New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-29
CLOSE OF IHE STATE CAMP.
DEPARTURE OF THE LAST REGIMENTS.
PARTING sALUTEs - CHEERING, SINGING AND
MERRYMAKING.

PARTING sALUTEs - CHEERING, sINGIN NC AND
MERRYMAKING.
fFroN SPECIAL COR RESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE.I
STATE CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, PEEKsKILL,
July 2s-rhe air full OF farewcs today.
regiment saying farewell 10 regiment. and OIL
Ger to officer, and Peek5klll Itself In
true Pcekskll fashion-a thuDdcr shower and
gale enough to blow camp Anthony's Nose say
ting farewell to the camping season OF 1888 The day
amid the early sound OF music aad cheering.
and so tar MS terrb heat OF the morning permitted
the music and cheering kept up continuously The
men who camped at Peekskn during the
last week OF the season pleasant
and well. disciplined set have been here this year
Company b. OF the 10th Battalion, Albany, commanded
by Major sackpoe rivals the best regiments OF the year
in drill; the contingents from Enira and Binghamton,
While OF "a proficient the older regimentshaye shown
discipline which has left the State Depar ment nothing
10 desire; while the 74th Buffalo special COM
pliments from Inspector Briggs In steadness
and discipline they fifty Per cent better thah tne
65th of Buffalo, in camp two weeks ago, and
100 per cent better than the oh of New York, who
immediately preceded them
After breakfast the received their pay. This
would not be noteworthy If the two men from SYRIA
cnse who were here last pay day, and who were
ordered of the ground by General Wye had not nyser-
ousy appeared again. Their presence was discovered
by the guards just after dinner. There was cry, a
scramble chase through the woods and wild haIloo
cashng the meu's checks "for q consideration" ap
psared ignominiously dragged along by the guards.
They were dragged to the brow OF the hill and their
faces directed Roa Hook and there they were told that
the world was wide aad there were people the
State Camp had no use for.
The wind blew tree down the bluff and washed a
side OF the hill TO the ROa Hook road. so
that when the Albany company went swinging down
the road on their way to tze steamer, with the
74th on the hill behind them cheering and shout
ing Major stsokpole had to order his into
single column and along the edge of the washedOut
road at the Imminent risk Of sliding down into the
marsh An hour or two before the Albany men de.
Darted party OF twelve from the LIST Battery arrived
from NewYok to fire the parting salute III the parting
salute of twent, not Tired the Peekskl camp
Dwell in IL good OF tine firing party there
10 arrive on time and relieve General Wyhes apprehen
sion. Imagae their disgust when they found
m, sns' gn aT CAPTAIN Wendell said something
quickly in German. he remedied the mishap, which
the other men did not hear. - 30
TIE officers as they departed raised their helmets and
bowed 70 the officers left behind, ami there
were bowling aud polite dopgs In tho camp today
than there in all Washingtons camps OF the Heyo
Esome men haa sent Spencer. OF the Ordnance De-
prtosent late the nixht BEFORE apd he went down TO
the ferry 10 what they wanted The ferry WAS a
lonely place sni the han BIO disappointed Ia not
getting work the Ordnance Department and tbey
lave Il he bad not drawn his and fred at
patng the gang flight. Noxt day he arrested and
Horati0 c. King State Advocate GeneI al had defend
hm However NO was released GU his own recogntzance
Al i've o'clock the 74th departed for Buffalo. the salute
irrd and the camp was at an end Hereafter the
Tne officers hurr cd about other nnal and
General wylie found his hands full