The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
THE EIGHTH COMES IN WET,
BUr THE DEPARTING TWELFTH TURNS
OTER DRY QUARTERS.

Doing. or the TweiUh's Inst N.h, n"d
Day in tmmp-A Buffalo Company Fcm-
porariiy Lost out OF the se>euty.fo"rth.
STATE CAMP, PEEKsKIIL. July 1s.-The camp
NJ tho Twelfth Regiment was n fe- tive one on
tho last night, and tho celebrations were not
confined altogether 10 their end OF It, The
tepara,e COMPANIES OF Capt. Cusack's second
proyisional battalion celebrated, too. The iun
bcran Mt sumner time. when n big church ex-
cursi IN arrived to visit the Yonkers company.
Whom tho girls went away tho men began Tx
ing for tho soldiers farewells. Tho Ninth
Compony O! Whitehall made Aie rrettiest out
ward show A tanner, with their name on IT,
stretched clenr across their street, and from
end to end tho street blazod with long rows OF
camp headlights made by putting a to'isned
tin basin In an overturned bucket ana burning
A capd o In tho basin 8 focus. big - made
with tho same kind OF lights arranged on tieis
Of cots completed tho decorations.
Other preparations wero going on ~ tho
street OF the Citizens Corps OF Troy. Deioe
anybody found out Just what they were. there
was n grra. lot OF Jolly doings. Pa,t OF Drum
Ma or Mckay's corps Joined In them. Ihey
marched IN and down through the cnmp and all
around 1t. followed by a band Of Indians led
with banEes holding a0f on 1hs Sts ssGsI nns
Hsoye t ali torches iit he isafes; a.,, ~
gathered e SI n NH lront Of Col Dowds tent and
called With cheers Tor speech. Co; nowd
, Mo4i asm IT. Ms w1p Sr f
were called out, TOO. Acting Adlt Malnwrght
sS Sa (. AHA o9M pSWEd sa:Ti5'G Is S5
%sfs &.
Fl r::ss s1s2s sSs Il
s sosnssa II TO- s %aSe ev.ry one Levi
n; f e ,sts .s sh sss
S. sfnss Rs LAW s IN.
drum Corps escorted ihem to the BLUM IN reg.
s 1a,n ,Sts w All. r ss 1sst
turmoil out again In the same style: the Whyle e
aune5 10 se. ahs oshes.sr and
Troy companies on. .,.
The storm flag had hung al al, dny eyer the
ros U TIT ThroMah ,hs gray wall that shut 10 .he
the s a . Sal1s had The
I Ss ne ssFi hs
S SsSs I.sS s r r..a IL shs n Tsc
bowd had got ali the tent walls down to keen
their quarters dry. There was 70 unnecessary
delay. In ronle ser inc aWen. aa drnoisS 10
he rain. and tho zap Of the drums grew duser
and duiler as tho calfskin. got sonEeIi' II
still rnned when guards were changed .n. a uMi
u Then tho Seventy: fourth REGIMENT ot Buffalo
came. No ono NOTICED 1t except the guard and
II did not walt Tor formaities;, 1t vasa case
% fe sh .Se we're as
braced their shoulders when they came to
They yst %sed 70 ws s9 moi tho Whoe u
the Ssy.nty.iourth that marched In. One COM
pany. b. was not there. The regiment LETT
buffalo at midnight On w rs.oa Ia ,banp COY ~
George 6. Fox orde'ed the reeiment out Of the
cars 10 stretch their legs. COMPANY went to
the Capitol and got back Two min thn aver h
the rest left. Another train Drought theu put
Among the first corners Of the Elshth-the
CuarterTnasteE sergeanf-Tns se,Gean cant J "a
bnt te I'm abe to DO duty and has been forty
'efhbs rs II tn tas men O. the Twelfth to go were
sa md
which the regiment got from London. 1t
Srrived TODAY. It is the regulation kit for
the Enali.h arry There IL o med'ci nd
tin covered with hairy cowhide. lx1xl2 inches.
and 1t seems to have In IT everything that NAV
water cane are bigger than canteen and haye
a Gun on the .pout. All these are fitted to the
The Tweiftb besides ttraining the record In
many wnys broke it entirely in its coptribu;
tIon TO The Y. NJ. c. A. tent. 1t gave $l59. and
the SepHra'o companies gave enough 10 make
the sssn bsSEs Was 80 ss
Eie III ss snd COL Fox brings total Of SEQ men