The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-29
DECKERTOWN'S BIG SHOW.
PLENTY or BEER, BUT LITTLE TO EAT,
IN CAMP KILP1 TRICK.
Soldiers Going suppcrIess to Bed-Iiveiy
Niaht Scenes tn Camp-An rtnte ArfIiiery-
man Gses his sabre q atehp penny Shows.

ktaht Scenes In Camp-An Itntc a rtIiicry-
man Uses his sabre Cstehpcuny shows.
DEcKERrowN, Aug. 2s.-Tcn thousand poo
pie sought and found Camp Fitzpatrick to-day
They came into Dcckcrtown by rail and bv car
rage. on horseback and afoot and from Dock
ertown they climbed the hills that lie between
the little village and the big camp. Had Gen
Fitzpatrick set his wits to work to devise moro
inconvcnient place in which to locate a NAM
moth cncnmpment ms this it, he could not have
succeeded better. His farm is Il succession of
hills, and is two miles and half from the de-
pot OF the New Jersey Midland Railroad. To
say that the road ia not level Is to express 1t
very mildly. The hills are small mountains
and the encampment Is on tho top Of them
This morning the dust lay inches decp in tho
road there was no breeze blowing. and the limo
OF conveyances Of all kinds going and coming
kept cloud OF dust in the air continually
From the hills. two miles from tho village. tho
line OF the road through wood and field could
be plainly located by the cloud OF white dust
that hung above IT,
As the sunrise revelle sounded over tho camp
II reused scores Of angry. dissatisfied, weary
men. Tho troops and Grand Army Posts that
came to tho encampment yesterday WERE many
OF them. without proper accommodations. They
had been promised rations. and were hungry
u.
and then there were 800 or 400 men who went
TO bed supperless.
We didn't have n thing to eat d" said mem
Der OF the Ninth New Jersey Infantry. until
my company formed and each man putting in
thirty cents. we bought our supper"
ikecomplaints were everywhere heard. Bat
terry A. Hudson County Artillery. came on tho
ground late, and could find no tents. At last
they went within the big tent IA winch tho
drama WIS to be enacted, and passed u tedious
and uncomfortable night. s'ragglcr entered
the tent in the night and quarrelled with the
men. and for his pains had his cheek cut open
with sabre in tho hands OF an irate artillery
man. Late at night q group OF soldiers were
caruusing around q beer stand and member
OF Battery A guarrcllcd with james Donohue OF
Company II, Veteran Regiment OF Jersey City
and struck Donohuc with his sabre. inni ,ting
ghastly wound on his left arm. The artillery
man was arrested and placed in a guard tent.
put escaped before morning. and has not since
been seen.
All night long drunken mon staggered and
we're ned Water Is very scarce ' Il is ,iiflleuii
to get any 70 drink and there is none 20 wash
stalls where II is sold are many Great wagons
come TO the camp loaded with beer and the
THIRSTY men drink II without stint The camp
shade.
In the Re rnioa as the little paper contain
ing inc programme VI the exercises is called is
this sentence:
All, Nist m Ne neishhorhood OF great armies about
to hover Gen Riipatrck has orranil.d a mounted M
reeuon. and guard Tie ncighborluod at night
But Camp Fitzpatrick is fairly overrun with
gamblers and catrhpenny shows. Soldiers
complain that they cannot leave Il belt or equip
ment in their fonts with safety. Sweat boards
roulette wheels and " skin games" abound. A
dancing tent. u band Of mnstrels, Punch and
Judy, big pigs. and eight-footcd horse shows {;
sword swallowers, peanut vendors. and every
fpl-
lowed county fair are here congrcgated in
vast numbers. The thousands that are here
wandered all day about these booths. paying
little attention to the tents where the Grand
Army veterans and National Guardsmen were
sleeping, or sitting about and growing. Be-
tween the members of the Grand Army of the
Republic and the National Guardsmcn there IL
no love lost. The Guardsmen accuse the Grand
Army OF the Republic men OF stealing their
tents. and the veterans say the Guardsmen are
treated better than they are. The men are con-
stantly leaving camp. Battery 4 started to
leave. but Con. Fitzpatrick pers uadcd them to
remain. Post Lincoln G.. 4. H.. OF Newark
went homo to-day Disguised. There were 1850
rations delivered this morning. showing a de-
crease sine. Yesterday OF nearly 200.
Ihe only thing in the way Of speechmak ing
No. 5. Grand Army Of the Republic. marched 10
Hou. hllpalrick > house. and there Gen. tar-e
and Gen. John {. Robinson, the Commander.
in-Chirt ot tho Grand Army Of tine lrpuhhc
WIN siNer paiscs. Ile, Gen. rails made
e. be very careful how they rrirnd the pr.nci-
pies Tor which they fought They should also
bee very careful how they voted They Should
vote for mo- man. IN whatever party tAry might
be-. whom they lid not know % Doe atrici and
true friend Of the republic and IN favor 81 Il
complete enforcement Of all the laws By a
mistake IN reporting the speech about Grant
and strong Goyernuent last light was attrib-
uted To NE lt"N; MI Burrows. The speech was
made 10y Gen. Slckles.
, mere was I. view advert sod Tor half past
TINS afternoon. but i wac postponed from hour
10 hour until nearly clock. Then the great
majority OF the visitors had gone home. 50 the