The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-14

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The weather has proven. propitious thus
far and neither men nor horses have sur
fered from heat To this prevaiins
mildness is largely due the suceessfui
conduct of the many skirmish drills. ana
the creditable performances on the part
OF the mounted commands
A CHANGE IN WEATHER.
| wednesday morning gave but htue
promise Of a fair day. The air was ra"
| and damp and threatening clouds sur
rounded the camp on all sides sharp
| showers occurred during the early hours
! and the men settled down for loweTy
\ day At brigade headquarters. however,
/ most cheerful views were taken. whlch
| later proved JUSTIFIED when the clouds
/ noon the parade ground was we'll dried
up and conditions for the afternoon
drilling most satisfactory ..,,
up. Following "reveille." and the entire
| DAYS program WAS carried through with,
| out hitch. The camp was inspecteo
during the morning by Major DaNiu nH,ng Fart Fort
Greble and detailed TO this camp Ior pua-
poses of Inspection. Conditions were pro-
! nounced TO be most commensaause ,ss COM. NJ
mands may we'll take pride In the con-
duct of the men under them,
| IN THE HOSPlIAlA.
| The sanitary situation as investigated
by Medical Director Sweet. left little TO
I be desired and the health OF the entlre
brigade is excellent; AT 3 10 2, e,Iek tSa bris. f
ade hospital In each case the conditlon
was comfortable and no immedlate rear
OF serious developments entertained by
The men under treatment at that time
were: Lieut.. Denison or First sepsrate
company. suffering from malaria i, LEU; e,tb
acute intestinal Indigestion; Sergt. y
Porter OF CO. A. First regiment threat
ened with appendicitis. and Walter bar
ber. OF Co. II. First regiment. VINO wa
taken with violent convusions brought
on by hay fever while on duty at the
guard house. He was taken Ill shortly
after 4 clock and the ambulance or the
hospital corps responded to the surgeon
summons. coming up on the dead run
INTERESTING DRILLS.
The drills Yesterday were OF especial
| interest as the mounted commands ex-
ecuted manoeuvres never in recent years
at least. undertaken by these commands
so early In the week The dearth OF am
munition is bemoaned throughout the
camp and II seems douby unfortunate
in the face of such certain Improvement
In all other particulars. The first drill
OF the morning came at o'clock and
was most interesting affair, spectacu-
lar In the extreme
The First Battalion. First Regiment
Infantry made an attack upon the camp
In company extended order. approach
ing the parade ground from the south and
supported by the First Platoon. Machine
Gun Battery under Lieutenant Wood
worth The skirmsh approaches were
finely executed. the splitting Of the ma
chine gums and the fire OF the Springfield
rifles in Company D. First Regiment,
the spirited charge At the completion OF
the attack on the regimental quarters
savored strongly Of the battlefield At
the second drill of the morning similar
movements were INDUCED In by the in
fantry in battalion extended order and
the mounted commands.
LADIES DAY.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning Cen
eral Tanner with eight Of his staff rode
to the Sea View railroad crossing and es-
corted party OF visitors 70 the camp.
Il being Brigade Officers Ladies' day
Special dishes were prepared for dinner
and supper and the cook at headquar-
|. ters made an envisble reputation through
, his efforts at thes-,sseals. The ladies dis
, played the greatest interest in the drills
! and in the camp itself, and their presence
inspired the men 10 fairly outdo them-
selves at the afternoon drills.
At 2 o'clock. Clarkes Second Regiment
band reported At headquarters and gave a
denghtful concert, while the First Regt-
ment band. the Hedley- -Llvsey aggrega-
ton gave a similar concert AZ the First
Regiment headquarters.
The first drill OF the afternoon was
; taken part IN by all the commands Tn.
infantry again indulp~e IN battalion ex
tended order movements, the "a battalion
, OF the Machine Gun Battery under lieut.
Blair executed the standing gun drill
Battery A. beiched forth hre and smok.
In battery drill. a special honor to ex
= Gov. William Sprague who yesterday AZ
ternoon was the guest OF Major Weaver
OF the battery. The cavalry troops carried
out squadron manoeuvres IN fine fashion
This branch OF the service has picked ur
greatly since last years encampment
{. The infantry conlpa nies OF the 22d resi
ment were in command OF their lieuten.
ants AZ the afternoons drill. The move
ments went along without a hitch.
cRowNING FEATURE.
The dress parade OF Infantry at
o'clock was thu crownins feature ef th-
days work. and I'm every detail was the
most satisfactory Of any 50 far held this
week The change from kharki 20 blu,
was welcome one and was surely a
great Improvement. The Governor viii
have parade on Friday we'll worth his
most careful attention and one which 4,
will be true honor to review
Ths guard duty during the ~ hours end.
ing AZ $40 wednesday was excellently
performed and the silent patrols never
for q moment relaxed their vigilance, az
many q strasgler can probably testify.