New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-05
THEY FIRED THE SALUTE.
,,,nsr :. BATTERY MEN, AT THE STATE CAMP
COVER THEMSELVES WITH MUD
AND GLORY.
n M THEIR GUNS IN PELTlNe RAIN
AN ACCIDENT NARROWLY hS0AfAD
v.Ny VISITORS IN CAMP.


.u y " July 4 (speclaD.-The members vi
n,,.rv covered themselves Win inuu anu
no ,o-aav and this afternoon receiVeu eo ,'s =.
so'. .rr msn IN camp. The battery was oo'a-'. ~
- National salute Of fortytwo sun' " ~ a. L.,
~. otbsr men In camp were to DC ui""" W .,nss
" ,ront Of the National and s'ale cvioi'' ~ 80
n.rade style. At IL 80 o'clock inc 0ai. 49, 49,, on
". ~. Grounds forming line as per programme
=, -. ra,rjnr hard at the time, put inc oni0oio "o
..,nea not IN allow the rain to Interfere WIN u
celebration so they kept inc me" o. "a ~. ,eind
N. water begun to pour down Id s'rc"h,' a"u Va,
90 hlow hurricane. Then tney sent ''0 nv. 80
ing to shelter not, however, un''' 'n'' A"N
vet 10 the skin Us. ard stood
m - the storm as though they were on orcss
.so an the finest day imaginable III "o u'i'"e
- ,,.v stood beside their guns withou' moving
,cIe waiting for the time TO arrive "hon 'noS oi'
., hern firing When the clock struck IL !" was is,"e
harder than ever II such thing were posSioio
and the wind bowling among the 'eh.S' "nIppns
all peces OF loose canvas and stralning he ropes so
a., ,,os. who had sought shelter expected every
.,or,.n, that the tents would be carried away Inc
summers went ahead however, as regularly as thousn
n.v were a. practice firing primers at the regular
n,or,,ng drJn back Of Newspaper ROW. and awaK
en.ng the reporters at 5 a. M Boom ooon Oooi'l
vent the guns at regular intervals OF ten seconoS'
tha wi
two brass mu,zle-loading twelve-pound cannon,
,-nou,r as Napoleonsn were used, and were worheu
-, tv.,vs mon under Sergeant Charles Spring. Inc
.n.s ~ the other men were Sergeants Peter u
patar and Henry Junher, Corporal August bahoi'
,osanh Roes Martin Kramer, Christian sauseIe, van
lam Schneider Charles schneider. GUSTAV "inAoI'
Harry Hedlicn Frederick Rotzler, John Haney AieA-
.nder schnlein and Gottfried Henos' Inc 90
oce,s were particularly in their praise Oh the
-hInb sha man
and the pluck they showed in sticking TO tneir su..
hronsh the fierce storm Colonel Frederick Phiseier'
N. most adiutant and paymaster, came out u ~
tent in Luxury Row, and remained outSue -
storm while the salute was being hred. w.re
Wbsn IN, firing was begun those under sneroi 80
not aware that the battery men were sun II Wv
hut thought they had sought shelter ike 'hen9
DSS Ia hord,v beIieve their eyes when they saw
tho MANNERS of the battery working Ike cio'A"o,
and heard the reports of the guns echoinS anu 1900
sga,nst the surrounding hills and through Ino 49,
air After the salute fired the men Pu' 49, .. .
IN nroner shane and then went TO their qu@i" "
double Quick They were, OF COURSE s0o WI
their uniforms were practically ruiheu ..,,.oa
One incident which might easily nave roSuiVoN
- -. 49, mora of the men shows how ex-
oauan.,y ,bav are trained Gun No. went OH pre-
,,,roir opca and caused the only break IN inc
av.nness of the firing. sergeant Peter q. BAKER
took the place of hammer because ne was on0 u %
,rost axncrieneed men among those detailed mere InS
wo.r Ne e extremely quick at the work, and 70
that fact he owes his escape from serious OF iaiai
injury. ,,o,,. ,,oco
rrhe csmn to-day was about as disagreeable place
~ no IN az could be found For the fourth con-
secut,ve dav the morning broke dark and gloomy
The tons Of the surrounding hills were obscured IN
gcav ursts and the rain clouds hung threateningV
ovar the camp The men went out for the usual
drls and although there several sharp showers
,hov uAre not driven in untD at about the usual
time. The wooden floors In the tents are we''
the blankets are damp and uncomfortable, and the
tents are becoming widowed. A few more days
Of this kind of weather Will make the camp poor
Mace Of abode for men with weak constitutions.
RUSS Stevens and Shine" Btssey, two prvates
IN the 9th separate Company OF Troy, brought an
usIy bulldog 10 camp with them and have him tied
ND IN their tent stevens guard duty last
night and when Bussey tried TO get into his tent the
dog showed fight and would not allow his owner TO
enter 1t was raining hard at the time, and the other
men IN the street. finding out what was the matter,
refused TO allow BusSey 10 come into their tents ,
so he spent an hour In the rain trying 70 pacny
the dog ~ . - l.. -,
There were a great many visitors In camp To-Day,
Notwithstanding the bad weather Just peiore thc
dress parade the sun made its appearance for few
minutes before disappearing for the night; so that
thc dress parade was enjoyed by the visitors. The
hand concert in the evening also the hrst one
which has not been stopped by rain since Monday' ana
was accordingly enjoyed