The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-07-28
SECOND REGIMENT ENCAMpMENT.

SECOND REGIMENT ENCAMpMENT. s
A Member Of the Bambers Guards Writes ott
Their Recent Trip to Columbia-hishiy
Pleased With Everything.
The "boys" Of the second South Caro-.
lima Volunteer Infantry should, If they
do not, feel grateful to those men who so
wisely selected Ridgewood as camp site
for the recent encampment.
Just four miles westward OF the city OF
Columbia lies Scamp Columbia" the
nearest approach to q perfect camp
ground that the State troops have yet
been fortunate enough to occupy.
An abundant supply ofpure water, that
very necessary article Of mans existence,
might well be named as one of the points
of superiority over all other camp grounds
in this State that have been used in recent
years, to say nothing of the high, dry lo..
cation and the magnificent parade ground
in close proximity to the camp proper. IS
1t seemed that every necessity whichs
might prove of assistance to the 'boys
was carefully looked into and arranged
before their coming. Electric lights for:
the company streets and officers quarters
was quite an improvement over the other.
camps, and especially that at the Isle e5of:
Palms last year. There was only one
thing to even slightly mar the otherwiss|
perfectly pleasant encampment, and that
was the apparent lack Of enthusiasm on
the part of the visitors wao daily throngs
ed the edges of the parade ground to Wit
ness the daily parade.
Now, there might have been one or
more Of several reasons for this apparents
lack of enthusiasm. First, because Of tho
repetition by each regiment of the sams'
features, and second, because the citizsn
soldiery did not come up to the expected
standard of the visiting public. However,
we shall not let this little article resolve
itself into kick, but we 90 think that &,
greater display of appreciation would
have encouraged the boys and urged them
to attain even better results.
For those who might feel interested Inc
the doings Of our own boys of Co. GYs
more familiarly known as the Bambetg.
Guards, We chronicle briefly their part iu
the recent bit Of camp life. 81
Thursday morning, July 18th, at seven
o'clock precisely, the special train order
ed here for the conveyance Of the second
battalion pulled out of town with forty.
three men rank and file aboard, including s
Romeo Govan, the well.known character, /,
as company cook.
Upon reaching Orangeburg we took on
the two companies from there and ~
fourth from Fort Motto, which completed S
the battalion. Arriving in Columbia atsi
11.S0 We were at once conveyed by trolley
to Scamp Columbia" which had been oc.
cupied the week previous by the third
regiment, and after having been assigned q
to quarters the men Immediately settled &
down to the business Of making things &
home-like and soon the welcome odors ofs
boiling coffee and other things to refresh B
the inner man were waited up to us from
Romeo's domain, whence we repaired i'm. 4
mediately. 5|
Dinner over, We turned our attention 4
to the quarter-master to whom we went
for blankets, cots, and other camp neces.s
sites, which were issued in regular style,
being receipted for by each companY
commander. -
This, we might say, was pleasant ins
contrast to the "grab-game" of the Isle of
Palms last year, where the best grabber.
got the largest share.
During the whole encampment Capt.
Wright was ably assisted by Lieut.. Price,
and 1st Sergeant Bamberg, who did work
that was much appreciated by the men.
And, too, each man seemed to take per-
sonal pride in trying to make the best
show possible.
When you hear the routine Of one daysi
you know just how the week was spent.
Nothing exceptionally startling took
place that We might chronicle further, and
for amusement at dull moments the blSnss
keters relieved the dullness by tossing
every negro lad caught within the lines.
"SARaE."
How Time Flies. s;s