Evening star., 1900-07-23
SAW SWEETHEARTS
Soldier Boys Also Received Other
Near and Dear Ones.
SUNDAY SCENES And INCIDENTS
The Effect Certain Officers Had
on the Susceptible Opposite Sex.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


| In considerable hard work today. Extend
ed order drill constitutes the chief feature
| OF the program. The 1st and 5th Battal-
| Ions at the rifle range. firing the pre-
! scribed scores. the general health of the
| camp continues excellent. there being no
| cases of a serious nature in the hospital
| The weather conditions and other indica-
] tions point to another large attendance at
| dress parade and the band concert this
| evening.
The intention is to have certain field
| maneuvers tomorrow. The plan calls for
one company to go forth and establish it
| self for defense by throwing up intrench-
ments and adopting other strategic meth
| Ods- Two other battalions will then be
| sent forth with instructions to attack and
| carry the position if possible. Considera BILE
| interest Is manifested in a general court
| martial that is to convene this evening to
| try, among others. Private w. Norbeck Of
| Battery A. Light Artillery. Captain Moore
| the battery commander. charges Private
Norbeck with failure to obey orders The
| detail for the court includes Major Ourand
| Captain Wheaton. Lieutenant Allison, Lieu
tenant Evans and Lieutenant Prosise with
| Lieutenant Roberts as Judge advocate
The general impression seems to he that
Sunday was a notable day in camp The
soldier boys expected visitors from Wash
lngton. whether relatives. sweethearts or
| friends. 1t mattered not much At all
events, the visitors came notwithstanding
the heavy rain of the morning. They came
by scores. by hundreds, and the day passed
very pleasantly
AT an early hour rain began falling and
continued to do so for several hours All
nope of holding dress parade disappeared
only to bob up when the clouds showed
signs of parting. Moisture finally gave way
to sunshine. and in the visitors piled Nine
out of every ten of them brought something
in the way of dainties for the boys in blue
There We're no drills scheduled, and oppor-
tunity was thereby afforded the men to Sc
cure a good rest
Church services were held at the base of
the headquarters flagstaff at 1 o'clock in
the afternoon. Rev. Geo. F. Dudley, who is
chaplain of the I'd Regiment with rank of
captain, conducted the services, and the ac-
compartments for the singing of the hymns
were rendered by the Brigade Band. The
chaplain delivered a brief but forceful and
appropriate sermon. The congregation COM
prised not only guardsmen. but a great
many of the visitors as well.
Immense Crowd.
When first call for dress parade was
sounded the number of those who had en-
tered camp to witness the ceremony was
simply immense. There We're horses and
vehicles by the score. The parade was
a thorough success and afforded 4 most In
teresting and patriotic spectacle. large
representation from the visitors remained
to attend the concert by the band. The mu-
sicians under the direction of their chief
D. B. Mcleod. acquitted themselves in their
usual artistic and finished manner. The
concert was keenly enjoyed.
1t is worthy of remark that not one man
/ found 1t necessary to leave the line during
the ceremony. either by succumbing to the
heat, fainting or otherwise. Therefore the
/ ambulance and the members of the Ambu-
| lance Corps had nothing to DO except TO
make an excellent appearance when march
ing past In review.
The Major Made EN- F'Iutter.
| During dress parade the visitors to camp
and they were mostly of the sex that
usually appears these warm days in dimi-
ties challies and organdies-congregated in
large throngs facing the parade grounds.
The ladies' commented aloud on the parade.
the general appearance of things. the Off
GERS and other individuals. When parade
/ is dismissed had been ordered and the field
officers had marched TO the front and CEN
ter, the commanding general, after remark
ing that the ceremony had proved to be
noticeable improvement over that of the
day before. touched upon several other mat
tiers. The spectators noticed that suddenly
bread grins overspread the countenances of
colonels. majors and regmental adjutants.
only thing l find to criticise, gentle
men, and that Is that the appearance of
Maj. Simms caused a very great tiuttering
and commotion among the ladies all along
the line the remark of the command
ing general that was responsible for the
smile.
More About the Major.
To quote the officer in question, Maj.
Richard Douglas Simms of Georgetown.
who SO ably commands the 9TH Battalion.
is ''the very warmest thing in the ID Regi-
ment." This high temperature in the case
of Maj. Simms is ascribed to the fact that
he is the only battalion commander who has
an extra fly over his tent and awning
fly in front He tells the story of attaining
the luxury thusly:
My inspector of rifle practice. who was
formerly of the regular army. and who
constantly tells us all about the way they
do things in the service. together with my
quartermaster, by dint of great exertion
and in some unaccOuntable manner. OBJ
tanned possession of the extra canvas.
With 1t they made the tent jointly occu-
pied by them as comfortable and as at
tractive as Col. Love appears to be even
during the hottest portions of the after
moons. The inspector OF rifle practice is
duty all day at the rifle range. a mile away,
and the quartermaster is posted at the cor
raj: so really they did not actually need the
extra fly in the awning. Therefore | had
them removed to my tent. This was done
during their absence. The most astonishing
feature of the occurrence is that they did
not notice that the improvements had been
removed from their tent. They went so far
to congratulate me the appearance of
mine. Even after l had told them of the
theft they would not admit that they had
had the canvas. They have the nerve and
l have the tent flies
The General Took the Cakes
Looking forth from his tent yesterday.
Gen. Harries noticed neatly attired col
ored woman attempting to pass a nearby
sentinel. After much parleying she finally
succeeded and advanced directly TO head
quarters.
General Harries," she said, you have
been awfully good and kind and thoughtful
in your treatment of the colored soldiers of
the National Guard. and colored folks
appreciate II. l came out from Washington
this morning and brought you coupe of
cakes IL you will accept them
The cakes Were accepted with thanks
and were tested with pleasure at supper by
( the general and his staff. The donor de-
/ clned to give her name.
Twenty-EiKht Heat Sufferers.
J Major George Henderson. surgeon general
I of the militia. has submitted a report COW
erins the duties performed by the medical
department since the camp was inaugu-
rated The morning of Friday last, he says
was devoted to a more perfect organization
/ OF the field hospital. which was installed
, 2 he ip.y larr