Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-24
THE MILITARY.
IN CAMP AT LANCASTER

| aOnors I" ten. KeynoIds-A SOIdierIy Body
| Of Men.
| a great deal "t interest was manifested
III Lancaster this morning and throughout
the entire forenoon, over the movement
and IN expectation of the arrival here of
"a. e.. Of the Third artillery, whose march
from New York to Yorktown, has been
| noticed from time to time in these COL
umns. Near Leaman Place Yesterday and
while ON the march they we're caught i'm
| the fierce wind and rain storm. and had
! to turn their backs to it and stand its full
force. Most Of them were drenched to the
skin; some of the officers protected theu.-
selves with gum coats anu leSgings that
they happened to have along. The COM
pany pitched camp there and were off early
this morning, passing through Paradise
| about 6:3O a. III.
COi. HambriSht, U. S. ~. of this city,
who knew Capt. Sinclair fifteen years ago,
mas been kept apprised of their movements
anu ABOUT y a. H., accompanied by repre-
sentative OF the lNTELLIGENCER, he drove
down the Philadelphia turnpike to meet
them. They were first caught sight of
coming over the brow Of hill a mile or
more east of winners bridge. and they
presenteda very picturesque appearance.
Upon meeting with Col Hambrigbt, and
after an interchange of military courtesies,
Capt. Sinclair ordered halt and dis
mount. Capt w. ID. Stauffer, driving on
the turnpike. also stopped aud was intro
duced, and there was pleasant chat of
some fifteen minutes with tho officers.
The battery is stationed at Fl. Hamil-
ton, on Long Island, and is sn-route for
Yorktown, via Columbia, York and Balti-
more; returning, after tho Centennial, via
ttavre de Grace. West Chester and Valley
Forge. Last sunday the company en-
camped ut Trenton ani had intended to
reach Columbia to night and camp there
over Sunday. Upon being informed oftho
size, the beauty and the hospitality of
Lancaster, and above all that here the for
mer commander Of the battery, Gen. John
r. Reynolds, had lived and here he was
buried, they decided to spend Sunday in
Lancaster.
Capt. Sinclair, who is iu command of
the battery, was formerly colonel of the
9th Pennsylvania Reserves, and has q
great deal of feeling for this state. Tho
other officers arc Lieutenants Potts and
Satterly, and Assistant Surgeon Burton.
and mules, and pieces of artillery-six-
pound guns. The cannon, caissons, fOrgcs
aud line Of baggage wagons make quite
an imposing trains. The men and horses
look well, the former being some " hat sun
burnt. They wear white linen and cork
helmets and have enjoyed their march,
especially through this state. They have
twenty A tents and four wall tents. and
purchase their supplies on the lue Of
march.
Col. Hambright, on his way back to
town spotted several eligible places for en-
campment, and at the town limits met Post
"a, Commander McElrOy at their head
and accompanied by the Millersville band
and large crowd Of citizens Oh their way
to meet the battery. They escorted the
visiting military from POtts's tavern
into the city and over to the Lam
caster cemetery, where the grave of
Gen. Reynolds was visited and paid due
honor q salute Of twenty-One guns was
here fired rs il tribute to the memory of the
gallant sok..ier. Thence the battery moved
down to Centre Square to the music of the
band and buglers and amid thousands of
spectators. The procession passed around
the monument, dirge was played, and q
halt was made and dsmOunt ordered. The
men relieved themselves by strJlliHy
the square and courteOusly answer.
ing the Thousand questions asked them by
The immense crowd of spectators they at
tracted.
The officers, under charge of Col. liam
bright, paid their respects to the mayor
and consulted with him and Mr.. Il. ]. Nc
Cram rs to place of encampment, and
at 30 p. m. the command marched to Nc
drann's agricultural park, to camp there
over Sunday.
This battery was organized by Capt.
ltinsgOld, one of the heroes who was killed
in the Mexican war and famous as the in
GcntOr of new flying artillery tactics. IL
was quite famous in the Mexican war,
lost its guns at PalO Alto and
them at Cherubusco. the Incl
lent creating the widest and most pa
.hetic enthusiasm among the men. After
RiggOld's death the famous Capt. Bragg
it. subsequently Captains
iibsOn and Ransom and Gen. John F.
Reynolds. The latter took it from Fort
'Oss Monroe to Ft. Worth. where It was
and whence he took it to
It. Walla Walla. Since the war it has
,een at Ft. Hamilton. Lieut. Potts is
rom Towanda. Pa, and was of the West
'Oint class Of1S76.