New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-22
LOCAL MILITARY MATTERS.
DEPARTURE OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGi-


MENr, n. Y. V.
Yesterday the l7rh Regiment Of Volunteers tooA
leave Of their friends aud their departure for WafhS
ton On Thursday evening they had d.ess parade az
,ier encampmcnf near Quarantine, Staten isH'ho' ~
the conclusion of the parade Col banti0g "uresseo
the officer. of his regiment in reference TO the ne
uarture Yesterday. The CaP'ains IL d1e 'ouree H.
form ed th.lr companies that TIE hour of Ter oes'tue
for tie Ca,ni o. the Nation was az hand. lify were
irec,rd 10 Get everything in readiess forthwith. As
econ az tie ios.piibs Uf tie C'bnei bad been CON-
lnunicaied To the soldiers, company at.r coippa,y
broke out inio almost terrific cheers, nni tne "noe
Camp was sebdpg forth Que ui'ied Auz~' ol 70! o'e'
tie news.
Shortly nftey O'Clock yesterday afternoon, they
embarked ut Sa'on IsAnd and pioceed'd 70 the 100,
of We.t Fourteetb street, where they hl"ei at aouut
"a 30 ck rhey then marched up Fourteenth street
AID VII broadway TO the Park in front Of The City
Hall where they rested for AN hour, du,inS wllcn
suiid contIihntons nom tie sutiers DeFai'm'ht
w,u duly OirpO.ed OF. At tine llLdin ~ 'he ioCt OF
Fon teenh street fathers uothers, listers, b here
wires and Children gI,rhered 10 Goa III DI1 tare
", u 10 lh,ir relatives in the rsDSs. A host ol
mothers sisters, aud wives, with babes 10 arms ac
CON panied the regiment on is Gareh down bfoao"ay
AT aLont o'clock the tattoo brousht eh'h Hs.h 10
arms and the ranks, aud uron the order being 6vtn
th- regiment resumed iis match toward Nas iaStnh'
Again III women and tie cllreh TOOK Their pace: Ii
1 liue aud az tie band rendered the sonl'sirrlrg
strnirs Of the Spauged BauHer, they lepttthp
| ID every note As they marched down Broadway to
tb, R,;,erv cbeer sf,.r cheer burst forth from the
| sembl-d mul,iudcs uho occuI led the Sidewalks.
Al length Ih-y reached Pier No Norm il'sf'
wht he steamboat Red jacket was ib red~sHeso "
receive her precious freight nu..
noble.he ed motleis, and wiy.s, and t.se's WHO
had rarcb,d 10 II with tn,ir kusmen, down DoaI-
way now gave vent th,ir iheftO 6uppressed grie
Moihers dung TO their husbands, till the oTd,F Naf
given 10 the gang-pianks, some OF them ,Gi VI
Up their chill lren aud, bursting WIN Rils
o. al LAT 4 If =
tsry 1erhals YOU viii never zee b IN a.al SISTERS
impi red broLerr to write from Watiiug1ni iauer
eri ,,d npon their the importance oi behS "eh'
behaved, and Of good courage. c-.., a., -,,.-r
Aa the Red Us ket steamed away IRON tue Wnhil,
cheers rent he air fom the boat and from the pier
the soldeIs A-eTng no the sonnd me icnSesluh ney
became lost the distance, aud the cro"d on 'ne
vlsi retired in Mingled sorrOw and gdhess iiVn 'Ie
Tho Red Jacket conveyed 'hs regiment to Elizabeth
port here it will di eInbaik, aud take TIE on the
S.v.-.Jertey Centr kriln"d Tor Washington
Below We give the list OF the olioer oi 'lH reei-
D,nt: , ,,.., =, 4 Mi
L'sa' oylon,, TSat.ni J. ,,~tr; sarteon
Rev t. = Csvsr Cbnfa'ui Ar shiPnaa A''i''sh' sas'''
Compsps A Yeatef. C,rts,n churls, I. srni,h; -,
CoinTsby s. Chester Wesiehe'er Comfy Captain HeF
''s s0np.1y 9 ,or.iS,. aaccspi:o ISh1 d hy9e;
Com, sny r, Ne..forE Captain. CLsil.s g.. sore
GcS%,:"y ss jar s,:IaT r. p;ass S
Colnpsny H. Chen CoUS,y y YCspt.in !slios IsrrfA
ComIany l. wayne C'LDty- CaYtin. AEdfav Nds-h
Company X, " yomir g-Cepisn, GIDEON -. J-nsm, ia,
No beiter-apraiins body Of men have ei' lel, e'.y
for the war lhsn that # the ih Regiment, oIner IN
regard iy,ical appearance or precision III niitFy
ILL., And yet their 0prot nifty for inrros enei iius
been very limited Up I'll he lime ih"y ei. .he PARK
Barrscks ~Lich they occuied FOR long Period they
had Tie or no opportunity for drill Tnat they viii
give good account of tbeuselyes the co1-try may
Test we'll assured They left in tie best OF n riir
Accompany ing tho I7th was wagon, and toises ioF
the 0ficerp.