New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
IRISH-AM ERICANS IN CAMP.
ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THEIR MILITARY
UNION-A SHAM BATTLE.

ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THEIR MlllIAi'1
UNION-A SHAM BATTLE.
A acg attcnance of civilians and delegations from
numerous Iris American societies. social ana DchcVo-
lent. went down yesterday 10 south Beach, = L. u
witness the fourth National cncampment and civic
celebration Of the Irish American Military Union Of
the United States. mt Camp Wolf Tone. strakels ocean
villa Park ArrOclar The nag of the Union ana inc
green flag of Ireland waved side by side over the hed
The celebration will last four days, different pro
gramme being arranged for each day The first tmng
Yesterday was the raising of the National flag, which
saluted with peal Of foryour guns from Bat'ery
A. 1st Regiment Irsh-Amencan Light Artillery At
II O'Clock the Declaration OF Independence was read
amid cheers by Colonel Thomas II. Ronayne. and the
green flag Of the military union raised and was
saluted with thirty-swo guns. IT consists OF sun
burst and harp IN the centre. bordered with thirty
two stars, typical Of the thirtytwO counties of Ireland
MajOr-Genera william F. Kelly, the commanderin-
chief Of the union was in supreme command at the
camp, and at o'clock after a speech by p J. p
~ man, he reviewed all the troops, whose marching and
countermarching and the various difficult movements
through which they went, were received with applause
The review followed by a sham battle. and then
dancing music and athletic sports, closing with fire
works in honor of the day. An entirely new pro
ginmme has been arranged for to-day. when Judge
John Henry Mccarthy will speak, and the TppeTry
and Westmeath Mems Association will visit the
camp. These are the commands participating:
Company \. 4th battalion D. c. NJ (Emmetl Guards,
Washing tOn, Captain II. Walsh
Company c. I'd Regiment r. I. NJ. (Kearney Light
Infantry Central Falls r. l., Captain Joseph T. Byrnes
Company c, cd Regiment n. G. c., New-Haven' Conn.,
Captain NJ. Carol
Shields Guards, Danbury, Conn., Captain C. peury.
Company A. list Regiment Hibernian Rife. New
London. Conn. Captain NJ Fitzgerald.
Company c. LIST Regiment, Hibernan Rifles Meriden'
Conn, Captain J. II. Burke.
Hibernan Rifles, Worcester, Mass. Captain Thomas
McGourty.
st. Anne,s Guards, Worcester, Mass. Captain E. F.
Dolan.
Company c. Hibernian Rifles, Fall River, Mass Cap
tain ]. Padan
sheridan Guards, New.Bedord Mass, Captain T. F.
Brown.
TT Meagher Guards Scranton. Penn, Captain Patrick
Wright.
Gray Guards Luzerne BOrO', Penn, Captain NJ.
McGUnn
Company II. 4th Regiment Third Brigade N. G. p,
Pittston, Penn. Captain J. F. Flannery.
Company A, cd Regiment, II. r., Wikesbarre, PENN
Captain J. b. Boyle.
sarsneld Guo:ds. Sugar Notch. Penn, Captain B.
Yates.
Emmett Rifles, Plains. Penn. Captain NJ. Caulheld
Hibelnian Rifles, Pittsburg, Penn, Captain Thomas
Murray.
Company b. 1st Regiment, Hibernian Rifles, Philadel-
phia Captain Thomas Grove.
Company c. LIST Regiment Hbernian Rifles, Phiadel-
phia, Lieutenant NJ Wall
Company Z, LIST Regiment Hibernian Rifles, Phila-
depha. Captain Patrick Brady.
Company f. LIST Re gment Hibernian Rifles, Phlladel-
phia, Captain y. w Coonan.
Company H. LIST Regiment, Hibernian Rifles, Philadel-
phia. Captain John Deasy.
Company A. LIST Regiment 1. ", Newark, Captain
p j. Heating
ParnelI Guards Elizabeth, ~ j., Captain j. W. Hynes
Davt Rifles Jersey City. Lieutenant p Jennings
Company A. Cd Regiment, 1. W. New-Hork CITY,
Lieutenant p. J. Qush.
Company b. I'd Regiment I. W. New.York City, Cap
tain George Conway.
Company c, I'd Regiment, I. ". New-York City, Cap
tain William Lyman
Company D. I'd Regiment 1. w. New-York City
CAPTAIN Patrick Condor.
Company f. I'd Regiment 1. ", New-York CITY,
Captain =. ]. Coleman
Company F. I'd Regiment I. w. New-York City,
Captain John O'COnnor.
Battery A. 1st REGIMENT Irsh-American Light Ar
tillcry Captain f. D. Hughes.
The names of the officers who compose the Board
of Judges on prize drills, the awards to be made at
the close of the encampment, are:
Lieutenant Colonel James. Moran Goth Regiment, " IT,
$ n y chairman; Major Z. IIoyt, 9Th Regiment, ~ o.
~ j.; Lieutenant Colonel c. T. O'Neil, 4th Regiment
n g. Pennsylvania Lieutenant James Early, 9th Regi-
ment. n. G. Massachusetts.