New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-26
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A RED LETTER DAY IN CAMP.
GOVERNOR HILL REVIEWS THE SEVENTH.
CAPTURING GoAr-sEErNa sNAKEs-DECoRATIoNs
AND DRESS PARADE.

CAPTURING A GoAr-sEErNd sNAKEs-DEC0RATI0NS
AND DRESS PARADE.
fFRox SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNEl
STATE CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, PEEKsRrLI, June
25This has been rec letter day In the annals of this
seasons encampment Of sihe 7th Regiment. Over
5000 persons have visited the camp. and 5000 were
present at the review Governor David B. Hill visited
the in order to review the 7th and far the
review went it success. 1t must be remembered.
however, that the 7th is Republican regiment ana
the reception OF Henry Ward Beecher was far
from being an enthusiastic one. Governor Hill
at p. m. The troops drawn up to receive s';n,
and he drove the grounds q salute OF twentyv..
guns fired by the " Howitzer Corps" OF the 7th
Regiment. This afternoon the athletic games took
place. Lieutenant Colonel George Moore Smith was
the referee Captain Appleton and Lieuenants Cooper
and Sage the judges. The officers of the executive
committee Mr.. Schuyler president; Mr.. Appleton.
vics-president Mr.. lie Due, secretary, and Mr. Rich.
treasurer.
At 5p. m. the Governor accompanied by Adjutant-
General Farnsworth, Inspector General Briggs, Advo.
cate-General King Surgeou-General Bryant, Colonel
Frost and others OF his staff including Colonel Louis
Gllet military secretary to the Governor, reviewed
the 7tn The men presented splendid appearance:
the marching while passing in reyiey excellent.
and the were frequently applauded The march,
ing of companies A, ID. f. II. and X. was COM
men ied by the visitors that of Company being the
best The review showed that the 9TH has ad excel
lent training and Colonel Clark and the officers to
be congratulated on the result OF their labor.
Since the 7th came into camp the amount OF hard
work done is not small. The regiment has improved
fully 30 per cent lis first dress parade and when
1t returns to New York will have credit having
made improvement than any regiment that has
been in camp in the last two years. On account OF the
review the evening guard mount did not take place
until $50 p m. At 300 p. m the French visitors ar
rived salute was fired and the French flag run up
A. tna iuto he Att ar
went up. The visitors we're Admiral Lacombe Cap
tain de Saune, Lieutenants d'Aubarut and Baltine;
Edward Brunant, the French Consul General Anson
g.. McCook President Sanger, OF the Board OF Alder
men, Mr. and Mrs. French, and Mrs. John L. Deyelin,
Miss Devehn and Mrs. VoornE. Alter witnessing
dress parade tho visitors returned to the city the
steamer Patrol.
This afternoon the sixth company men pushed .
billy goat up the steps and into the camp The men
gagged the goat. but General Shaler heard 1t and
went TO tho rescue OF the goat Tonight it was fed
diet of belt paste. of Sergeant Zitells shoes
tourtnas one tomato can anda look at Captain kipps
tent
Private Allan Dederick, OF Company f, snakes
on Tuesday night. lie was detailed for guard duty:
his beat being from the top OF the steps which lead
from the ferry to the mess hall of the officers
About the corporal OF the guard was called by
Mr.. Dederck, who said that be saw snakes craving
up the steps, he corporal laughed at him. Dederick,
however, insisted upon calling the corporal again.
This repeated i've times and the fifth time the
corporal dropped his gun in fright. There in plain
sight a dozen snakes crawed uD and down tine steps;
an examination followed. and nest of rats dis
covered. The scampering of these rats up aud down
in the moonlight gave the impression of snakes The
Joke is out and hereafter Mr. Dederick will be known
| to his fellow members as snakes
at war. This morning the pet kitten OF Company Z
fell in with the pet kitten OF Company H. They fei
out. and the kitten was badly whipped.
The camp today presented a 6ne appearance
heavy amount of police duty has been performed, and
not stray piece of paper is to be found IN the COM
pany streets The men have G worked hasd m 20 put the
and the French visitors. The more aesthetic os
the companies have adorned their company streets
with flowers Company X has at the head Of its
street monogram of daisies under which repre-
sentation of the 9TH Regiment Armory. Company
has letter five feet long made of slate edged with
composed also of daisies, at end of their street,
ana the figure IN plaster. denominatng the fifth
company at The Other end h Thompdny s Gas letter p
| Mr. Loveland, of the Surgeons Department, have
made themselves useful and the result is that Adutant
Rand sports shield of white stones and isisies with
his initials the front of his tent and the Surgeon
| star with the figure 7. Tie work. however done in
front of the Quartermasters tent is really artistic IL
occupies space ten by fifteen feet and comprises the
letters O. NJ. topped by large star and the figure a
with the initials OF Quartermaser, -. +. Long.
The most important man in camp Is the phot-
ographer .Pach All day long the men have lounged
around camp dressed neatly-as though Tor dress
parade or an inspection, but it was only tin-ty2e
| Mr.. Pach has the honor of wooden cottage jast
built. north of the band quarters.
The officer of the day this morning was Captain
ns Tine Oi Sesr
the guard, Lieutenant Brandish j. Smith The officer
of the day this evening Captain William II. kippe
the senior officer of the guard, j. Engmout Schemer-
horn and the JUNIOR officer of the guard Lieutenant
Edward L. Sage. At the revele roll call o-day the
number of officers and men reported was Sol an In
crease of fifty the number reported yesterday.
Drum Major John Smith met with an agreeable sur
prise at dress parade tonight. lie has been member
of the band for twenty years and his associates de-
cided to present him with the gold regimental cross
This done through Colonel Clark at dress parade
and tho tallest man the regiment night Is the
fntsa Mr. Spatth danAI pfano N
McDougal and McLewee of Company F. and Captain
Abrams of Company have the honor of being
called the most aesthetic officers Of the 7th Their tents
certainly show it each has of flowers in 'front.'
and the inside Of their quarters, decorated with rugs
bibles, flowers. silver iceptcher, five pairs OF shoes
each, ETC., has o tasty appearance.
Among the visitors at the dress parade tonight were
Chauncey NJ. .Depew, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher, the Rev. DIR. David Murdock Frank Webb,
Sidney Appleton, General Alexander Shaler. Miss
Hustled, General Hustled, Mrs. Farnsworth, Miss
Farnsworth, Mrs. Emmons Clark, Miss Claik.