The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-22
SECOND REGIMENT
OFF FOR CAMP
Leaves for Mantle on Special
Train at Half-Past
Six This Morn
ing.
TWO COMPANIES
MINUS CAPTAINS
Captain Hall Of Company q
to be Acting Major, while
Captain Allen Goes
to Wakefield.

The Second regiment left for CaInp
Woodruff at Mantle this morning at
$780, AS the special pulled out from
the New Haven station the soldier boys
let out one grand whoop and settled
down for the hour ride to camp.
Practically every company went with
a full quota, and in two cases the rea-
son for the lack of complete one was
because the absent ones were detailed
for the Wakefield shoot, for whAca
place they left yesterday afternoon in.
command Of Major Ernest Isbell. Two
companies were minus a captain be~
cause Of this, Captain Arnon A. Alltng
of the Blues being relieved from duty
at camp while Cantain Hall Of the
Light Guard will be the acting major
of the third battalion in the absence OF
Major Isbell. Lieutenant Reebe Will
captain the Blues, while Lieutenant
Edgar Thomas will lead the Light
Guards
The armory was vary quiet last4eyen-
ing, only four company rooms being
open.
In the machine gun battery rooms
some of the meh were loungfng about
! talking about the pleasures and hardtr
| ships of former years. But those past
experiences were not all that was dis
cussed How to initiate the rockies.
the men at camp for the first time,
came in for a good share of the conver-
sattcn. The gunners say they have O.
| brand new stunt up their sleeves to
try on the rockies. The baggage detail
men stayed at the armory all night, as
they were due at the station at 4:30.
The Bridgeport platoon left at AIS, and
reached New Haven at 5. The New
Haveners went on with the Bridgeport
contingent.
The Light Guard quarters were the
scene of much hilarity, the cause Of it
| all being what they'd do to the rockies,
many Of whom were present and lock-
ing sheepish. Only the baggage detail,
and these same rockies remained down
at the armory for the night. the men
who have been at camp and know what
camp cots are. going home to exper-
ience the luxury of a soft bed for the
last time in week. Next year the
rockies wont be SO anxious to stay.
In the City Guard rooms, congregated
around the large center table, were a
crowd of the old boys, and with them
also the main subject Of conversation
was what would happen to the rockies
OF course, these first year men will go
up in the blanket, perhaps as high as
that home sick rookie last year who,
when he descended from heights un-
known, claimed he saw New Haven off
in the distance. One Of the sergeants
had book full of initiation stunts
and he says he has a new one that has
never be handed out to the ''greenies" :"
With the exception of the machine
kgun platoon, all of the companies as
sembled at the armory at $3.50 and 81
6 o'clock the order fall ini" was given
and the men were again under military
; discipline When the local companies
had reached the station they found
companies A! and G Of Waterbury AMI
company M Of Torrington there aheat
of them. On the special on which these
companies came were Colonel James
Geddes, Captain Goss, the regimentaI
adjutant, Chaplain John N. Lewis, and
Assistant Surgeon J. J, Kilmartin. Tht
! Etrain pulled out on time.