New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-30
4 COURT- MARTIAL At STATE CAMP.
CORPORAL BRYANT on TRIAL-CAPrA1N MACUM-
BER TESTS THE AMBULANCE CORPs-A
n1rI L. IL As EI-N WITH SIGNAL WEN

CORPORAL BRYANT ON TRIAL-CAPTA1N MACUM-
| BER TESTS THE AMBULANCE CORPs-A
| prJLL HAS Fun WITH SIGNAL MEN.
state Camp PeekskI n. ". June 30 lspeciaD'-A
garrison court martial convened In the post auIi""
tent at 30 O'Clock this afternoon and tried Cofpofai
Bryant Of Company F. 32d Regiment. for belhg ap-
se,t at rcvellle yesterday morning without haVhg
leave of absence. and for drunkenness The president
II the court was Captain John b. Christoael ~ oi
the 47th Regiment Captain Charles Shoeneck actcd
as counsel for Bryant The prisoner pleaded guilty
TO all the charges against him. except that he was
drunk while on the boat. In m icatlon oi MS ohenoe
Il was shown that Bryant had been in the Natiohal
Guard nine years. and that no charges had ever Deen
made against him before. except that he had been Dc
fore delinquency court once Or twice. SOM thing
which might happen to the best man in the service Tor
missing parade The fact was also brought out that
his mother depended entirely upon him for support
His general reputation in and out of the regiment was
good. General Porter not being here 10 sign the oe
cree of the court IL not published this evening
II will probably be read at dress parade tomorrow
night.
Captain Van d. Macumber, the inspector OF ri"e
practice of the 3od Regiment was out in the not sun
watching the battalion drill this morning when he was
seen to fan TO the ground, evidently overcome by the
heat. The ambulance corps was lowering around the
parade ground watching for just such cases as this ana
the men uried toward the captain. lie was lying stil
and seemed TO be breathing family when the ambulance
men arrived at his side They carried the captain 70
the hospital tent, a quarter Of mile away. tpon
their arrival there they were nbout ready TO become
hospital patients themselves. They nearly had heart
disease however from the shock they received when
Captain Macumber jumped Off the strccher and cooly
remarked
well. boys, you did that very nicely
Some Of the signalmen with he kind assistance of
bun which did not exactly like the looks of the red
nag which the wigwaggers" were using, made circus
ibis forenoon. Several Of the crossed over to
hill about two miles away the other side of Annsviile
Creek They selected spot where they could see the
men I'm camp. and prepared for business They did
not observe big bull which standing In the corner
Of the lot The men were In blissf ignorance of their
danger however, until the bull beloved and charged
directly for them. The waving the flag was just
I'm the middle OF sentence telling those in camp what
n fine place they had discovered when his companions
the beast coming and yelled TO him to get out of
The way. lie looked around, took In the situation at
glance and was not long in taking the hint. The men
nted for the nearest fence and Just the last man
was going over the top rail Mr.. Bun kindly assisted
him. and this was where the circus came In. The man
turned someSault in the grass and got up feeling
somewhat bruised The animal remained near the
fence looking ugly for three mortal hours and the
luncheon which the men had brought along was seen
in the centre Of the field, together with al their ac
coutrcments Every time the started 10 climb the
fence the bull made for them. Finally they drew
away from the fence, and the bull stTayed over TO
another part of the field. While his head TUNED
In another direction they sneaked over and got their