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Show SOLDIERS ARE STONED Three Attacks Made on a Camp at Shenandoah. SHOWERS OF MISSILES FALL Thrown by Men tn Ambush, One ot Whom Is Ciptured Provost Mar-shnl Mar-shnl Is on Trail of a Number of Others Eighth Regiment Called to Arms Sentries Have Been Instructed In-structed That on Repetition of tho Stone Throwing; They Must Shoot to Kill. Shenindoih, ra , Aug 3-Tho entire Hlfihth leglment was called to arms last night ns a lesult of three attacks by men In ambush who nltacked the troops now In camp on the plateau outside out-side the town These nttacks arc be-roniliiR be-roniliiR so frequent th it DrlR.-Oon Oo-bln Oo-bln has decided to adopt stern meu-suies meu-suies lo end them WILL SHOOT TO KIM. Tonight a double Buaul supplied with bill cirtrldses surrounds Had i imp and the sentries have been Instructed In-structed tint If list nights stone thiowlns Is repented they must shoot to kill nnd Investigate uttcrwnrd One of the attacking parti, a I.lthunlnn named William stopontts', Is under nr-lest nr-lest and the provost miishiil Is on the troll of others believed to number more than a dozen SHOWnil OF STONKS THROWN. The first attaik atiotdlns to Col. Theodoic 1' Hoffman, was made nt 10 li o'clock lift nlsht Private l'uine, of Compunj I, on sintrv duti, saw a parts of men on the Mahoney cltv toad which separates the camp Twelfth. He commanded the men to halt and called the corpoial ot the Ruard, but befoie the latter could le-spnnd le-spnnd a bhnwer of stonen and rocks were (hi own nt the sentrv. ISUNTItV KNOCKIW DOWN. One rock struck him on the client, knocking him down and causlns hla gun to fall from his hands He Jumped up and tired seiernl shots In the nlr and ns he did so, the men ran dirin Ihe road. One of the pickets captured btoponltz. but the others escaped. whom: camp UNDint arms. The shootlnB around the whole camp nnd the Highlit regiment was jut under un-der nrnia nnd compnnles It, t:, and K weie soon out In skirmish lines. They bent the underbrush nnd laurel, which li file or six feet high nil uround the camp, but fulled to Und anjone nnd the regiment returned to quartern second siiownn or stovks. ritteen minutes later nnollier shower show-er of stones was thrown at the stnhle Ruard Incited south of the Highlit rcRi-mont rcRi-mont The guard turned out nnd three men lytic seen running away but no pursuit was given. THIIID ATTACK MADi:! Shortly nfter 3 o'clock this mornlnB n third attack wnt nude and It was of such a nntute that the bugler under oiders from Col. Hoffmin, sounded the wohle reslment to arms. The stable, guard vi ns again the object of nttaclc. severul vollejs of stonen being sent In the direction of the nentrles. The rcal-ment rcal-ment vins under aims nnd ready for action within three minutes. voj,m: rihn in soldiers. On nctount of tho laurel, underbrush nnd tho darkness, the soldiers could not rce the offenders. However, the sentries tired about a dozen shots Into the bushes but It Is believed no one was hit. Some of the bullets went uhl'illng ovtr the tents of thc sleeping soldiers of the Twelfth reslment, mni thc road Tho noise of the firing nnd the bugle call aioused the Twelfth ICRl-ment ICRl-ment nnd the Governor's troop of env-nlry env-nlry and each sent nut detachments to Investigate the trouble. PltlS-ONHR CLOSELY QUKSTIONr.D. Col Hoffman mado a report to Ilrlg.-Clcn Ilrlg.-Clcn Onbln who came to camp durlnB the day lo make an hmstlmtlon Ho put MoponlU through a seatchlng examination. ex-amination. The prisoner paid theio were nnl four men In tho body. Ho guio the name of them ns Mlchuil Ln. votlai nnd slid he did not know tho others. He mado scleral contradictory statements. StoponlU was placed 1 n the guard tint and tomonow will bo turned over to the civil nuthoiltles. ' STRINGENT ORDERS ISSUED. IlrlB.-ncn. Gobln his la-sued orders that stringent measures be taken with all such offenders. "I have ordeied seieral rounds of ball cartridges to be Issued to eich sentry," ho said, ind that tho officers of the RUiul be Instructed In-structed to hnie them used The BUard at the camp also will be Increased." MULLET TOR EACH hTONE. Col Hoffman said: "Last night's oc-cuarenco oc-cuarenco demonstrates that wo cm be ready for nay emcrsency In thiw mln-ute" mln-ute" he said, "an hereaftei will, stand no nonsense nnd will Rive n biIetfnr each stone." The colonel slid theio Is nn ugly feeling anions: man) persons ngnlnst the troops Reports are being mnde to him dilly of soldiers being nil-nosed nil-nosed on the slieets NO PARADE IN TOWN. It wns the Intention of Col Hoffman to glie a piradc In the town ptopcr ns n compliment to the brlBudlcr-Beneral. but owing to last n git's aftnlr the irado took place within lamp Tho Loldlcis spent a quid day. There was n irge Sunday crowd out. Tomoirow tho c ii airy villi bo wnt out on short marches. |