Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14

white walled city of tents formed specta-
Gle worth going miles to see, but to the
pompous military man it was a dull and
personal affair.
These long delayed and much abused tents
arrived early in the morning. Directly
they had been uGloaded from the cars the
task of her perlecting the camp was begun.
Squads of the heavy-eyed privates raised
their canvas houses, and after engirdling
them with shallow trenches proceeded to
furnish them with blankets and the thou
sand and one things necessary to camp life.
The work of arranging and raising the tents
occupied several hours, and it was close on
to 2 o'clock in the afternoon when the last
stake had been driven home Although the
arrangement of the camp Is simple the gen.
eral effect is picturesque.
Arrangement of the Troops.
Down at the foot of the hill, and not 100
wards from the headquarters of that much
talked-about Advisory Committee, are three
big tents. They belong to the Provost
marshal and his solemn-faced guard. In
the rear of these tents and half way up the
sloping side of the grass-carpeted hillock
are the quarters of the cavalry. To the left
are the 40 tents and the go horses Of the
City troop of Philadelphia These citizens
of Quakerville are, like them all, in all
q very imposing lot They are all of them
very tall men of athletic build and dignifed
manners. 1t is pretty generally considered
that they constitute the crack troop of cav
alrymen in the State, and they act as unit
in maintaining and guarding their tre-
mendous reputation. They spent the most
pSrt of their time yesterday in watching
their horses and hunting up milk and eggs
When at home these gentlemenly horsemen
are in the habit of eating well and having
plenty OF it. Naturally they find the camp
fare rather tough, and are doing their best
to improve both the quality and the guam
tity of their rations Just at the end of
their row of tents is rough shanty with its
naked walls, the lares and penates of the
Quartermaster of the troops.
Hustling for Finer Food.
This official has luxuriant mustache
and the manner of a diplomat. YESTERDAY
he was beyond all manner of doubt the most
popular man in camp. His comrades plead
ed with him to find fine food, cos. what it
would and as all of them had plenty of
money and the Quartermaster is an obligng
fellow, he found little difficulty in satisfy
ing their distress. i
1t NAV be well to state right here that
when this encampment is over it will be
recorded in the history of the campaign
that the city troops Jared as well If not
better, in the way of eatables, than other
commands in the division. They wore the
florid glory and grammatical eloquence of
their former commander, the famous
Colonel Grubb; but this loss will be more
than made good By the excellence of their
amateur chief
To the right of the Philadelphians are the
Sheridan Troop and further on the tents of
the Governors Troop. These cayalrymen
are fastidious lot as regards their horses
and spare no pains to make the equines
comfortable. The horses are tethered closely
together and, considering the fact that they
are for the most part thoroIghbreds, have be-
haved remarkably well SO far. On the
crest of the hill and hundred yards in the
rear of the cavalry is the infantry.
1t Is Magnificent Camp Ground.
The unmounted men are nicely located as
regards location, as their tents are pitched |
on a beautiful patch of grass land and COM
mand q magnificent view of tbs works and |
Homestead village.
The troops are located in this order: The |
Third Brigade, General P. S. Goblin COM
ruanding; the Eighth Regiment, Colonel
Frank D. Magee; the Ninth Regiment,
Colonel NJ. j. Keck; the Twelfth Regi-
ment, j. B. Coryell; the Thirteenth Regi-
ment, Colonel L Ii. Ripple. The Second
Brigade is located in the rear and is com-
posed of the Fifteenth Regiment, in CON-
mand of Colonel W. A. Kreps; the Eight
eenth, Colonel Norman NJ. Smith; the
Fifth, Colonel Theodore Burch, and the