The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-07
TALES OF WAR VETERANS
TOLD AROUND CRACKERS AND CHEESE
~ THE STATE CAM.

Driiis-Post Omeers Praise the Work
Both OF the Fourteenth ssd the Battaiio..
STATE CAN'T. PEEKsKIII. July 6-Such an
earnest lot OF workers as Nil tho camp this
week are not often seen. The Fourteenth Reg
in,ept Is working. and tho separate companies
under Capt. Murphy are not whit behind In
their cndeavors to master the intricacies OF
the new drill regulations, and tho best Of II all
10 TINT they are succeeding.
Every one familiar with National Guard
matters knows that tho separate companies.
for ono renson and another. get more practice
at company drills than tho majority OF the
men in regiments do. and It was not surpris-
ing that Capt. Murrhy's battalion should show
up at once right In line with tho First Pro-
yIsional Battalion and the Ninth Regiment,
who set the pnco for tho season By last weeks
work. but II was little surprising to lnd tho
Fourteenth able to keep It's end UP. too.
Not that there was anything seriously the
matter with the Fourteenth. but 1t seemed to
have got stagnatod-to have struck snng and
got stuck fast q few years ago. and to have
lost distance In . military way. Recently.
however. It has boon booming. filling up in the
rank and Mo with good.looklnc lot OF young
mon. and getting into the limo OF officers bright
young men to supplement the experience and
ability OF Col. Michel and his two one.armod
Veterans. Lieut.. Col Clobridge end Major
Stcen.
The Fourteenth Is In much the same condl-
tion tho pacomakor. tho Ninth. was In when 1t
came to camp three years ago. Whit might
reasonably have boon expected OF II was
good percentage OF Improvement rnihor than
a high class OF work. 1t Ia getting away Le.
yond such expectations, and Col. Phistercr
and other conservative headquarters officers
are full Of praise for It To-day they I'm
ished tho prescribed drill in the battalion
day and rode from ono neld to another. Ie
never says anything that might DO construed
erSns but Was Clear that he
va Capt. Murphy o! Cat.kir. who commands
the PROFESSIONALS. has never regained conil-
%icSe Y ' Tea. IN Sls@%an.ins last satSrtSy
Battalion eommanders followed ' the same s plan PLAN
L would make 1t easier for the trumpeters.
ThS finnish hoasss nss poo docs mot
d Sy ost Tssodsr tnst t is s
soldiers On ss sarts and hItehsd 70 liz tails q
az any q, s2 pss VIZ soa
I s9s Dc Col s ss%e s ssa
to lead party on some dapgorous
sap ANA my ne hfs nto shG maay
III, I, into creek and spoiled that now
aS was telling to lot q old so
With: He went out With this sams fourteenth
New YORK Volunteer. In April. 81. as pri.
yyate: aFpd served four years: He came put as
~ n m rom N
~ ,, drew the ,. eaSemyss ,. tFe upon him;
down TN line IN sshs Whis the Mounded
h rssSusSd ars was
81 the Fourteenth. both OF whom lost their
10th Of tie cid Fourteenth, and Can't. Hiram
sistsas IA }ut.nt: General to Gen. sioeum. and
had Cen. Porter under his command. Porter
was Captain then OF tho famous Porter battery
s:sa f. DO more :; :,rsId Of Of ne then"
Gait, Rogers never let's himself feel tired on
%oantsd. e :it IL the shade. 4 twelve: pound
S,!Ss guess I'm rested" hs said as he skedsd:
got hs ss W the nd sS. s' ssefs H.
Run" he began. and Clobridge stopped
Now. Barnte. no, moro ancient history.
Int wcSa ds
Barnie.' says CavanaEh. do you know
there's one thing that surprises me. When
dill in the war. how tho devil was it that tho
Fourteenth and THO Sixty ninth didn't put
down the rebellion. by iakersp"
The Twenty seventh OF Malone are feeling
blue tonight Capt George W. Crooke has
Just got word that their armory was brok on
Into on the ith and a lot Of things stolen. The
men left lots OF suits OF citizens clothing in
their lockers when they came away.