The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-10

| for more or less trouble, there was
not man in the guard house, a cir
| cumstance which may either be ac-
counted for by the fleetness of foot of
some of the men or to their worn out
vitality, which has been taxed more
on this tour of duty than on any one
| for years.
| Many of the officers about camp pre-
dicted all kinds of trouble for the guard
and in some cases the guard was dou-
| bled as a precaution against an out
break, and it did not come. To be
sure, several parties got on work in
| different parts of the camp, but it all
ended well, and yesterday Gen. Ban
croft felt that his discipline had been
carried out with good effect.
| The closing hours of camp, yesterday
morning, were not different from those
| Of other state musters, and brought
| back to members of the Ninth, Fifth
and Eighth regiments, reminders of
| days a year ago, when they left the
| field for duty. The Ninth happens to
| be the only regiment in the brigade
| that saw active service, and as re-
| suit, have had the call on the other
regiments at muster.
| The old time custom Of compliment
airy parades by the different organiza-
| lions before the brigadier general, fol-
/
| the latter. was carried out yesterday
morning, and as result members Of
the Ninth have decided that Gen. Ban
croft is not such bad man after all.
The first organization to parade was
| Battery A. The men formed
on foot with Sergt. Blake at
| the head, armed with a tent pole. They
marched down the field with the cav
airy band in lead, and stopped in front
| of each regimental headquarters and
gave round of cheers. Brigade head
| quarters was then left for the last and
here the battery called for Gen. Ban
croft. He made fiattering speech, in
which he praised the men for the strict
| attention they had paid to duty during
the week, and hoped they would ever
| strive to sustain the high state of eff
| ficieney they had shown during the
| week. His remarks were greeted with
| rousing cheers.
| Later the Ninth regiment passed in
| review, and as the companies were
about to be dismissed, Gen. Bancroft
rode across the field and ordered the
men assembled at Col Donovan's head
quarters.
| Here Gen. Bancroft praised Col. DON
ovan for the work of his regiment dur
| ing the weeks tour of duty, and said
| that in all his 25 years connection with
| the state militia a regiment had never
made such an impression on him as did
| the Ninth in its passage in review be-
fore his headquarters a few moments
before.
He had watched the men, he said, for
| the week, and he had no occasion tC
speak to either an officer or man con-
nected with it. He thought that If a
man attended a picnic and did not en-
| joy himself he would be fool, but 8
| soldier attending a tour of duty should
obey the orders of his superior officer
and not attempt to do as he would at a
picnic. q He was proud of the Ninth
and of Col Donovan, and ended his re-
marks by stating that anyone might be
proud of the showing made by the
Ninth. and especially people of the same
| nationality. He also complimented the
officers and the men by saying that he
never saw a more soldierly and athletic
body of men, showing a more martha
and manly spirit than did the Ninth
during the week.
Gen. Bancroft received three rousine
cheers, such as only the Ninth can give
and after doffing his hat babe the Off.
GERS and men goodby for another year
After that Col. Donovan received three
cheers, and Lieut. Col Logan also got
three, which plainly showed he has moi
lost popularity with the men, DR.. Nc.
| Gourty of Worcester was remembered
in the cheers, and the Worcester man
who has received much credit, will moi
be forgotten by the men of the Ninth,
After the Ninth was reviewed and
addressed by Gen. Bancroft. the Fifth
| passed before the brigadier in review
and were followed closely by The
"insuhordinate" Eighth. The Eighth
made very poor showing as it passed
the general in review, and, in fact, ii
has been in hard shape during the en-.
| TIRE tour OF duty. The men formed In
| front of the generals Headquarters. and
| Col. Pew and his men were spoken of
revorably by Gen. Bancroft for tha
work they had performed during the
week He asked both officers and men
to remember they represented old Esse,;
| county and appealed to them to work
to her credit and cultivate a military
| spirit they might be proud of. He al
| luded In a diplomatic Mariner to tn.
members of the regiment who Kissed
| MIN at the main gate, Tuesday, and said
| that while he could easily have found
out who they were and mete out proper
| punishment to them, he decided ne
would allow them to depart from camp
| and reflect on the matter. The incident
although small one, he said, cast n
| stigma on the entire regiment. and he
preferred to leave them to their sorrow
in the fact they had Kissed their brigade
commander. At the close Of his remarks
| he was heartily cheered.
The incident alluded to hammered
| Tuesday afternoon when members If
! the Fifth and Eighth regiments were
| talking to friends near Fort Dalton,
They endeavored to get friends into he
camp ground by the provost guard. Ac-
cordinS to orders on the matter, ali VS.
itors were to be kept outside the camp
until AFTER review, when they would be
allowed the liberty of the grounds ilniIi
taps. Tho soldiers understood the mat
ter Inherently and attempted to bring