Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
GOVERNORS DAY AT NIANTIC CAMP Customary Honors For States Chief Executive and His Staff @<5-Combat Exercise By Battalions Was On The Pro-
 erarnnle For The Infantry On Wednesday.

The tactical talks by the regular army officers which have been given after the morning work and in the evening, were deferred until even- ing.
 The weather was ideal, there being just enought breeze to temper the heat of the sun.
 Officers of the Camp.
 Brigadier- General George M. Cole, the adjutant- general, is in command of the camp, with Colonel w. E, k. Landers, adjutant-gen as adjutant. Colonel Hickeys field and staff con- Sists of Lieutenant Colonel R. J. Good man, Major Edward F.. Lamb, Major John L. Purcell, Captain Philip E. Curtiss, adjutant; Captain Wilfred II. Dresser quartermaster; Captain Mi chael F. Owens, commissiary; Lieute- nants F. w. PincheS J. H. Dowd and J. E. Mahon battalion adjutants; Iieutenants Ulris E. RiVard, Edward C. Harrington and Harold c. Hart, bat talion quartermasterS, and the Rev. pr. Michael A Sullivan, chaplain. Major H. A. Tyler, M. C., and Lieutenant Hugh F. Flaherty are attached as med ical officers, and Captain Roland E. Andrews, an ordnance officer. The Sig nal corps company is commanded by Captain Frederick W. Prince and Am bulance company No. l, by Captain Otto G. Wiedman.
 Three regular army officers, First Lieutenants Townsend Whelen, Twen- ty-ninth infantry; Walton Goodwin, jr., Fifth infantry, and Elmer F. Rice, First infantry, have been detailed to act as instructors.
 On Tuesday, the progressive instruc- tions in infantry combat, leading up to the battle which is scheduled to con clude on Friday the heavy work of the week for the infantrymen of the Con- necticut National Guard at Camp Baldwin, entered it's second stage. The men were marched out from their little tented city with it's tan colored pyra- mid tents about : o'clock in the morn ing and put through a series of stiff drills to impress on them what they should do in actual fighting. They marched in extended order, but were grouped by companies instead of by squads as on the first day and instruct ed in deploying, rushing, taking cover, loading, firing and so forth.
 When they returned to camp in the late forenoon the men were dismissed but the officers, commissioned and non commissioned. had to attend a se- ries of talks by the regular army off cerS on fire direction, fire control and fire discipline, These were in prep aration for the field work of the after noon, which included company drills along these lines.
 Health of Camp Good
 The health of the camp has been excellent. The Firsts medical officers have had to deal only with one mild case of heat prostration and one ab- cess, the latter the possession of an enlisted man who said he had ben trained to swear in seven languages and would do so as soon as the shoulder straps got out of his agitated neighbOrhood. He did.
 We'll Fed.
 And the men are well fed, too. One of the company cooks, who in time of peace is a wholesale meat salesman, was heard complaining that the com missariat was buying expensive hind quarters of beef when good solid chucks would do as we'll Taking the fine weather, the frightened work the fresh air and the increasing instruc- tion, the guardsmen have found the first half of their week in the field very pleasant indeed.