. The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members . ng about it, however, among the men. They had got-ten so now that they were not going to believe any moreorders about moving until they had moved, but neverthe-less, speculation continued as to the cause of the cheeringduring the next three days, and
. The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members . ng about it, however, among the men. They had got-ten so now that they were not going to believe any moreorders about moving until they had moved, but neverthe-less, speculation continued as to the cause of the cheeringduring the next three days, and by the time they wereapprised of the facts, other things had come to distract theirattention, for on Sunday, the 3rd, the ghost walked intocamp, and that was always an event of supreme was at noon mess on Monday, July 4th, that the boyslearned the significance of the cheering storm, and as thetale of that famous victory at Santiago became known tothem, their enthusiasm broke all bounds. The band turnedout, and the boys, grabbing up anything that would make ametalic sound, marched around through the companystreets and along the regimental lines, until they stoppedfrom sheer exhaustion. Then they broke up into littleknots, and stood around and talked it all over. Somehowthey felt a good deal like the amateur theatre goer feels. Light Guard Battalion Practicing\olley Firing, at the Target Ranges;Pea Vine Ridge. Camp Thomas. when he stands in the foyer, and hearing the orchestra playinside while he waits to get his ticket, becomes very ner-vous and anxious for fear he will miss some of the had kicked about having to drill any on this day whenthey had responded to reveille, as it was a national holiday,but they were saved from doing much kicking by the rainthat came, and as for drilling in the afternoon, well. couldnt swear like Phil Sheridan could, and noth-ing but strong language could have moved the boys the restof that day. Pursuant to an or
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