The New York herald., 1877-11-04
GRUMBLING VETERANS.
WHAT THE MEN OF BATTERY THINK OF THEIR
LONG, MARcH-No TENTS AND NO MONEY FOE

WHAT TIE MEN OF BATTERY THINK OF THEIR
LONG. MARcH-No TENTS AND NO MONEY FOE
FOUR MONTHS
Battery c. Of the Third United States artillery,
passed through this city yesterday on the way
TO i,s station Al Fort Hamilton and in two hours later
vas instssd In the quarters which II left on the 23d
OF July last whom sent OF 10 assist In quelling
the railroad riots Precisely eight days were con-
sumed by battery IN its march from Wiikesoarro
Pa, and, considering the difficulties OF the route,
is regarded remarkably good limo
Captain Sinclair in command OF the battery, and VINO
applied for permission 10 march his force homo In
stead Of cutting through In fow hours oy rail-, mas
not gained the GOOD viii OF his men BY the movements.
Several old members OF the battery stated yesterday
that they had the course OF their service su
tered much In the same space of tme as tncy nso
this march. In regular campaigning .hey
Appliances bun on this occasion they had
no shelter a. night save what was snorusa a,,sa
and spread over them Tho officers kindly psrmitted
them 70 occupy the whole Of these unmoiested tncy
oways andng i0asng 70 s0%s s,sSsnsd With ram
and Obliged 70 camp out without shelter IN tenn
peraiure SO low that zee was formed on me ~aeis ~
the vicinity. On Friday morning the rain fe IN
torrents. and after . long days march OF twenty.
threo miles the found some shelter IN The
Weslaeld, N. j. They slep. in tho stalls which we're
not noQred and the roofs leaked, making mud Of their
bedding, ana tue poor IeloWb ~ mSuy S~'oe WIZ
flooded out by the rain, which ran IN sreams down
thoir blankets from the higher grade o tne sur
rounding ground ~ would not mind H., said an
sion Tor IL; but in time OF perfect peace, In
. civilized country and not on active
duty, we were made to suffer more than !
ever went through upon tho border fRhting Indians"
When the writer suggested that perhaps, the captain
mad ado march Tor the purpose OF driliins the
men by tho way, the old fellow laughed. "Wny" no
SAID, tive have raw recruits IN Inc battery; Ihe
latest has been in the service threo years. ana
wc have men VINO have seen thirty years. service
Besides, we dd nothing but drill all the time we we're
al Wilkesbarre-wc were on parade all the time"
The men seem have felt worse on the march tnan
they otherwise would account OF their having no
TOBACCO. Not a has been paid them since July i
and they have therefore been Obliged to do without
the few cheap luxurles which they ordinarily IN
dulge. Many oil them suffering from sore feet,
contracted on The march Ons cynical veteran sug-
gesled as the for making the march that the
captains TWO carriages whicn hsd been sent 70
Wilkosbarre overland IN charge Of quartermaater,
could be brought back much more oaSiiy ana cleapy
III that way than by rail- ,
Captain Sinclair rode the head Of hts battery all
the way home II created quite sensation AZ u
rumbled over some Of tho Pennsylvania byroads,
whole rural population turning out to stare at the
glittering guns. In other places the people were
frighIe ned, and possibly not knowing that the war
was over and fearing tnat they were being invaded
boed their doors and peeped furtivey ut the cava-
cade as IL numbered by.
When asked Why he had brought his mon home on
foot Captain Sinclair said. 'Oh, wanted TO march
the men; they can't 80 by rail always they ought 20
know how to march,"