Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-15
LIVELY TINES AT CAMP KELLER.
The Waterbury Soldiers up All Sorts of Franks when off Duty
Many Visitors in Camp During the Week-Waterbuy
Furnished its Share of Them.

1ne pdnu concerts every night are
much enjoyed.
Lieutenant Sandland of Company A
was ol--cer of tie guard yesterday.
The weather is beautiful and most
Oh the boys are in good condition.
Lieutenant Halpin made an admir-
able officer of the guard ON Monday.
Private John Hackett was supposed
to be doing guard duty on Tuesday
night, but half of the time he spent in
sleeping In q tent
company G was marked 100 for po-
nee and 80 for quarters at the inspec,
lion yesterday, while Company AS
MARKS were 100 for police and 90 for
quarters.
Say, wouldn't you think that Nc
heon would get wise and take off
those stripes? Every member of Co
"A has been having fun with him since
he arrived.
Wanted, "a person to cart away the
suck OF wood and the Jumps of coal
which were received by Corporal Gala
nan IN a box labelled "Cakes and Pies.
Handle with care"
How the ladies do admire the hand
some form and strutting walk of ia
cob Astor Sullivan as he is going about
issuing orders. He is one of the most
agreeable officers in camp.
Matte Doyle, driver for the National
Biscuit Co, is doing a land office BUSH
ness in selling Diamond ginger ale and
lemon soda at camp. He sold two bar
rels of the liquids yesterday.
Among the guests at Company A
street yesterday We're Mrs Barber and
Mrs Wood of Waterbury, Miss Jackson
and the Misses Esteece of Springfield
and Miss Strong of Hartford
Mike Peters: 'sThat is a nice way
to speak to your superior officer"
Gene Sullivan had just issued a per-
emptoryr order for him to make his
presence scarce around the captains
quarters
Private Elmer Thompson of Co A
has lost ten pounds already. TT
work is having much effect upon him
and Private Stout of Co A. They APP
pear tired and weary and are longing
for home.
Since Privates Bannon and Wolff
dug the trenches on Monday they have
not been able to do anything. Sur
geon kilmartin says their systems
are out of order because they were so
unused to manual labor.
The guard details for Thursday were
as follows: Company G, Privates Gil
bert, Hapenny and Lynch; Company A,
Sergeant Barker, Corporal Anderson,
Privates Hawthorne, Haase, Elaine,
Jagel Beisinger and Blewitt.
Private Mccarthy, CLERK at the
Apothecaries' Hall), says that he will
do things to Andrew McCullum, IA fell
low clerk, when he returns to Water
bury. He accuses Andy of being the
sender of a mysterious package.
One of the local newspaper CORE
spondents received the following tele-'
gram: "Editor-Come home; you've
killed enough. (SigneO Chrisie.o The
beauty of it was the fact that he had
to pay 35 cents for the telegram.
Mrs M. Frenzy and daughter Kath-.
crime Of Waterbury, Mrs Philip Dough
erty and daughter, Mrs p. Berry of
Hartford and James Frenzy of Hart
ford, who are summering at Crescent
Beach, are frequent visitors at camp.
The Misses Hickey of Willimantic
are frequent visitors at Co G. street.
Particular attention is paid to one of
them by, Clerk John Donovan, who had
charge Of Captain Fitzpatrick's tent
during his absence on Tuesday night.
Captain Fitzpatrick: s'The bows
will take their ponchos on the march
You know we are tin soldiers and if it
should rain and we had no ponchos,
well, we would get rusty and would
not be fit for service
Privates Wolff of Company G and
Porter of Company A lost their way
last night and slept for short time in
one of the tents of Company A, sep
arate. One of the colored boys wanted
to put them in. the guardhouse for so
doing.
Private Schwartz of Company A had
an exciting experience on Wednesday
in riding a horse. The animal was
feeling rather spry and began to cut
up pranks with the result that he
threw his rider over stone wall. For
tunately he escaped from being seri-
ously injured.