The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

The second call at o'clock. For this
daily stunt the officers are divided into
.hree groups. Every man is equipped
ike enlisted men, In one group are
he officers of the Second Regiment and
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
IN the second are the commanders of |
he First Regiment, while in the third
are those of the Fourth. They are
aalled companies. The colonies of the
three regiments act as captains. while
the regimental staff officers are the
ieutenants.
Captain Particle did the inspection
work for the first named of these to-
day. He is known as the strictest,
livest and most popular of all the in
structors. He hesitates not a moment
in expressing his opinions. Like the
fond father, he lays on the slipper,
while he says that it hurts him worse
than it does the officers Not an incor-
rect movement escapes his eye. and
not a second passes before the culprit
is told about it. Criticism is instan-
taneous and direct, without mincing
words. When it's over the officers who
bore the brunt of the engagement say
admiringly: He's the best in the bus
mess"
Further down the company street
Captain Hunter B. Nelson, Fourteenth
Infantry, lectured' the First Regiment
officers on the care of shoes and feet.
He referred TO the recent action of the
Virginia Military Board in decreeing
that the State Should pay part of the
cost of tan shoes used on duty. He
said that these should be on inspection.
The care of feet after marching was
the subject of part of Captain Nelson's
remarks. They should be washed and
tended, he said. He told how he went
through a 500-mile march in Montana,
while other officers only made part OF
| the itinerary. many of them being
younger than he. Then he told the Sc
cret-rubber heels.
| AS to the kit, he did not think it
| could be properly considered at this
| time, inasmuch as the War Depart
ment has under way plan for reduc-
ing the weight and rearranging the
contents. 1t was, he said, understood
that the reduction would be about
seventeen pounds.
Lieutenant Colonel Craighill. acting
as lieutenant, put the boys through the
manual of arms, after which Major
Price, a mere sergeant dismissed tho
company.
Time for supper.
I" carly lHe pOyo SdL doW IL III tHSAA
tents. Then Bugler Scott appeared at
the head of the street and sounded the
mess call In three seconds the last
mess hall.
TASTES better than anything at
Rueger's,' said a Blues officer as he
put away quart of cold oatmeal
'.Herc, don't let those scrambled eggs
>aety n,, won't get haC X
to this part of the table"
Best bread OH earth" as tile cold
rolls appeared.
makes finest coffee l ever tasted.
Last call for rations until $50 to-
morrow morning"
Jim, hurry up with some more colo
| ham
Fifteen minutes later Acting Adiu-
tant-General C. L. Wright mounted c
| chair Lecture begins at I o'clock to-
| night instead of s." he announced. Thi!
was greeted with applause.
Mayor Wright is in charge of head
quarters, which is tent containin,
| the browning glory of a typewriter
| Said typewriter is operated by Ser
geant Keckert. of Company B, Firs
Regiment, detailed for that purpose
Its cinch," said the sergeant, a
he saw the boys go out for five
Il mile hike. "All I got to do is to pla
4 on this" as he ground out few NOR
dozen orders,
Musician Scott, the camp bugler wa
1 detailed from the same company.
Price Uses Sheets.
There IS one pair Of sheets in camp
These articles are tho property o
Major L. T. Price. ooh, well, he hasn'
been in the service very long" sale
one of his officers in his defense.
In the Saturday hike one of the of
ncers killed moccasin After lectur,
} tho entire camp turned out and ran
sacked the swamp, but not anothe
reptile would be kind enough to com
out and bite a thirsty officer One o
the officers took an antidote befor
Z starting, and 1t happened that at thi
moment captain Fl. II. Hunt, of Farm
VILE came along With his littl
camera He has been offered his
price for that nlm Captain Hunt
! a photographer by profession, and ha
: taken" everybody from every cor
ceivable angle.
: Three OFFICERS with field glasses sa
# the comet Saturday night. 1t had =
), tail, but shone resplendently in II
j. moonlight One Of them CHANGED TO 9
q up TO the top OF the hlli near u
y mess hall and put his hand on II,
u was a tin cup on top of a water pa
h rel. After satisfying themselves tht
n this was what they saw the office
"a retired, They Will fight anybody WI
- says comet to them,
4 IT would be more proper to say thi
:, they "oriented" what they thought W.
Halleyfs spectacle Orientation Is u
= camp turn for location, and has b
4 come part of the lingo, Every Office
wanting TO locate anything "orient'
it,
An informal dance is planned to
had Tuesday night at the Counti
Club. adjoining the camp ground.
Brgadier-G General c. c., Vaugha,
the ranking officer of the Virgin
militia, is everywhere al once,
y command, in fact, as we'll as in nam