Evening journal., 1905-07-18
GOVERNOR PLEASED
AT GUARDS SHOWING
RIFLE PRACTICE WAS STARTED AT CAMP
John HASLET THIS MORNING-COL
ONEL EWING IN CHARGE
BATTALION HAS A SHAM BATTLE

- Ab aAah
Stan Correspondent The Evening Journal.
Camp John Haslet, LumbrooS. July lS.-
Governor Lea. Adjutant- General Wicker
sham, Colonel Townsend and. in fact all
of the officers of the First Regiment. Ma
tionnl Guard Of Delaware, encamped here
are much pleased at the showing made
by the citizen soldiers during the few days
they have been in camp That It Is purely
a camp for Instructions is evident by the
numerous manoeuvers the regiment and
the companies separate have been put
through. one week In camp will do the
men more good from military stand
point than all the drills they have during
the entire year and already they are get
ting the swing OF the regular soldiers
1t is proposed TO have something new
In the way OF manoeuvers every day The
guardsmen display a great deal OF in
terest IN every tactic which they are put
through and never seem happier than
when they are on the parade ground
drilling. Good order continues to prevail
In camp and therefore the guard house is
empty.
STANDING HEAT WELL.
The soldiers are standing the heat well
and outside * Private Charles Baker OF
Company II, on Sunday. there have been
no heat prostrations
Though the sun is hot the air Is pure
and cool and the heat is not oppressive.
There IS no sickness whatever in camp.
which speaks well for the sanitary ar
rangements Both the officers and men
are finding the shower baths a great COM
fort and they are in use almost CONSTANT
ly, late IN tho afternoons. The pipes are
run along on the ground from the tank
70 the baths and during the middle OF the
day the water was too hot to bath In.
Although the numerical size OF the
guard has decreased. its efficiency and
the high character OF the men and ON.
GERS are no less than in 'oS. when the First
Regiment was selected from all the sol.
diers at Camp Meade. Harrisburg. to b,
guard Of honor on the occasion OF Presl
dent MoKinley's visit to the camp.
TARGET PRACTICE.
The target practice started this morn
ing and Is a feature OF the camp. All o
the targets have been erected except IN
600 yards They are so arranged that IN
men can shoot on an the ranges at IN
same time. Colonel Ewing and Capital
Rogers had charge Of the men who wer
out today.
Interest IN the Workmanship trials !
Increased by the knowledge that a team
OF Is men, to represent the state az tn
national rife range at Sea Girt. will b.
picked according 20 the performances 70
morrow and on succeeding days. Colone
! Ewing. who is himself a crack shot an.
has been a member Of national team
competing IN Europe. is IN charge OF tn
rifle practice.
The 1o0O-yard range extends across
wheat field. over a dam to a haif-woode,
hillside on the shorter ranges a mum
Der OF the new targets IN the shape OF
mans body, have been erected. aud TN
men will practice shooting at the vita
spots. Men Who have a general averag
Of Is per cent. or over will compete in tn
, trials for the Sea Girt team.
SHAM BATTLE.
The Second Battalion in command o
Major Boyd will be put through the sam
manoeuYers early this afternoon. as tn
First Battalion in command OF Maio
Boyd was put through yesterday after
noon
The skirmishing OF the First Battaio
yesterday. was a feature. The men wer
interested in the work and although
was sizzling hot there were no heat pros
trations. II lasted from 10 3 o'clock.
The First Battalion was marched o.
the field and the men were put throug
[ the manoeuvers OF battalion actin
alone. That is the battalion was suppose
10 be about 20 engage a real enemy an
= they were TO fight without supports. TIL
men were marched 10 the northernmos
side Of the field Major Doherty desie
mated Company C as the firing line, Com
pany A as the support, and Company
, as the reserve. Scouts were sent out an
! after a while discovered the imaginar
: enemy behind earthworks just across m
road that extends in front OF genera
q headquarters at the south Of the dri
field.
When the enemy was located, the m
e ing line broke into squads and advances
z The nearer they approached the small'
J, grew the formation in order TO make th
firing as dimoult as possible for II
enemy.