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| 144 general grounds as were from time to time designated, while a special brigade guard, in addition to the regimental and battalion guard, was detailed. For use during the encampment, 14,000 rounds of ammunition, half of the cartridges being blank, were provided. On the second day, reports from the various battalions were made at 7 o'clock, to enable the details of guard-mounting to be arranged. Battalion drill call followed, and the entire brigade went into the different fields to drill. The men had settled down to earnest camp duty. At 7 P. M., on Wednesday, August 3, the first dress-parade was held. On this day the various companies of the First Regiment were brought together for the first time. They made a good appearance, though not of course as good as that of the handsomely uniformed Fifth. The people of Hagerstown, and in fact of Washington County generally, regarded the encampment as the most interesting event of the year, and there were a great number of visitors to the city of 500 tents. Rifle practice began on Wednesday. On Thursday the shooting for the German prize, a silver goblet, took place. A team of eight from the Second Battalion, headed by State Senator R. T. Browning, won the goblet, the score of the winning team being 221 out of a possible 280. The arrival of Governor Lloyd was the occasion of a military pageant, which the residents of Hagerstown and vicinity, as well as many of the guests at the Blue Mountain House, witnessed with pleasure. The brigade received the governor at the Western Maryland Railroad depot, and escorted him to the camp grounds. The procession was the most imposing seen in Western Maryland since the war. The First Regiment wore dark blue coats and light blue pantaloons. The Second Battalion wore the same, with the addition of white cross belts, and to both the Fifth made a brilliant contrast in its uniform of elegant gray and shining helmets. Mayor Halm, of Hagerstown, made a speech of welcome to Governor Lloyd, to which the latter responded. The governor remained two days in camp, |