The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-11


then brought on to the field and the
men lying down on the ground placed
their rifles on the sand bags, which
were used as rests. After the men had
/ sighted their guns at the targets the
sights were examined by the following
expert marksrnen: Lieutenant ,Beebe,
Sergeant Williams and Corporal Alcorn.
Those that were out OF the way were
corrected by the men under the direc-
ton of the inspectors. The other COM
panies also pitched tents during the
day and had the regular drills. An in
novation this year is having the signal
corps mounted, and also having them
carry carbines. They had r driii on
horse back during the afternoon. At
sunset the regular regimental drill was
held.
As always, there is the usual amount
Of fun and pranxs played i'm the camp,
but it is not as strenuous as in former
years owing to the fact that there ARE
no more happy homes destroyed" The
reason for this is that this year the
guns are attached to the tops of the
tents instead of lying on the. ground,
and. were the tents cut down when the
Inmates were asleep some of those I'M
der cover would likely be seriously in
Jured by the falling guns, so this form
Of amusement was dispensed with.
! One of the most amusing incidents, of
the camp this year occurred yesterday
morning, when two of the band men
were put in hook" alias, the guard
house, and might he there yet were it
inot that they were bailed out by Lead
| er Frank Fichtl. The were were Bill
| lie'' Hegel and Steve" Cook, and they
were pitiable sight ~ as they told
| their sorrowful tale, or rather refused
, TO tell it yesterday afternoon. Never
theless, a number of their good friends
were only too anxious to tell the story
for them 1t seems that Steve exS
ipeeted his wife TO reach Mantle on the
noon train and Billie expected that a
friends of his would come with her, I'm
like the proverhiaE mouse and the
, trap" 1t was an easy matter for them
to get out Of eaInn apparently, but
when theyJ tried t Set back they could
lonly get as far as the guard house,
1 therefore the mouse" story was re-
iyersed. T.
| Dressed in their parade uniforms and
looking spick and span the duo started
for the depot shortly before train time.
Whether the, guard at the gate took
them Cor brigade officers or not ~ not
known, but anyway they got out all
right, without question. Unluckily, or
luckily the ladies did not arrive until
a later train, so the two returned to
camp much disappointed. As they
started to go through the gate the
guard held them up for their passes.
and as they did not have any they were
taken into the guard house and locked
up.
Some one told Leader Fichtl of the d.
lemma In which his trusty lieutenants
were, and he quickly rush to the res
cue. No. not only did he go, but also
the entire band and they took their in.
struments with them, thereby showing
the popularity in which Billie and
steve are held by their companions
After the band had played "The An.
gels Serenade" In front of the guard
house, Leader Fichtl went inside and
succeeded In getting the men released,
AS the men came forth they were
greeted with cheers and then an i'm.
promptu procession was started The
band led the way and marched across
the parade grounds playing "Ain't 1t {
Shame The procession was cheeret
from one end Of the line Of march II
the other. and thenheroes of the occa'
sion received the applause blushringls
and proudly. 1t Is said that when tht
band returns to this city there will BIZ
something doing on Crown street
and that billie" and Steve" will pay
the shot. Mr.. Hegel and Mr.. Cook are
two of the most popular and best liked
members of the band.
Sergeant Howard S. Williams and
Corporal William f. Alcorn, both Of the
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1 Continued ~, ET;FtG Toano ,.