four men could be contained in a fiat
pint bottle, that would hardly show
when it was concealed in the front of
a privates trousers.
Just now the men are thinking about
getting ready to make an appearance
in October, when the regimental flags
will be turned over to the state, to be
forever preserved.
AS far as Capt Peter ]. Cannon
knows, there will be nothing but the
regimental flags to be turned over.
None of the Massachusetts regiments
have any flags taken from the Span
sh.
The on-commissioned officers are
getting ready to be examined by Mai.
Sullivan, who will visit the town for
that purpose in the fall. The mon
CONS" will be required to know all
about so much of the tactics as relates
to guard duty, extended order, use and
care of the rife, danger spaces and so
on. The authorities have come to be-
lieve that much more depends upon
the knowledge and skill of the mon
CONS than was once supposed. There
are five sergeants and six corporals in
the company.
There was a special meeting of Clin-
ton Court, Foresters of America, this
evening, in their hall, to arrange for
attending the funeral of Joseph La
velle.
John F. Blood is now in Jail in Fitch
burg, having been turned over to the
authorities of Brockton. Blood is sup
posed to be the man who made his ap-
pearance in town early In the year with
a fireman's badge. He secured a dol
lar from Capt. Walter f. Page, a
member Of the local board Of fire engi-
neers, and small sums of money from
other people. He had worked the same
game in several towns and cities.
Patrick Joyce and Thomas Graham
were arrested this afternoon. They
are charged with drunkenness.