Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-14
CAMP RICHARDS.
Rain Interferes With the Number Of
Sunday Visitors.
Amusements Of The Boys Amuse the Visitors
Punishments Administered.

| Camp Richards, Sunday, to visit friends
among the members of the Augusta ca
| diets. The boys had lots of fun during
| the shower and did not mind it at all,
| although it seriously interfered with the
| duties of the camp.
| The boys have as good a time during
| the rain as any other time, for they 90
to each others tents and sing, play games
and have other sport which good, healthy
| boys who are enjoying themselves always
find. They go down to the brook for a
swim or else clothe themselves in their
| rubber coats, ponchos or mackintoshes
and go up to Mr.. Knowles barn, where
a big swing has been hung for the boys
| to amuse themselves with. A number of
| the boys had lots of fun, Sunday after
| noon, watching the smoke from a burn
ing barn in Manchester.
The health of the boys is remarkably
good Some Of them eat too much but
now they are becoming accustomed to
camp life and are more careful They
have a plain diet and when their parent.
send out some good thing, such as pies
and cakes, they have eaten too much for
their good. For couple of days some
of the boys have eaten but little on this
account. but, yesterday, they all com
menced TO again eat.
The sunday dinner was dandy, for the
boys had pea soup, potatoes. becfsteak
ana ice cream. fhey had a royal good
time al dinner and entertained a number
Of the boys parents.
The o'clock inspection Is now not 50
much dreaded as when the boys first went
into camn- They have learned how TO
keep their tents in good order and so
General White Is not obliged to throw
the things into the company street, as ne
was on the first day of camp. The ban
ner tent for the first three days has been
the one occupied ny Prvates Henry
Trask. Walter Thing and james Murray.
Henry Trask is in charge or tn. tent ana
the boys take interest In keeping
things as neat as wax. An old maid could
not do better than these three boys. They
are gems OF neatness and surely must be
the delight Of their mothers
The boys are not now suffering from
nostalgia on the first few days. Little
Leon Lippincott and Walter Hendee have
never before been away from their
mothers over night until coming To the
camp. and they have been models Of sol,
'''' - hiii4i''H0- IVY nave iul MADE
any complaints 10 DR." Tuell of suffer
ing from homesickness. but once in a
while they have been caught standing
looking down the road toward home with
a wIstful expression on their faces As
soon as they would be approached by
anyone, look a determination would
cross their faces and they would join
with the other boys In the sports.
The dress parade is surely worth see
ing The boys march out like veterans
and 60 through the movements as well
as the volunteer troops who at this time
last year We're camped at Camp Powers.
Srrgt. Major Connors is model He can
guide the drum corps around the parade
ground like a veteran drum major. AMI
his movements and signs are as soldierlv
as could be desired. Little Lieut.. Dan
Haskell looks sweet enough to kiss as he |
stands reviewing officer as one young
lady expressed it.
The fun Of camp is shown more lust |
after dress parade. The duties OF the day |
are then all completed and the boys are |
free to have good time and they have |
it, 1t is good as circus to see the
boys romp and play. The little cadets
have evidently learned the tricks of SOL
diers, for favorite amusement during
this play hour is tossing each other in a
blanket, the same as in the army
PrivateS Thomas Ferran and Walter
Savage furnish a good part Of the fun in
their presentation of a rooster fight They
run at each other full tilt and bunt into
each others chests. 1t is real fun to |
watch them. A visit to the camp i
all 10 4,
Lean which was ever put on the market.
1t Is picnic and none can fail to have a |
good time on visit to camp
Private Murphy is another of the boys |
who furnishes a lot of amusement He
can perfectly initiate a crow or canary |
and his peculiar noises in the teeth cause |
wonder on the part Of the uninitiated
Corporal Carl Gooch went out in the |
shower, or rather strayed from camp and |
did not return in time to escape from the |
shower. Sunday afternoon When he |
reached camp his clothes were wet
through. 1t would never do TO allow him
10 remain In this condition, So the hos
pital corps took him to the hospital tents
and after stripping him gave him a good |
rubdown and a dose of quinine and lie
was put to bed for the rest of the afte.--
noon.
The other services rendered by Surgeo |
Tuell taken from his daily health re-
port of Sunday We're: Clifford cold. |
quinine, improved; w. Savage, cold, |
quinine, improved; Young, pimple vase
line and nlaster. improved" The latter |
case was the most serious but promptly |
yielded to the good treatment.
The boys have developed a great habit |
of chewing gum since going into camp |
and ii is regular gum chewing contest |
all the time. 1t spread to such an alarm
ing extent that some of the boys were |
chewing on dress parade. AS punishment |
for doing this, they had to chew in front |
of headquarters for Is minutes.
Since few of the boys received this |
punishment the disease has decreased |
Another thing which was severely pun,
ished was the habit of going to mess with |
open blouses. After few boys had been |
sent back to camp and made to wait until
the others had finished, this habit also |
disappeared,
Each morning and afternoon, eight men
with a sergeant and corporal are sent 20
the rifle butts, just in the rear Of the
camp, where they are given target prac-
tice They have just commenced the