Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-18
FORT ChSWE,L DRILL
Realistic War NsECeGgels in
Coast Defense.
GoIdSboro Military Companies SustaIa
Themselves With Characteristic Dis
tinCtion and Rejecting Credit
Upcn the Best Town in
THE State.
the State.

THE State.
Editor Argus:-On Wednesday, nigh
our two Military Companies returned
to 1.-THE city from a ten days encamp-
ment at Fort Caswell. N. G.. The train
which brought our boys back also
carried the Clinton. Durham. Lexing-
ton, Greensboro and Salisbury Com
panies and the Clinton and Reidsville
detachment of the Hospital Corps. 1t
My required a few minutes to unload
the two cars OF heavy baggage, hustle
it to the Armories and then make for
Home, Sweet Home. For though the
boys say that the Lad the time OF
their lives, they We're, nevertheless.
gIa TO get back to- the Besi Town i'll
the State. .
The officers Say that they have never
before seen sucE exec Iient department,
such attention 10 ail duties aid such
eagerlle~s 10 learn, as was evidenced
by every man VIII" attended the ma
some interesting problems were
worked on; by The JOINT forces OF regu-
lar AMI militia1fool :. That ofthe last
few days was as fol The assump
1Iuu WAS that we were at war with
ternany, that the latter countr! had
s+nt ii hoet OF vessels /" 5ard
W4inlnston, that Wilmington haG.
fallen and that The fleet Was now oper-
ating against Fort CasW ell and that
undtr the o er Of the fleets guns
land. The enemy was represented by
a force of regulars and the fleet by
every available vessel in the harbor.
The landing was attempted at night
but so eli dis pose were the troop
on ,iIore, So taor. ughly up in tactic
and so alert Was every one, that every
ait. lnpt 80 land was frustrated, as the
judges declared, with heavy loss to the
eneuy.
VUr ..oys. too, were under fire during
the sim lied attack and displayed
that ora steadiness ana initiative
that nav ehars cterized the North Caro-
lima soli.or as unequaled in history,
and our Wayne County boys as the
braVest OF the rave. We ale told that
IN. 'front.' of the d~efen".ng army ex-
ttndeI over an area of three miles,
and that, with The fire flashing from
these undreds of rifles, the sharp
words OF commands, tt t shrill blast
of bugles conveying orders, the power
fnl S archlight play ing on the oceans
picking up Tie vessels here and there,
immedidiately followed by the heavy
10 II of the cannons and mortars of the
i TT as they be.chtd forth their shot
al she'll, was indeed a realistic and
inst..ilI.g Eeciacle.
1t was early the following morning
tint the great war garne ended and
tie trte"ps were held in the position
Gty last occupied until the Judges
G u.d Inspect every disposition made.
Flley decl4 red that all arrangements
wers Perfect and. that there was nc
crit cism to- make
The above brief sketch of but part
o. The PROGRAM gives the lay mind only
q vague idea of the scope OF the work
which our troops performed, but
nevertheless, fully illustrates the fac
that The instruction was interesting
and the phases realistic in h extreme
Goldsboro, as usual, was ever in thu
front. Our companies were In every
instance assigned TO he most iinper
ta1t positions in the various BATH,
70 atiuns S, looked best at Guart
Mounting and on Dress Parade, carried
the straightest lines and received tn,
most applause. The boys did them
selves proud and fully upheld the envi
able reputation of our good town. An,
when nyone would ask, "Wher
are these troops from? >, tne natura
answer was alW U.S., my must b
from The Best Town IL the State
And still I'VE go Foru