New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-09
GOVERNORS TO SEE THE CAMP
TOMORROW TO BE A REDLETTER DAY al
THE PEEKsKILL QUARTERS
NOTED MEN coM1NG-sEvEN INsUBoRplNAiN
PRISONERS PUT on BREAD AND "AiN
THEY NAY BE EXPELLED

NOTED MEN C0M1NG-SEVbN
PRISONERS PUT ON BREAD AND wATEN-
THEY NAY BE EXPELLED
n..s.sm \. y. Aug. 3 CspecIaD.-saturday VIII
-, ,.,,or dav Of The season I'm the State lamp.
oorornors Beaver of Pennsylvania and for"''' "
Ohm and ex-Goverors Cornell, OF NC" -.
nop,well of Massachusetts, will be mere ~ a.,
,he Mace and see what model Stale camp w. 1
U,,b the Governors will be General Freder'oN to""
rd who was adJuant- general, and eNr'uueo "o 90
pusseu who judge advocate general unue' Wv
-. Cornell Governor Htll may poSpV coile
r. hos several other engagements and II they can DO
-raoeed for another date he will COME Ano P"a's
IN start from the Grand Central station az ocioch
an saturday morning, and will arrive az Inc camp az
ho,t 10 So the fast train stopping especially 10 leu
,h.r, off, The troops will be drawn up In line 10
eiye the distinguished guests, and salute OF seven
,r GUNS will be fired in honor of Governors Beaver
rd Foraker Should Governor Hil come, of course a
alute OF nineteen guns will be fred by the 81 battery
Tho guests will remain in the camp only an hour so
thcre will not be time enough to have review, a.
though General Porter will offer them one. After in
snectIng the camp the party Will 90 TO RhinebecH'
WHORE taey will take luncheon with VcePresident
Morton. Later in the day the whole party will GO
% the New Grand HOTEL at Summit Mountains, where
a inception is to &c given to General IL. A. Barnum by
Ex-Governor Cornell.
More excitement was caused in camp to-day than
has been seen here before in long time, By the IN
subordnation of seven prisoners who are In the guard
house. in refusing TO work with picks and shoVeis
on the new fort which is being built west of the camp
Tho men were put under arrest for various offences,
several of them for trying TO run the guard, ana
one or two for being intoxicated They were all put
in the glard-house yesterday. This morning thoy
were taken down 10 the fort and told that they must
work or they would not get any dinner Ihey hsd
been m the guard house long enough to form COM
Cd N do a Str
Captain Thunton the instructor in guard duty went
down TO see the men after they had been taken BACK
TO the guard-hOuse
"wel men, he sald "you may have water and
nothing but water, until you make up your minds 10
do rs you are told"
retorted one man. .
"Au right, If you have the tobacco you are "en
fxed,s answered Captain Thurston
He then instructed the officer OF the uay'
Captain Henry Holland. Of the 35th separate
Company, of Ogdensburg, to ask the men again at
O'Clock II they were willing to work during inc aIer
noon for the sake of having some supper. Nheh
CAPTAIN Holland asked them they still refused 10 go
TO work but jocularly told the captain to call again.
Two of the men belong the 3sth Separate Company
OF oswego, and the other five are 18th Keglmehe
men, The powder magazine at the new fort Is nearly
completed 1t is nothing more than cellar Ouli'
partly on top of the ground, and partly Deio" inc
surface IL is covered WIN HCdNA IdAlAS' "P"''
which rests a foot or two of dirt There Is no light
in IT except what comes through solid wooden door
at cre end This improvised dungeon is ventilated
nv four small pipes which pierce The roof
The men were 20 have no cots blankets but
tst az they were about 10 be placed III the ccliaf
General Porter gave orders that nothing OF the Kind
he done The men are now in a tent which is per-
fec.y bare There no cots, blankets, nor camp
stools and they must sit and lie on the hoor or
stand I'D. They have had nothing to eat to-day and
will have nothing until tomorrow morning at least.
woman who came to camp this afternoon TO see ohS
of the prisoners allowed to talk 10 him only IN
the presence of officer. The prisoners were eN-
ceedingy selfasSer;ive to-day. and talked BACK 10
the officers, but probably day or so on cold
water diet will bring them TO terms.
They will all it is said, be Immediately expelled from
the National Gu u, and garrison courtmarIiai VIII
probably be held tomorrow TO act on their cases
They may be held here as long as the post-commander
ehooss after their organizations leave camp.
William F. Boylan, OF No. 135 Grand-st., a brother
OF Captain John r. BoyIan, OF Company X, was
visitor TO camp today While in his store he has
often been mistaken for his brother People would
come and greet him with, " Hello Captain and he
would saw - Don't take me for a soldier I'm a
a National Guar1sman. Several officers with whom
he va. acquainted determined to-day TO impress him
with the Importance Of a soldier, and Captain Dc'a-
field ordered corpora usn an cbarae1er
and take him down TO General Porers quarters.
General Porter was not I'm, so he was taken down 10
CAPTAIN Thurston's tent lie well acquainted
with Captain Thurston and Colorel McGrah. who
was also in tie tent. but they both net him win
blank faces and asked the corporal what the charges
against the man were. The corpor'l sad that ne
had ed him as suspicious character by the
order of CAPITA Deafe d. big crowd had BENIN
TO gather by this tim" and after little more queS-
ton Mr.. BOY an was released
The largest guard (lG5 strong which ever left the
ramp started this afternoon II was made up entirely
Of meuhe,s of The PROVISIONAL battalion, and was
commanded by Major Chauncey. Lieutenant W. X.
Hamilton went along Instructor, as usual.