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Von. VEE “Neo, 33: NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1898. Price Ten Cenrs. YALE IN CAMP. First Week Shows the Recruits in Good Health and Spirits. It is now a week since the Yale platoon of Battery A, C. N. G., went into camp at Niantic. In spite of the disagreeable weather during the first part of the week and the discomforts which are inevitable in a militia camp, the enthusiasm which characterized the men is increasing instead of diminish- ing. They all want real work at once, and hope for an immediate removal to a federal camp. | The men are rapidly getting into shape and another fortnight will put them besides the best of the State’s contingent. W. J. Weston, ’98 S., of Nebraska, has been commissioned a Second Lieutenant; D. C. Twichell, 08, and F. V. Chappell, ’98 S., have been made Sergeants; and the Corporals are H. Parkhurst, ’98 S.; C. C. Jones, ’98; J. R. Paxton, 98; C. L. Sherwood, ’98 S. These officers discipline the men in earnest, who are learning to obey with- out word or sign any order, whatso- ever its nature. ‘No case of sickness has yet occurred and the examining doctors did not find it necessary to reject a single man when enlistments were going on. The result of this has been that a number of the substitutes who were taken to fill possi- ble vacancies have enlisted in the First Regiment, C. N. G. The quarters of the Yale platoon are situated on the extreme east of the camp, on the shore of the little bay at Niantic. Fifteen tents have been al- lotted for their use and the neighboring artillery stables are serviceable in rainy weather. Many of the men slept in the horse barns among the hay last Sunday night, the tents not being proof against the fierce storm of wind, rain and hail which prevailed. The appetite of the average Yale re- cruit is large, but indiscriminating. E. P. Treat, ’98, is detailed to look after the supplies and superintend the ardu- ous duty of cooking the meals. A. C. Ledyard, ’98; G. Foster Sanford, and E. E. Marshall, ’99 S., are the assist- ant chefs. There is one Harvard man in the platoon. On Monday, Sergeant Chappell, Corporal Jones and Private Schroeder were in town securing the names of men who were willing to fill the places of men in Battery A, who for one rea- son or another could not go with the command. The recruiting officers had their headquarters at the Second Regi- ment Armory, and in a short time twenty-five men had signified their will- ingness to go, on a call by wire from Niantic. It will not be known till the latter part of the week how many men will be needed to fill. the vacancies, but it will probably reach as high as twenty. Yale recruits are at a pre- mium, as the whole platoon has shown by its bearing during the last week the kind of soldiers the students are mak- ing. | That the men are kept busy, may be seen from the following daily routine of camp life: os on Reveille, 5.45 A.M.; assembly, 5.50 A. M.; sick call, 6.00 a. M.; mess call 6.45 A.M.; police call, 7.00 A.M.; platoon drill, 7.30 to 8.30 A. M.; inspection of quar- ters 8.00 A. M.; platoon drill, 10.00 to 11.15 A. M.; orderly calls, 12.00; mess call, 12.30 A. m.; platoon drill, 1.30 to 2.30 P.M.; battery drill, 3.30 to 4.30 P.M.; police call, 3.30 pP.M.; retreat, 5-45 P.M.; mess call, 6.30 P. M.; tattoo 9.00 P. M.; taps, 10.00 P. M. Forecast of Dual Games, The annual dual track games between Yale and Harvard will be held in Cam- bridge next Saturday afternoon. Last year Yale won an easy victory most unexpect- edly. This year the prospects, after a study of the work of thc various competitors, at first seem to be slightly in favor of Yale, but when the fact is considered that the games are to be held ona track unfamiliar to the Yale men, it is safe to place the odds in favor of Harvard. This is espe- cially true because it is on the result of the track events that Yale depends for victory. With Graff and Conway in the two sprints, Yale should take the majority of the points, though ‘she has lost a strong runner in Chappel, who has enlisted in the Yale Battery. Rotch, Robinson and Bige- low, for Harvard, are good men. Yale also should have the advantage in the 440 yards run. Luce ran in 51% over a heavy track in the Spring games Saturday, and Fisher, when at his best, is still faster, but he has been severely handicapped in train- ing this year on account of a sprained tendon. Harvard will havea good man in Brenner, and in Fish, a new man, who ran second to T. E. Burke in the class games at Cambridge last week. Burke is not eligible on account of the one-year rule. Grant, of Harvard, should win both the half and the mile if he runs. Yale has protested him on the ground that he is no longer a member of Harvard University, having severed his membership when he enlisted. The two best men for Yale in this event are Ordway and Richardson. With Grant and Mills; Harvard. should-——. do well in the mile, though Speer, who won the event for Yale in the dual games last year, is a very good man, as is also Spitzer. Capt. Perkins, of Yale, can probably be counted upon to win first in the high hur- dles, and first or second in the 220 hur- dles. He is not yet quite up to his old form, as the duties of his position as Cap- tain have interfered with his work. In the field events Yale has lost two of her best men. Weston, who has been broad-jumping over 22 feet, has enlisted with the light artillery, and Waller, one of the best high jumpers Yale ever had, has enlisted in Theodore Roosevelt’s regiment of cavalry. With these two men gone, Yale is left weak in both the jumps. One of the weight men, Marshall, has also en- listed. In his place, Cadwalader, who played center on the football team last Fall, has been entered in the dual games. O’Donnell won the shot-put from Harvard last year, and may be counted to do well on Saturday. : Clapp, who cleared 11 feet 6 inches in the games Saturday, and Johnson, the in- tercollegiate champion, should carry off the first two places in the pole vault. Hoyt, of Harvard, is a good man, but can- not probably win better than third place. Bicycle races are always uncertain, but this year Yale has some very good men, and should take two places. The Yale team will go to Cambridge determined to make a good fight for vic- tory. The men, while not all seasoned athletes, realize that they are to meet close competitors in every event. Harvard has the advantage of home grounds, and is eager to offset the defeat of last year. Considering these facts, the games should be very closely contested throughout. D. TENNEY. +4 Phi Beta Kappa Notice ~ Of the 1,640 members of the Yale Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, before the year 1853, only 150 are now living. A list of these 150, with degrees and present addresses, has been prepared and will be mailed to them this week. Other members may obtain a copy on application. It can easily be inserted in the recent catalogue. Any member who has not received a catalogue may procure one by writ- ing to the Catalogue Committee, Box 1496, New Haven, Conn. MONEY FOR THE MAXIMS, How the Alumni Have Answered— Colors Too. The complete gift of Yale to the Yale will be both guns and colors. This is one change in the plans for the gift as announced in the last issue of the WEEKLY and this is really only a change of form. It has not been definitely passed on by the general committee, but there is no doubt of its acceptability to all. sib The set of colors were at once pledged to the Government and accepted by the JOHN ADDISON PORTER, YALE, "73. Secretary to the President. Navy Department when the Yale was first named. Mr. Ernest Carter of New York, and a number of alumni became responsible for the cost of the colors and began subscriptions for them. Since then, Mr. Carter and those who were interested in this plan with him became deeply interested in the larger gift of the pair of guns, and word came from New York on Tuesday, that those who had subscribed to the colors would prefer to turn their subscriptions into the general fund and have both the guns and the colors go from all Yale. The set of colors contain fifty-one ensigns, covering every need from the masthead to the smallest boat, besides a full set of jacks and pennants. The exact cost of these flags cannot be defi- nitely. given now, but it is not incon- siderable. The total fund which the Committee have decided on as necessary to cover the entire cost of guns, colors, and all contingent expenses, is $6.000. MORE ABOUT THE GUNS. In such description of the guns as was available last week, it was stated that they could be fired twelve to fif- teen times a minute easily. A repre- sentative of the company which pro- duces them, to wit, the Vickers Sons and Maxim, Limited, London, has informed the Committee that they can be fired forty-five times a minute. They are a late design and considered a most effective form of long distance rapid fire guns. Some curiosity having been expressed as to just how the guns could have been put on the Yale, when it was known that any order for them took consider- able time to fill, even from the agent on this side of the water, it may be as well to say that Mr. Porter at Wash- ington found two of these guns ready for some other purpose, and was able to secure their immediate transfer to the Yale before she sailed. Mr. Ernest Carter of New York, a member of the General Committee, was with Mr. Porter at the time, and these gentlemen took the responsibility of guaranteeing for the Committee the substitution of two guns exactly like them. As already announced, therefore, the guns are already-on the boat and await only the inscription plates, which are now ready. It may or may not be possible that these guns, when the Government has finished ‘with them, may come back to New Haven. Of course this condi- tion has not in any way been insisted upon, and nothing has been done to make the gift any other than what it was intended to be—a freewill offering of something serviceable, making a guarantee in a substantial form of the loyal goodwill of Yale. — It goes without saying that the guns would not remain on the Yale if she went out of the government service. At this writing there is the sum of $3,000 at hand in New Haven, and about two thousand dollars in addi- tion pledged. Those who have not subscribed through one. agency or another can send such contribution as they feel disposed to make, and be sure that their subscription will be as much a part of the gift from Yale and as. thoroughly appreciated as though they had subscribed early. As to the contributions, it is not pos- sible to give a detailed report of the way in which the entire graduate and undergraduate family of Yale have an- swered the call. Suffice it to say that the contribution has been one that is thoroughly consistent with their loyalty to their country and to their Alma Mater. ANSWERING THE CALL. When it was seen last Wednesday that a large sum must be raised shortly, in order to meet the demands, it was decided not to try to gather it from Yale centers hereabouts. Instead of that, the case was stated in the WEEKLY and telegrams were sent to all the Asso- ciations and Yale centers in the coun- try,—about thirty-five in all—suggest- ing to each a round figure for contri- butions. With only two or three ex- ceptions, the responses were made with enthusiastic acceptance and often with the promise to do more than was asked. The Yale men in Dayton were the first to get their answer back. Colorado followed very quickly; San Francisco was in about the same time. All of these did what was asked and offered still more. Cincinnati, which had already given $118, promised to make it up to $150; Pittsburg graduates were ready with a good sum. Others answered by letter and within a few days nearly the entire list was heard from. The work was especially quick and generous at New Haven and Hart- ford, with the Long Island Alumni Association and at New York. _Hart- ford already has put $300in the Cruiser Fund treasury. New Haven graduates have made up between $500 and $600 at this writing. These are only random references to the work of canvassing, which has been taken up enthusiastically in at least thirty different Yale centers at the sim- ple request from New Haven on behalf of the Cruiser: Fund Committee. THE COMMITTEE. A full report of the results will be given in another issue. The Committee wishes to request that all those who are canvassing should keep a record of the donors to the Fund. The records of those whose subscriptions have come
