The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-08-25
DAMP VINCENT.
From the Salisbury Press. j

When, several weeks a. :, the pro-
ject of securing the encampment of the
Second Brigade, N. g. p, at Salts
burg, wac proposed, It was regarded
bv many as q wild idea. The question
arose, what inducements have we to
offer2 Just then none were known.
A correspondence between Brigadier-
General Beaver and Capt. Irwin speed.
lily ELECTED what was desirable in the
way of accommodations for the con-
templated encampment, whereupon q
map of the ground was made by Capt.
Irwin and submitted to the military
authorities for consideration. Subse-
quently Gen. Beaver, accompanied by
several officers of the Second Brigade,
made a personal inspection of the
profiered location, and pronounced it
Just the place for the purpose desired.
Authority was then given Capt. Irwin
to contract for the occupancy of the
ground, for lumber and for wood, and
to consummate general preliminary
arrangements for the encampment of
the Second Brigade.
On July 10 Mgor-General John F.
Hartranft, in General Orders No. 4,
ordered the encampment of the Sec
ond Brigade from August 10th to Au-
gust 18th, at Salisbury, Pa" This was
followed by General Orders No. 8. by
Brigadier-General James A. Beaver,
July 20. viz:
| I'm accordance with the directions
of General Order No. 4, Division Head
quarters, July 10, 1881, the different
organizations of this Brigade will 90
into camp on the Stewart farm, near
Salisbury, Indiana county, Pa, on the
/ 10th of August neXt.n
| Our citizens held meeting at which
fund was raised to defray the ex-
| pense of placing the numerous springs
and wells of water upon the ground i'm
a condition to supply the soldiers with
quality of good, healthy water, and
to remove the underground and rub
bish from the fields, all which was
done to the entire satisfaction of the
military, and on Saturday, August 6,
the first detail, under Major L0hr, ap-
peared upon the field. Monday, Au-
gust s, further details arrived from the
several Regiments of the Brigade, and
active preparation was entered upon.
The mythical encampment had thus
gradually and quietly grown into a
stern reality, and on Tuesday the sons
of Mars had gathered into all impress
sive force At this point journalistic
bohemian, in his simplicity, was led
to exclaim, in crude Anglo -Saxon--
THE staid, upright, temperate little
country town of Salisbury is shaken to
its center. The idle shadows that have
lazily marked the passing of its sum-
mer days since Salisbury became a
town, are lost in wonder because of the
scenes that are being enacted upon
its streets. A change has come over
the spirit of the long dream of its peo-
pie. Tonight motley crowds fill every
street, there is singing, i'll time and
out of time, the blowing of tin horns,
merry laughter and strange cries.
Within half mile are encamped
twelve hundred men, from which body
enough are drawn to work the effect
noted"
Truly, this was a most ridiculous
baptism, and we all bore the infiiction
anfully, well knowing that the IAN
ticipated good time" in that shape
would very shortly be nipped in the
bud, and the jnbilant boys be trans
formed into sedate and practical vet
!. eran troopers, with the "noise
knocked out 1t was even so, and moi
a man but will testify that the Sheri
dan Troop, as provost guard, are vigi
liant and active in the preservation anC
maintenance of good order. And thu,
Tuesday night closed down upon al
imposing array OF the sons of Mars re
| 81 ~.
ing Kiskiminetas.
"Wednesday morning the encamp
ment of the Second Brigade had as
sumed its military appearance in dea,
earnest the last command getting il
at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. Gen
Beaver named the camp Camp Vim
cent, in honor of Gen. Storm Vincent
commander Of the 83d Pennsylvania
Volunteers, known to fame as the Fri
Regiment. Gen. Vincent was mad
Brigadier- General the day before til
battle of Gettysburg, and was kille
within twenty,four hours after hi
promotion.
The different regiments and batter
les are situated as follows: First, to tn
extreme right as you go up Pittsbur
road, the Tl;usviIle Battery is located
almost reaching to the railroad. ID
rectly in front of this is Gen. Beaver
r. headquarters, just in the edge of tn
(. woods, commanding a view of the Ell
tire field, and then going west the reg
iments come in the following order
Tenth, Sixteenth, Filth and the Foul
teenth, which is the last one on th
i, right of the road. After crossing tn
> pike, the Fifteenth comes first, partl
+ occupying the adjoining woods an
10 extending out on the meadow, whic
;. also contains the Eighteenth. Thes
, two regiments have the most desirabl
:, situation, although from the grounc
~ of the Tenth more extended view
~ obtained and better breezes. In frOi
" " Of the Kiskiminetas in the surroun,
iIe ing woods is division headquarters,
Il be occupied by Gen. Hartranft an
=. staff. Between this and the Eigl
# teenth is the Sheridan Cavalry.
n The surroundings and situation
q the General of the Division headqua
II ters are pronounced by all the Office
~ the most delightful they hgve ev,
IN seen. The "Wednesday morning Tin,
describes the camping ground as bein
cipher in comparison with Can
IN Hays, indeed, almost a desert, whi
70 General Beaver said to. report
n upon being questioned about the situ
10 ton this year, "that he thought it
o. space, in the easy access to the railroa
y fareuperior4 to any camping grOun,
the National Guards had occupied fl
years"
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