New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-09
MARCHING LIKE VETERANS
BRILLIANT MANoEUvREs OF STATE TROOPS
REVIEWED BY GOVERNORS HILL AND ALBEIT
ppA1sr FOR THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

PRAISE FOR THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS
p.,..oa .raveIe,s who struggled along through the
mud and rain on the road at the west s'dc OF s1n
co,,,4,ondt Park on Wednesday night observed TWO
atekernc camp fires in front OF four tents AZ the nor
end OF the park. In nook protected lrohi tio "0''
winds by a small hill covered with treeS' Inc o0'u
nonts of th, camp were enveloped In great overcoaS
and only stirred about enough to keep the hres guns
The falling min kept Kissing and sizzling as the WAFER
struck tIe blazing logs. short distance away soou
four grim looking cannot partly covered with tarpaS
and not far from the fire sixteen horses stamped I'M
easily Finally most Of the men sought their oeus'
which consisted OF bundles OF straw thrown on INC
wet ground and covered with rubber blanket They
wound themselves up in army blankets ana oVercoatS
and were only disturbed when the water "ouiu oo'ie
down harder than ever from the hill back OF the tents
and being damned mp by the beds, from little creeks
ond rim down the backs OF the men, The men hecom-
inc psed 10 these little hardshps fell asleep and no
sound was heard until the cocks began TO crow on te
surrounding farms yesterday morning. Then tne men
in the camp began to crawl out OF their damp beds ana
10 stretch their stifened limbs
The rain had stopped falling by this time and cold,
sharp wind was blowing from the north. As the men
busted themselves getting breakfast the climbed
,ve- the eastern hills The work OF putting the camp
I'm order was scarcely finished when the sleepy campers
were Joined by thirty forty men dressed like
themselves in the uniform Of the Cd Battery, OF this
city Before the men had finished telling the new
corners of their experience Of the night another battery
OF artillery came numbering along the road. rms
proved TO be the 1st Battery, Captain Louis Wendell
BEFORE the new battery had got we'll on tho field Troop
A under command of Captain Charles F. Roe, came mp
tbo road on a brisk trot and moved toward the OLD
Van Courlandt mansion at the south end OF the park
Before long infantry troops began TO arrive from sew
eral directions OF once, and by the time the sun ana
wind had dried the grass the had undergone an
rago.r r,Ara NaFV
military organization in the First Brigade, consisting OF
the 7tb 9Th 9th. 1eth 22d seth and list Regiments.
the lst and Cd Batteries, Troop A, and the First
Brigade Signal Corps, was there They all arrived on
the field in heavy marching order
Ynansacts were unsung as soon the men reached
tho field however, and by IL O'Clock the PARK ana
surrounding hills rang with the sharp orders OF the
officers mingled with the ringing notes OF the Duges
General Louis Fitzgerald was early on the
eo1d and established his headquarters In the old van
Courtlandt mansion The Signal Corps established one
station on top OF the house and another on heish
boring hill asd worked ndustriOusly until noon.
In The meantime the troop had been divided INTO
two platOonS one, under command OF Capuini MUG
started toward Klngsbrdge, and the other under COM
rond ~ Lieutenant Bridgeman, rode over to KlVeruae
At II 80 O'Clock Captain ROe's men came back escort
ing Governor Hill and his staff who were In carriages
As the Governors carriage drew up in front OF heiu
ouarters word sent by the sgnamen 10 Iic isO
Dattery stationed hill halfmile away, anu
solute OF nineteen guns Immediately began 10 echo
among fhe surrounding hills Fifteen minutes later
the other detachment OF the troop arrived, eScortg
Governor Leon Albeit OF NewJersey and his stan Ill
uniform The strangers were greeted with salute
~ seventeen guns fired at intervals OF ten SECONDS Dy
The Cd Battery under Captain David WILSON, "oV-
crnor HIPS marty had come from the Hotel Normande
In carriages, and the Governor OF NewJersey WIFI to
members OF his official family, had come from Jersey
41,a( npfG v.
by the time these dgnltarles had arrived the last p
cIoud had been swept from the sky by the brisk north
wind and the scene about the park became exceedingly
animated.
The members OF the 18th Regiment had formed
skrmish line out the parade ground ana were
vainy ende1voring to drive an imaginary enemy up
the valley by the free Of blank cartridges Lieu
tenant-Colonel schlllng, Of the 9Th Regiment, had
been detailed officer of the day, and the interesting
ceremony of guard mounting was performed In 'front.'
OF the grand stand. The two batteries were being
drilled as one battalion by Major Green, the chef OF
engineers on the brigade staff At IL O'Clock the recall
bounded "oueht their knnpsacks with the
accompanying sandwiches. pies. etc.
Over al headquarters the COmmandcr-in-Chlef was
entertaining the staff and commanding officers at
luncheon Among those on Governor Aobets stan
we're Generals william S. Stryker, J. d. McGlll b. V"
Spencer William F. Albeit, r. a. Donneiy ana ooio
nels j. T. Van Cleef John r. Krneger. A. H. heuser
and NJ T. Barrett. Governor HIPS own stan were
Generals Porter Robbins, Earl, Varian, Barber ana
Stokes and Colonies Judson, Hilton, Donohue Russell
Mcclellan and Rupert. Then there were Generai
fitzgerald and his staff and Coonels Cayanagh Scout
Seward. Camp, Hopper. Appleton and Dowd ana zap
tains Wendell Wilson. Roe and Gallup. Inc oihoe'S
- oil nresented IN the two Governors and by the
lima This ceremony was finished and the luncheon dl5
nosed Of Il was time for the brigade drill, which was
scheduled for 80 o clock.
An endless stream of spectators had been arriving
snco II o'clock and when the assembly for the orsue
drill was sounded it estimated by conservative men
that there were at least $4,000 people around tne
A., ,,I, Gold and on the surrounding hills. BY the