New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-21
CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
PHASES OF CAMP LIFE AT PEEKsKILL


THE EIGHTH WELL AT woRK-sUcCEssFUL AT
rrMprs To PREVENT LIQUOR-sELLNG-iNOi-
DENTS AND GOSSIP.
TrRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rEiDuSh'I
STATE CAMP OF INSTRUCTION. PEEKsKiLL July
2O-One of the most interesting things conhcc'eu
with tho MANAGEMENT of the State Camp is the re-
| markable smoothness with which one regiment
oivcs Mace to another Yesterday the East-Side
German soldiers were here, going through severe
battalion drill practising at the butts az though
they never had done, never expected to do, any
thing else. At sunset they were all in their CITY
homes fifty miles from here To-day they are
scattered through workshops, manufactures and at
a score of honest empoyments, their CAV trappings
brass buttons and gorgeous helmets replaced ny
Jumpers" and work clothes. The tents which
twenty-four hours ago echoed to the solid Teutonic
gutturas are now occupied by their West-Side
cess0rs and of the Sth apparently as much
at home as if they proposed to devote all summer TO
fighting il out on this line. For the cean-cut way
in which the retiring and incoming regiments are
managed for the Almost absolute Lack OF friction III
making transfer which involves vast amount OF
precise attention to details the credit Is ahke cue
TO the admirable general management OF the oihciais
representing the Governor and TO the rcgimental
commanders themselves.
Before finally dismissing the 18th Regiment from
this correspondence more word OF praise shond
be added to the many good things which have al
ready been deservedly said of it, Before the regi-
ment came into camp the common expression was,
"What Will the 18th do without their beer T.
As the regiment is composed wholly of Germans the
inquiry was pertinent, but it aroused the pride of
Colonel Unbekant, who declared that no would
show the Governors staff the National Guard gem
orally and everyone else interested that a German
rata al with bepr
least rs a regiment composed of any other nation
atty. He has kept his word, and more; there has
been less drinking and more perfect discipline
and good order in the camp of the 11th than IN
either of the others which have been here. Before
they left New-York Colonel Unbekant told his men
that The order against the sale of Intoxicating
beverages in camp would be rigidly enforced, and
that If he found any beer kegs on the boat or in
camp he would throw the beer into the river and
the bIbulOus offenders after it, else cOnsign them
to the horrors Of guard-house imprisonment.
1t is certain that occasion was offered for car
rying the threat into execution, but the last day
but before the regiment left 1t was officially
brought to Colonel Unbekants attention that there
was placewhere whiskey was being surrepttlously
sold in camp. The offender. 1t is alleged. WAS one
Paulding, a resident of Peekskill, who is a lineal
descendant of the Paulding who captured Major
Andre. He has been a sort of factOtum in camp
from the time work was first begun on it, and in
view of his services a concession was given him by
General Wyie to sell ice-cream. Paulding's place
was a small and innocent looking tent, which was
remarkably well patronized. Those who went in,
Ostensby for concealed cream whercwth To pro
duce an artificial reduction of their temperature, by
a curious phenomenon came out red-faccd and per-
sprinR with no suggestion of Icecream in their ac
tions or atmosphere The eXravagant and newly
cultivated fondnesg Of the German soldiers for ice
cream naturally attracted attention, which subse
duently developed into suspicion Pauldng was
arrogating to himself the duties of Is regmental sur
geon or hospital steward without the authority OF
either of these vitality important functionaries The
Colonel decided to make descent upon the 'gilded
palace of SIM" which was masqueradIHg As n mild
hammered tent The time was fixed but the " raid
was a fzzie. PauldinQ had fled in the night, re-
moving everything belonging 10 him, except
qnantity of ice, which he left az tantalizng and
suggestive legacy for the contemplation of his late
patrons He had been warned by his friend. Louis
Wenholtz, frs-mate Of the mess-tent and had es-
capped the wrath to come. This example. added to
that of the two beer-sellers who were
caught in the woods while the 10Th was
here. and fined 500 each, will, il is thought
serve as a sufficient warning to dealers IN
contraband liquids Colonel Unbekant. who vas
while here did not mention this Pauldng episode
in any of his letters which the TRIBUNE correspond
cnt read
Apropos of the same general subject, it may not
he generally known to visitors to camp that there is
a genuine and realistic Bottle Alley" here, one
visit to which would materially swell the bank &C
count of any enterprisng junk-dealer. This unfre-
duented thoroughfare Is the old road that reaches
camp inst behind the band tents. II is literally or
namened with bottles of various sizes and shapes;
with many masses of shattered fragments that tell
of other bottles that were. Some of these discarded
bottles evidently contained gi iger ale, and others
were palpaby designed for beverages of another
kind AS no liquor is allowed in camp il is per
picking problem W decide where all these bottles
came from.
One Of the most efficiently managed departments
here is that of Unconstitutional HOysradt. Each
regiment has been paid off while en- route home on
the boat 1t took General Hoysradt forty-iive min
ut6s o pay off the 23d, and thirty-6ve minutes to
pay off the 18th so admirably all the details of
the department system arranged 1t required much
longer to pay of the tn while going down river
yesterday, as the company officers, well rs the
men, appeared to be unfamiliar with their part Of
the business. The amount paid to the 23d was So,
Go to the 10Th 81 $50 and to the L tn $3.50 90
The percentages of the members Of each Of tho
three regiments named who were present at their
annual inspections which have been held here are
as follows:
GOA Aggregate reg r Gss t. Per PEI cent cent
2 49, ---.-.--' '----''''--''' az SG9 "a so
IA 355 70 $40
While. as was stated in yesterdays letter Orderly
Parker is no longer unique to uniform. it mus: in
iuatice he admitted that he is /" set up" in such
way as 10 be unapproachable by any one of the