New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-04
OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR.
ov,v .oo MEN SAIL ON THE CITY OF PARA.


TUE ACAPULCO TO CARRY 500 MORE on MoNpAf-
ACTIVITY AT TIE NAVY yARD.
rh. .rnr;se gun at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yes
..rdav awoke that usually quiet place to scene OF
,;fe and activity which has not been witnessed
there since War times The marines at the par
racks aroused themselves and tho early iight was
reflected back from white helmets and glitterihg
uniforms Officers with cianking swords moved
about looking as fresh and soldierly as II they pau
not mapy of them, been up all night making the
final arrangements for the departure. Eariy IN 'no
dav a large number of civilians, some OF thehi
friends of the departing officers and soldiers anu
some drawn to the yard by mere curiosity pegai W
assemble In the avenues leading from the marino
barracks to the wharf where the men were 10 em-
bark. At 1880 the column of marines was seen
marching down Morris-ave. toward the Lyceuii
buildinq. 1t was as fine column of soldiers as ever
,,orcbe5 and the eve of every American present
lighted mn with enthusiasm and patriotic pride as
he saw them. Shoulder to shoulder they moved
With the precision of clockwork. solid mass OF
bue. above which cleaned the white and goid OF
The bemets and the FURNISHED steel OF the bayohets
Over ON the Cob Dock weie massed the sailors IRON
the Vermont. groups of them in working SUITS OF
white and other groups i'll blue Naval opiooi'
strolled about or conversed in groups When 'he
column of marines reached the Lyceum ouiiulng ~
halted and stood at place rest. waiting the arrival
of the contingent from Boston and Newport
Finally the tug Catalpa, which had been sent "
the pier of the Old Colony Line to get the marhes
from the East, came steaming into the Wallauou1.
She was covered with marines and Dlue]acke's'
The marines landed and marched up TO take tneh
place in the column, which was waiting for them'
The sailors were taken to the Vermont The de-
taehment of marines which arrived on the Catalpa
numbered S6 men and the blue-iackets ~ Wheh
the newly arrived marines had taken their place I'D
the column the order to advance was gwen the SILK
flag was unfurled, and the drums and bugies
sounded The marines moved down the avenue 'o
the Catalpa and embarked. a smaller tug taxing
elcng some of their luggage. 1t was all that the
$50 officers and men could DO to crowd themselves
on the Catalpa AMI they so completely covered the
vessel that she looked like moving mass OF blue
and white and gold she moved out INTO the
stream.
As slie moved away q cheer went up from those
assembled on the Cob Dock and on tue Navy YARD
wharyes. The marines cheered back. and then a
silence fell On the throng and not a word was
spoken as the tug slowly swung around ana disap-
peared beyond the bend OF the river: Every Que
realized that it was no pleasure party an"t was de
serious work and brave hostile bullets and the stil
more deadly fever Among the women who stood
OFFICERS and the wives of enlisted mon; the tear
drops glistened in the eyes OF ALL anu they tufneu
away with heavy hearts. =, c. n A.
The ting steamed down to the City of Para. the
marines were transferred, and the first expedition
which has left the United States for service IN
foreign land since 1S4S was off, The marines went
away IN serious and determined frame of mind.
resolved tn uphold the splendid record OF the corps
They were "a gallant set of men and paliantly
otfccred. Colonel Hayward, who commands the
battalion is an officer OF experience In whom the
subordnte oieers and the nem haye aSS59pte % e9n
worth the adjutant of the battalion Is an oncer
who served with credit in the volunteers OF the
late war; he has service since IN every quarter
of the globe ana has been in Panama before IN
times of insurrection there. He is nephew OF ;.
G.. Goodrich Peter Parley) and OF Roswell Smilh.
His father was for some time Minister tn Copen-
hagen. A., -.
As soon as the MARINES had left the yard the work
of drilling the sailors began. About IOo plue
Jackets are now on the Vermont and all Yesterday
afternoou the officers drilling them III infantry
tactics. About 500 will go TO the isthmns on tne
Acapulco on Monday. A battery OF Gatling guns
q howltzers aud 3-nch rfed guns Will also go on
Monday. The steamship Crescent CITY mas Deen
chartered as a transport to take down part Oh
the men and munitions of war. A sufficient supply
of ammunition will be sent Work oD the lalla
poosa and Brooklyn was rapidly pushed all day
yesterday , ,o m, .ox
Dispatch with between 800 and 400 sailors and
marines on board from the Norfolk Navy. Yard.
passed here this afternoon. She VIII intercept
the steamer from New-York for Panama on the
apes of Virginia, to which vessel the men VIII DE
transferred. r, w., c..
steamers Swatara and Tennessee. which have been
ordered to Aspnwal sailed from the Passes To-day.
ADMIpAI JOCETT,S ORDERS.