Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-10
SOLDER BOYS IN CAMP.
The Grounds Were Tn Fine Con-
 dition This Morning.

The Grounds Were Tn Fine Con-
 dition This Morning. 1 Battery A and the Second Regiment Were the First to Arrive, Reaching Camp at 8:3O- The Other Regi ments Didn't Get h Until After 1o
 O'clock.
 Mantle, Aug 1O.-Ideal weather conditions seemed an augury for a pleasant and successful week in camp when the soldiers of the Connecticut National Guard arrived here this morning to begin their annual tour of military duty out Of doors. It was a welcome change from former camp experiences to the older members of the Guard to find the camp ground thoroughly dry and swept clean of all debris. For week the work of pre- dbers has been going on here under the direction of Adjutant General Cole, who by the new law now acts also as quartermaster general, com missary general and paymaster gen. eral, an arrangement which is expect ed to improve the efficiency of the ser vice, and everything has been practi- cally ready for the encampment since Saturday. Tents, mattresses, bed- steads for officers. blankets, flags, ta- bles, shovels, blank cartridges and stores and general camp equipment have been on the ground several days, and were turned over to Brigadier General Russell Frost in due form by the adjutant general
 The arriving soldiers found the compaly street lines marked out, the tent floors laid, and the baggage chests which had been sent along in advance, deposited in the proper places. No tents except those of the quarterma ster sergeants had been pitched, but speedily after the guards men had debarked from the trains the tents went up like magic, company by company, and long before noon the camp had taken on the appearance of a white city, bordered and checkered by lanes of green. The order of the encampment from right to left was as follows: First regiment, Second, Fourth, Third, First Separate com pany (colored), Battery A, Light artil- lery, Troop A of cavalry. which is marching across country from New Haven by easy stages and will occupy a place at the extreme left of the camp.
 Battery A from Guilford and Bran ford, and the Second regiment from New Haven were the first arrivals of the morning, their special train com ing in at about S:30. nearly on time. The other specials were delayed for some reason, and 1t was after 10 o'clock when the last of the companies reached the camp.
 Only one accident attended the con- fusion of the arrival of the troops at camp. Private Kleinkus of the first platoon, Battery A of Guilford, was as- sisting in the unloading of a gun when the trail struck his foot, bruising it badly.
 The ceremonies of guard mount were performed this noon. The total strength of the brigade in camp, from the off, cial figures, is 2.26S. The Second regi- ment has 6S2 present, with only twenty one absentees.
 Middletown, Aug 1O.-Troop A of the Connecticut National Guard, which is on it's way overland from New Haven to Niantic. broke it's Sun day camp at Durham this morning, shortly after 8 o'clock, hundreds ef Durham residents turning out to wit ness their departure. The troop reached MiddletoWn at 9:45, but made no stop here, going immediately across the Connecticut river by the highway bridge to Portland. To- night the troop will encamp at East Hampton on the shore of Lake Poco- topaug, and Tuesday night the camp will be at Chesterfield. It is planned to reach Niantic the following day.
 To-day's march will be only nine miles. but the roads are very hilly, and the speed of the troopers has to be accommodated to the rather slow progress of the baggage wagons.