New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
AT THE STATE CAMP.
Drp,p1TRE OF THE 9TH REGIMENT AND
TROOP A. AND ARRIVAL OF THE l4IH'
ervrp,r. SEPARATE COMPANIES ALSO TO BE IN
c.,,p r,rrs wFrK-ROUsING FAREWELL OF
TIE 9TH TO TROOP A-FRIDAY NIGHT
FrsTIvITY-THE "CANTEEN.

FEsTIvITY-THE "CANTEEN
state Camp. PeekSk y. y, July II Cspecal'-'u,m
a rouslnc hearty hope-wc-may meet AGAIN Selu Oh
- ,roon , received from tho members Of the 9th
pcqimont today has seldom been witnessed IN u's
csmp or anywhere else. Long before the troop was
ready To- start It's long ride tn the city the fhc"c
Of the regiment began TO gather about the road winch
leads ont of the camp. The drum corps ana u'e Po'
hand were also present an unusual occurrence. Ihe
troopers mounted the picket line hurS'onNa!
Lewis Balch Of the 10Th Battalion Of Albany mounted
the horse of one Of the troopers who had gone homo
early in the week. and accompanied the troop on Hs
ride His horse insisted npon inceSSantF throwing
M rs head much TO the discontinue Of the surgeon
what can | do TO stop it! he asked second Lieu
tenant II. II. BalCh.
Walk behind and hold his t1il,' the advice
Of the lieutenant
The men were finally all in the saddle. the photo
craphcr had snapped his camera and told the men
that II was all over" and the troop started on ltS
long ride The drum corps took itN place at inc heau
Of the column, and played Aud Lang Sync'' ana
the band fell In lnc behind the drum corps paying
"Good.by, Ny Lover GOOdbc' At tho same time
the regiment had formed in two lines, one on each
side Of the road through which lines the troop must
pass The cavarymcn had 10 run the gauntlet ana
take the voclferous applause which was showcred upon
them The Indians" yelled with all their mlGht
end waved their hats in honor of the Gallan; cavalry
mon The latter took mp the cheering, ana torc "@H
a battle royal for o short time to see which organ
ization could cheer the loudcst. The troopers w'rc
outnumbercd to one, but they held their own and
went down tho hill making the mountains on all sides
OF the camp ring with their vigorous and hearty
answering cheers. The road over which they role
leads entirely around the camp at the loot ot the
buG and the Of the regiment followed around
On top OF the bank. cheering and calling gOodby until
the las horscman hal disappeared around the corner
Of the hill. The troop intended 10 ride as far rs
Dobbs Fcrry. where a halt 10 be made for supper
and 10 givo the horses a rest The start was to be
made from that point soon after midnight. and IT Is
cN Npccted that daylight will find the men In the city
The usual scenes Of Friday were witnessed I'm camp
last night The men always have much more liberty
then than Oh any other night in the week, and they
usually make mp for the weeks restraint from taps
Friday night until rcvce saturday morning. The
men have little us- for the candles which are allotted
to them during the week. when Friday nght comes
they have a l1rge stock for the weekly illumination
Each company street had the letter Of the com
pauy formed OF burning candlc@, and not a
littls Ingenuity shown ia tho different meth
obs ~ forming the lcte.s. Long ago the
members Of tae 9th Re yimcrt were dubbed the
Indians" because they seemed to take particular
delight IN wrapping Sl blankets around themselves,
and trailing about the company street, utterins ear
piercing yell, which would put Comanche Indian
20 the blush.
While the men wcrr having their fun outside. u
little party was In progress in Troop As quarters.
General Porter thcrc tS.ud expressed himself
plainly about the wonderful prorrcS, which the "h
Regiment ha, made during the last two years There
strong talk II disbaudinc the organization at that
1mc but now II has many warm admirers among the
-at" officers General Porter thinks the regiment has
Zone cNccllcaNy. and the time when 10 VIII have
new a.mory ha, undoubtedly been considerably short
eu,l by the iact that Colonel seward accepted tie
detail for camp duty th, year, and thus h1d an
opportunity Of showing what sort Of an organization
ho Commanded General Horat.o G.. King Va, also
present, and gave sone interesting "reminiscences Of
ni, experience. captain Charles r. Roe, oi Troop y
.ayo some further details of hi, experience during the
campaign In which GoAeml Custer was killed
Soon after tho men received their pay to-day. Colo
rol -c,ynrd noticed that large number, Of them were
patr,uiriug puuphy's "cantecn.' The cntcrprising
ll1.,r dealer had ,.ut word around that the mems
chccl,, would Dee ca-hcd without discount ~ soon
a, Colonel ~urd learned that fact, he sent I've men
over a. patrol IN front ~ tie "cautccn.'
with orGc's 10 warn men who Intended l"
20 into the "ca.tocu.- against doing This pre-
| caution had the desired effect. hut a. soon a tho
patrol vas withdrawn, when the Low troops arrive"
IN camp. tnc De- cau'ccn" wa, patroullcd lbcnllv.
Iioop 4 had lc,.u out Of camp about al hour when
,, oi,y I'r,rrL "a, sighted coming up the river
l,u on board. colonel seward. wcr" drawn up
- ne ,o rccclvc the newcomers and within an hour
after tie boat with the new men on board had come
IN SIGHT an entirely new 80; OF men had taken
possession Of the camp. About so0 men VII occcuPY
:hc camp ncNt week. They VIII l": Ism kcel
nc,t Of nrooklyn a detail from the 81 battery. q
Er,oElyu: the Ath separate Company. ot lonAeiN.
under the command Of Captain lsnAc PUyn' inc
i-th ,cparat. company Of Glcn's Fa!ls, under com
mand u Captain !. :. Garrett. the 2Gth ocparai O
Company. Of Elnlia Captain Robert !. Bush t1c
tu.tn l. Yatc, and tlr 3pth S"paut" Company. d!
Wat,rtnwu. captain ". Zimmerman.
The Long rianch stopped at YouEers on tLc way
up tlc river. and pich~l up the lth separate Com.
- Hstf.s t.f.Fl a..
rlr member ~ the lith Regiment sent news % the
trp up the river. and the arrival here" ba'k to Nh
| lrmory ty means - carrier pigeons. Two nr'
ycr,, r-,loi,od when tho fairly ou the boat
II the wharf IN nroollyu. four more w"r" released
at Noukcrs two whom he boat lnrdcd at Roa Hook.
and two after th" arrival iu camp. ON" Of tho
i..i,. vLrh was released after the arrival here,
| was Hanover. which recently 1cN from Newton.
! Y g.. 10 nroollyn. distance Of 800 miles, IN s.X
/ hours