New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-20
Vi Deputy sheriff g. 7. Williams and his insane
prisoner, john W. Bright, at Forsythe, on March 10.
TROOP 4 REACHES CAMP.
IDEAL WEATHER FOR TIE RIDE TO PEEKS-
KILL
THE REAL WORK OF THE CAMP FOR THE SIXTY
NINTH AND TROOP To BEGIN TO-DAY.

THE REAL WORK OF THE CAMP FOR THE SIXTY
NINTH AND TROOP A To BEGIN TO-DAY.
State Camp Peeksbill. n. T.. June 10 (specaD.-
There appears to he no douh; that the members II
Troop fixed things" with the weather officials be-
fore they started saturday their ride 10 the sta
Camp The ciicumsantisl evidence on this point
Is conclusive. 1fie sum and substance Of their good
luck in this respect Is summed up In the facts that
the sun was invisible during the entire trip, the
reads, While not muddy. jnsA damp enough Ia
prevent any dust from rising. and cool north wind
famed men and horses from the uuic they rode from
the armory OH saturday until they reached the
! camp at IL IL today.
Not ten minutes after Che yellow legs rode up
the long bill into Wow OF the white tents. the sun
suddenly broke through the heavy bank Of clouds.
which had been hiding bis face for two days ana from
that time until he disappeared behind Anthonys Nose.
AZ tho bidding Of The ev'SST gun, his hot have
been drying mp the dampnuss of the place. and send
Ing the mercury bounding toward the aop Of the tube
he bade defiance the elements ana Proceeded
10 make themselves comfortable as possible. An
oesis IN desert was never 4 more welcome sight 10
weary travellers than were thc Of snowy tents
TO Captain Roes men. After the first days march Of
twenty-sX miles they were just a trihe weary when
they reached the pleasant camp OH JAY GOud's place
on saturday night The intention was to 60 10 bed,
but then John Baricyccm is hero bold Burns
has sa;g. and under his benign influence exercised
in moderate degree. their spirits revived and II
would be rather dangerous, with the hope Of retaining
any degree Of respect for the truth, say when
they" went to bed. and still difficult TO de-
termne when they went 10 sleep.
The fact that sleep the rare exception was
no fault OF energetic corporal of the guard, as
Captain Roe, Major Balch and ueutenantS Balch
md Bndgman can and have tetned Corporal
Frederic h. Couder jr. was on duty soon alter
taps had sounded. when lights were Supposed to
Se out and everybody expected 10 keep quiet.
The energetic corporal heard some one talking ana
laughing in OF the tents ard he felt Iii dniy
bound to stop It, He had not the Slightest Idea who
the occupants Of the tent We're, there was no
light in It, hut lie went it, jerked back the flaps ana
in as commanding and eTuf tone AS he could
muster. exclaimed:
Come. now, you fellows in there. shut up There
are other people in the camp who want to Sleep II
you don't for Heavens sake, Keep s'iii'
some sad In meek tones
"Al right, sir, We will
well for goodness sake do then he SIh, aS
Il parting shot, and then Corporal COuicrt siaPP'd
the tent shut and stalked away.
II. did not learn until to-day that Captain k'c
VIZ f.lnnQ a few yarns To his brother officers In
this part cular tent. and that it was the Captains
voice which be complained of in 30 vigorous a
manner The Captain has laughed more heartily
over the incident than any enc else IN me UVoP'
Nnauy the camp had become comparatively quiet
and the word comparatively" j. H''l S"'iNuN'
when the harsh notes of the buaHe 'ouidc' Gaming
the men from their beds. That Is, lhcercucais' IL
d,A Int as u matter OF fact and oui Of respect LOT
tho ,utl IL would be better to say That they were
- ,rn ,hair ,..n.s They looked at their
watches Just 20 O'Clock. THIS was sc'hhS up
the night before with vengeance lhere WIS ~
lime to think about their 'uh"ned hho'' ''"e'e'
Zoo much work was TO be done in preparation Io'
,l,s reuaiuder OF the Journey. Gray sesks OF dawn
!, ,.fy HON
,o, hogan Il, prope around TO feed ana clean ullr
kerses Each man, Of course was hs own efoon' anu
by the time the tIsopers had finished Their WORK. ''y
wese not exactly In con&don TO tahc pir' III s''
man.
rhov proved conclrsvely, however. that thew were
oo,,,cm., aud soldier, blended IN such n happy man
nor ,ba, they onh retain the manners Of the drawing
,,o,n while performing the roughrr dulles OF sOuler
Alter the beasts had been well taken care o. tie men
ate their own coarse breakfast and made iVauS u
coatnuc the march.
corp,rsl and four prvates started ont IhcN kept
mile ahead Of tho main BODY and after learning 'ne
,irb, rad 10 take, when they arrived at a placc
where the highway fprkcd. they marked an affo" III
the dirt pointing out the proper dliecioh iU INC o'
to take there would be no DELAY of the MAN o"i'
Few people except early church grfs were up
when the TIOop paSsed thrOuHH i"i'' '"'' ~ W
rca he'd sleepy Hollow.
Ir the lime the Troop arrived Mt sing sing people
bopn I, appar In the streets in considerable numbers
and there waiting for the horscmen TO approach. lhc'
mot the rare of the soldiers the whole Of tho Trip
from Sing Sing 70 Pechskn. short halls were madc 10
uotcr the horses occasionally. and the camp WIS
reached at IL O'Clock on account Of the magniUccht
marching weather with wh!ch the Troop had been
fvor.d fhc men and horses looked fresh they dd
,rbon they started on the long march on saturday
u, mite of their appearance. however, the men were
tiroii Tho horses were pckctcd and properly cared
made,
baths and an hour later appc?Fcd about The clInp cei
tr c,,nI rnouoh TO duDicaic the march Tomorrow
Meanwhile the members Of the C"th hcslhfshh,
,os r.rn h0png 10 the sun appear 10 uiJ up ,no
INN which even since their arrival ldd Dteh ~ ni m
NNxcnicdiurlv damp condition. Dwlng no db"bl, u
- ,onrr,I damrnese outside. some Of tho members
., ,i7c 0,,th Thought that matters Ought % D." clu-
,god hv small amount Of dampncNs ihaiuc' iiiN1uc
cn,van carried this c9ualzng PiTcsss 10 d uSI'. SI...
,rhicb Ivculd have required Thunder storm Ni1c'
from od Dunderlcrg 10 set matters sil;nL"t I'LL
lie remained out Of camp after UPS nau So''"Jn , n
and then tried 10 pass the seht1es at tnc oa,r, w, m
~" attempt 10 get back 10 his tent. Inc schrs va wa
a." t,, n,,irE for him and told him to halt. lhStcao
~ ~" so he started to run away III" sentry chh5
N, him sullivan cid not PICK his way "''n a,S
snecia amount Of care, ana IN inc GAIN nc S"PiiIa IL
& u 1nslly @ rescued and to-day he lies In the hospital
I'm a semi conscious condition. ~ ,,, ,o,,
III 70 mnrrov the real work OF the week VIII pcei'
rha members of the Goth will be going throuGh the
,,i"ns lnJ ~ company drills after O'Clock, ana
w ep,bers OF Troop will Re IN the ,adde al about
.ho .ho me hour. Almost all OF Captain Koc's men
bavo been training specially for thiS ttp, howeVrr
no ,bcv are expected stand the fatigt's OF thc
Sriil without nlnching From their conduct On tic
iTe tne these cxpectations will be realized