The sun., 1890-08-19
SOLDIERS TO THE RESCUE.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN TEST THE GEN.
RRoSITY or THE SLXTTsNINTH.

such time In this camp as that which the
Sixty-ninth Regiment had last night The great
barge excursion OF Shields Post 60, G. A. r.,
the veterans Of the regiment that began it's
battles at Bull Run. got here finally. but It was
long after all expectation Of their coming had
fed, and the ofloial day was over. The
excursion had been advertised for weeks
ahead, and Commander John 0'Connel.
the First Lieutenant Of Company O.
had obtained permission from Gen. Porter
for It to visit the camp 1t got away from New
York at II O'Clock. with $500 persons crowded
aboard two barges and tho steamboat Black
bird. and tug was engaged to help pull 1t up
to Roa Hook. It should have got here In time
for the visitors to see the dress parade' and
get homo again BY O'Clock in the morning.
Tho first news Of its whereabouts which
reached the camp was !bronSht BY Sergeant
Paul Of tho seventy-nrst Regiment He saw
It from railroad train about o'clock. oppo-
site Sing Sing.
There is q pretty strong suspicion always
that barge excursions are run In the interest
Of the men who buy the bar and lunch coun-
ter privileges. The veterans and their friends
must have been poor customers. for 1t was
6:15 and dark night whom the Blaokbtrd and
her CONVOY rubbed up against the Roa Hook
wharf There appeared to be two women and
q child aboard for every man there. The
moment the boats got MP to the wharf there
was rush to land. Tho women and
children tumbled out from everywhere. One
OF them. young waman. fell into the deep
water. Fortunately q lot Of the sixty-ninth's
men. who were expecting sweethearts and
friends, were waiting on the pier. Quick as a
fash Corporal Byrnes Of Company Il sprang in
after her. BE caught her in his arms and held
her head above the water until his comrades
oame to his aid.
More than 800 persons landed and started
for the camp. In the rush children were sep
arated from their parents and family parties
were broken up. The mile-long walk In tho
dark was made in body, and tho excursion
ists came into camp, past the guard house. un-
heralded. Already there were two or three
hundred visitors there. persons who could no
squeeze aboard the barEes In New York.
and who had come by rail. The evening
boat ferry g PsekStti 10 eetoS f tbe train % when
hS ferry 4 s 6sT as e set .hs ,hs
At this W junoturs The Whistle Of the Blackbird
s shs Of n 6nT Is
haS cast Sa nnoS and begun It's honeward trip
S5T # SsSd ss5Ss dssRsa;a the
pointed: beetsd merry makers S6on Col cav
Gases IN G' sssns sbe and Ta
hanGers on Of the party rushed back and forth
through the crowd looking Tor some means of
escape. like rats in o cage. Col CavanRgh was
In the crowd In moment
here the wives. the children. and the friends OF
the mon who wore the uniform OF thelr oonn-
wso tousht and e hetaes
as asen q h anG STn h.S By she
sixty ninth viii take caro- Of them. My tent is
we decide what further 70 DO for them"
commanded the post dozen ladies took
BafS. Lisut Col Moran. Surgeon NIX Kelly and
other ofioers made room for others. and those
Th had Sa,yss s II he
Come here. lads" said Col. CavanaGh. call
aRE hSp snSs IndSs bss OF his tent
No, sir" answered one OF them.
""EEsvS "Eo: q; ysu any money Z"
What then M ar arc you doing here1 What did
from the corners all day by the cops"
Many q the desertsd O. % We're SfSH With
out money Meantime. oil those who had
ferry. The little boats went back and forth
70 the he %
loaded. the 9:34 left the railroad platform
S bS T6S% G9sd mot s
Il ~ Si L st. RestsEi. aIso:Ioaded @ u t. anu
camp. More than 200 were women and chill
dren Tyenty;Snef fo were fa babes in arms ne: Col
asG5 the
Adiutent as to the better way to care for their
Put ali the women and children In the big
lecture tent and the hospital tents" he said.,
Tho question had, however been practically
back to his own quarters. Tho heavens opened.
and tp 2 pipute no one would have been able
camp Mon in the company's streets doubled
the tents n shd GaSs th9iF oTG own tents
fonts here and there were fiticd up. and Tho
officers were practically homeless. Phister-
er's suggestion was, hoEeysr acted upon In
lteved by transferring women TO the big tents;
Il was midnight however before they were all
the care Of special guards
This morning the question was food Morn
@ np 10 SSH them. LOUIS winIhoIE solved the breaK %
fast question. He and his partner, Col. Yale.
invited III all the hungry ana Ied theIn on me
best In the larder. surgeon Kelly and DR.. Col
Inns had charge OF the sleepnG arrangements.
undertook the return Of the lost ones. Tee:
grams were sent to relieve the anxiety OF
parents, and by II o'c ock they We're all home
ward bound. Ono hundred and hfty-nno
xpense OF the Sixty-ninth.
Many man slopt on the floor o. his tent or
on an empty cot. but tired or not. not one illg-
Red In the work OF the dar The rain cleared
away about o clock. Lieut., Col. Moran and
Major Duffy each took a wing Of the force and
put the men through what would have been u
days work for almost any other lot OF men
Then at 8 O'Clock they took them out again
and gave them another turn.
While the excursion party was leaving the
barge Nelson. on Its arrival at the foot OF West
Thirty fourth street, ut 4 80. A. VI yesterday
l6-year old Katie Smith CT $40 DeKalb avenue
Brooklyn, iell overheard and was drowned
CONNECTICUT MILITI4 IN CAMP.
They Took Plenty OF Wet Goods. Despite |
the Adiutant-GeherRI'H Order.
New HAVEN. Aug. ls.-The Connecticut Ma
tional Guard. four regiments and TWO detached