New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-24
CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
DAY WITH THE EIGHTH IN CAMP.
|, BATTALION DRnLI-vIsIT FROM VETERANS
RIFLE PRACTICE.

| tho air that made OvercOats comfortable at the
! breakfast hour. BY noon the upward tendency of
| the thermometer had reasserted itself and
occasional bursts Of sunshine through the cloud
| riffs made warm work for the patient sentres on
post and the pcrspirng niemen at the butts In the
| forenoon the regiment put through a severe
battalion drill which illustrated the rapid improve
ment of the Sth in the short time IT has had the adj
vantage of unlimited room for their manGuyres.
| In the morning Acting Assistant Adj
| jutant-Gencra Phisterer and Assistant
| Inspector-General RoienbOugh took horse
back ride to the ruins of old Fort In
dependence, sope three or four miles from camp,
and only reached by steep climb up decidedly
primitive road. which is used by lumbermen
in winter The view from the hill is superb, and IN
| addition to its historic Importance a more recent
local interest attaches to the spot from the fact that
only few months since the dead body of n
woman was found the site OF
| the fort. who had left home
10 escape officers seeking TO arrest her for klepto-
mania. QurtennGster Wentworth also spends a
! good deal of time in the saddle, when his military
duties will admit. accompanied by his bride, who is
spending the first part of her honeymoon in camp.
| The special event Of Saturday, which served to
! break UP The mOnotony of the afternoon,
was the arrival of small army OF the veterans
| Of The 18th in camp. They came up on the steamer
". T. Fletcher which left West Ele yenth-st. about
half-past O'clock, reaching Roy Hook dock shortly
! before o'clock. 1t should be explained. perhaps,
for the information OF The unntiated civilian that
! a " veteran in the National Guard may be man
| who service IN the late War, or he may
be SIMPLY man VINO served lqr ga "a
case Of the veterans of the 18th a Large number Of
| them are cx-soldl r of the War of the Rebel hon.
| he march from the boat 10 the camp although the
| hD1 po
| than umbrellas and white silk badges, suiliced TO
ire them oui. and at The foot of the hall halt was
| called.
see hcrcw shoutcd one of them; " here's big
hill 10 climb. How are we going to get up there =
| "WakW was the laconc reply
| "Cal out the ambulance corps" suggested a
veteran who showed "A Vea lneSs for sogering,
| QuartermaSter Wentworth and two or three other
officers OF the Sth met The veterans at the foot of
| tine hill with hali-a-dozen hiers and
drummcrs ami escorted them into camp. The
guards were turned out ana presented aims as they
! marched past M double file, and members Oi the
regiment III all the various stages OF undrrs& more
| picturesque than prcscnabe, gave their visitors
! three cheers and a brace oi tigers; Led 10y Colonel
| ljurtis they were halted aud abOui-iaccd IN
| front OF Colonel SCOTS tent, and after few
! words of cordial, sOldlcrly welcome were ordered
! by the commandant to break ranks. Then there
| was an informal reception. in which everybody, IN
Gliding the BOYS IN the new uniform aud the VET
| crals out If uniform, appeared To be delighted to
| Colonel Burti.. who commanded the veterans
was formerly captain Of Company A, in the slh
and subsequently colonel Of the I4th
| aud lJh Regiments. The veterans
| evidently III honor OF past experiences 50 wildly
| recalled, displayed an aVidty to respond 10 Inc
! supper cal which could only be equailed-but not
-urpa S.d-hy regular In active ryIce. The even
! ing passed without any unusual iornailties
! AMI a late hour tne veterans retr'ated 30 their
| BOAT aud started for home, thoroughly tired ont
! and no less thoroughly era He'd win their DAY s.
experience guests IN the camp OF the always hos
| pI,abie oth.
iahe practice was the only thing on the
| programme dullng saturday afternoon, ana 50
lar the oth has not made parilcu-
| arlv brilliant record al the butts. On Thursday
uucer direction oi Captain Barker, ]. H. r. the lO-
loving men qualified for mark7mens badges; Cor
pOral ". H. InJrue, Com janJ II, %; sergeant l. l.
Oh the "a SCparate Company friday resulted
as follows: NOlley-.i0 men, $50 shots, l3S HITS;
score 5J9 Fe- 36 men. $50 shots, 1913 hits
score, COL Yesterday tht loii0"lhs OH
GERS ANA men quahhed; Sergeant >.
". Moran, Company 3, -; Captain
j. j. HorpjI, Company T., p; Corpofa amcs i'at-
trr.on, Company j.. 2G Corporal Charles Alien,
Company, H. IS; Corporal IT, T.. hlng, Company a
ditn separate, 20; frNHe &. ". Parker Com
pauy \. 70; Private W. ). Johnson, Company a,
81. 1hIs give, tofal o. only ten officers ana men
VINO have qualified 40 far. The ltc-pHcilcc VIII ne
coIplctcd rs Iomp4nie. h and q early tomorrow
TnIlcI is not crushed orderly by any manner of
mcan. lie now as,uuc, clIIcn'5 dress hcheNcl
he goes go ans meals. winch lac II allowed To do a.
cl .rh ana b. winch Ia Iu7 lac enjoys uIs means III
rlo officer mess TENT Yesterday ,hIcc tailors 81
reYute from A. many different cities, were ordered
Z
OF P@rAeI, COATS 10 me eye OF 'hc p'uilfil
mortal IL, 81 was absolutely iaDllcss, bat Parker
knew better, ami tue consultation OF experts was
the result. Apropui oil IdIhci' mere Is an 'AtIdCu
from Tie >tatc thp cDIrrSp Ouuchcc oi 4 re- army
aud Nurg Gaceit,, oil Juiy 10, referring 10 the 2ou
Regiment, which has excited not II httle comment
uele unu OF kind lha, would not DC particularly
srStlyIu 40 the writer OI III
Tie force %, example set by General Eodcnbough's
various way, ana "itc'sIJ H tc hi.IV"s. "a u'',u
ton paid by tne men 20 their salutos and codr'osle7
SHOWN 10 officers.
Colonel Ward, of tho 23l arrived in camp Friday
night, ana VIII remain hers, thc guest OF the de-
parimcnt officers, unIl tomorrow. lie Thoroughly
enjoys ms fI-4 as no Oil soldier cOuId TAN 10 40
NitI. such agreeable surroundings. General nuo-
tea ana Colonel lale, ot syracuse, were among the
military visitors ou saturday. captain lHiOioj, Ol
hs la. WIS a.,D az CAM Oh uu-l ness Trip.
Lasting { "A hop Wa- gwen at the 81 NichoiaS
Hotel, Lake AVucgdn doOut ave mics from nero,
by EIanh 4lSr, pIoPne.oF. Inc aiali va, as p.l'-
liant a. II was select Music va iuInlshed by the
excellent band Oh ,he Nth, la then gay trapplngS,
and ,ilc lale was illuminated ny calcium hghCS
loaned by the courtesy OF Colonel scott Inc NV
tea gucsis Inclu4cd All Inc department officers and
us officers o. Tie b, with tAoH Ia ilca. Among
thns mr.. .clt were tO.onci ard, of the I'D,
raj WINE, Aching Assistant Auludant -O'eueIal
| Pusieior, Assistant Inspcct0r-Uencfai hOuen-
| Dougu. Post Surgeon Bryant, Colonel Burton ANA
| General Strong. Inc Nth was represented Oy Lieu
tcnant-L OlOnci ocnliiihg Chaplain DaNls, Quarter
Master entwor. IA ana ms hrlue Gap ans Lon
gan, JARVIS. kIIpy Ecd, Fielding, Baxter ana bai-
| sion, and Itrutcnani5 Roosevelt ana Alohahth'
Among the other guests " cIc tie Kew Henry VI ara
Brrcucr ana JUS. BvccHcT, COonoi tlcni5 bocchcr,
( .pta., and Mr.. toWau, General Hu,tcG, Colonel
Lcorge w. Robertson, Police Commissioner NlcnOi5,
MIS- and Mis-, Nichols colonel anu MIS- arian, 10.
ana Mis-. scare, and a number o. other iddlcs ana
Gentlemen IRON, New OK and PreAskIli. Colonel
! nuT!on acted as mas.er OF ceremonies IN Il way 10
| cause serious commOuOu ia score oil Icnlhihc
| hearts Parucuary noteworthy features oil tAc
OCCASION. according to charming young rufaI Oene
| VIM Was pic-cn., were The ' l,c-tIcan lIom New
YORK and pm "a dance programmes. IL was " ld'o
| hour g. nen tic NlsltOrs nom camp returned
Al O'Clock tnls afternoon IeliglOuS services Neic
held III the III, ss-n..I 10y tine IcsHcnta chaplain
tue KEY. u Il. DAVIS. y re@dIng-tcsk nad been I'M
| ployIscu ANA "a prof IsiOn % NIlu noNcis ANA ne