New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-04
ALL EAGER FOR THE FRAY.
BOTH OFFICERS AND MEN READY FOR TO.
DAYS ORDEAL.


THE STATE CAMP FILLED WITH MIr1TARy Wis
IToRS-A FINE SPECTACLE PROMISED.
State Camp, PecksIlill, y. V, Aug. 3 lSpecial.-
| l.. there is any person in the State of New-iorK
who has ideas concefIlng the National Guard
which are not complimentary TO that body let
him take a day off tomorrow and visit the state
Camp II he does not change his mind before
re returns home al night il Will probably he he
| cause his liver is out OF order the weather -
unfavOrabe. The whole camp is on the tip-toe OF
expectancy about the outcome Of the exercises
| tomorrow. Officers and men have been through
the book" and have practiccd almost everything
in the new drill regulations pertaining TO COM
pany and battalion drills, and they are going ~
show what they have learned
They began on Monday with the squad in the
extended order: followed that with the section,
the platoon and the battalion, and to-day tie last
step was taken in a battle formation. All tho
details have been worked out and now officers
and men are TO pass in review before an audience
which. all things considered, will undoubtedly he
the most critical that has ever been assembled on
the State camp parade ground. The men who
are to he on the stage" might he excused for
feeling slightly uneasy about the success of their
efforts before these spectators but there is like
lihood that they will suffer from stage fright
for they have become accustomed ~ being looked
al during the week inst past.
Bnt tomorrow the audience will be ultia-crit-
zeal There will be Colonel Appleton, of the 9TH ::
Colonel Camp. Of the 22d: Colonel Dowd Of the
12th: Colonel Scott. OF the sth Colonel Green,
of the list lieutenant colonies and ma ors by the
half-do7cn. captains by the dozen and licuten-
ants by the score. Besides these all the Stat"
officials, from the Adjntan'-Gencral down, Will he
present. Quite naturally the pulses of the officers
and men in the ranks will beat little more
rapidly than usual when they march out in front
of this array of military dignitares.
The exercises 10 he performed are those of =
graduating class They the ones 10 which all
others lead Blank cartridges are 10 bc Issued for
the first time this week. and there Is to be- mimic
battle, which promises 10 b' spec
taclA worth going long distance 10
see. The DEATH from the ID Battery is to
take part in the fight also. ana the old brass
Napolcons. which have served for So long time
in bidding a boisterous goodnight TO "old Sol,
will help TO make the scene picturesque and noisy
This will Ice a complete innovation for heretofore
the battery detail in camp has never taken part
in these sham fights.
The whale manoriVfe was executed ScV~,
times in the drill to-day. and there will be milIy
disappointed ones in camp tomorrow night II II
is not performed with dash aud spirit exceed
inq ANYTHING ever seen here. warning should
be given TO the non-mili,ary visitors who expect
to come 10 camp tomorrow 10 se" the spectacle
They must come early OF they VIII hce nothing
The drill begins AT o 30 Il. m. 80 visitors -honid
start from the Grand Central station not later
than the 80 H. III. train. II they do not come
on that train they Will miss the whole spectacle
and will only see a dull camp when they do
arrive II in The exhibition tomorrow everybody
acquits himself with much enc III ~ all 'id
To-day in everything that was undertaken, the
non-militarv visitors will witrc,s Tine spectacle
and the military critics will have no unilvorlhl"
comments To make
The early moInn. company drll@ to-day "'r'
models OF what such manocuvrcs should DE.
The guard mounting was pretty ceremony. AMI
then came the battalion drill. There was
perfect battle formation with the thin" lines,
which are the characteristic feature Of modern
warfare made necessary 10y the nse OF rapiI-
firing Guns The four companies formed for
attack and gradually moved toward tie belt OF
WOO +. skirtnQ the west SIDE IF the paIai" ground
When within few hundred yards 90 the trees
,he whole bat talon was brought to action, AMI
down the hill they went, yelling - loudly that
the niqhtinCalcs. owls and other night hird'
that sleep in the glen covered by the woods
blinkcd their eyes with astonishuent, ana no
doubt wondered if the "children Of the forest
had rerained the lands from which they had been
driven 40 long ago Captain DE Forest Of the
o3d Captain Burns of the 9TH Captain Thurs
ton Of the 22d, and Captain Fisk. of the 9TH,
with the licutcnants, nOn-commSSioncd "ihctlH
and down 10 the prvates IN the rear rank, an
pertormci their duties IN way that brought
iirh praise from the spectator
A. AT all the other drills. IL would be exceedingly
diflcult to tell which company "NceNcd Only
ono distinguishing feature was TO be Observed ana
that was in the marching of the men who wore
rho c,av of the 9TH Regiment. Their long, swing
ing stride and the regularity OF IN" step IN lar
ahead Of the marching OF any OF the other compa-
nies now in camp. This II not saying that the
ether men do not march well, because they 90
J;ut this has always been strong point with ~"
III and when brought side by side with other
its excellence III this respect il easily
discovered. . 80 =, -
Following a night during which tle rain fell
incesSantly today has been u magnificent one
4 few visitors came ip, but like those OF the
other DAYS OF the week they were mostly men
who are interested in military affairs. Among
the new arrivals tonight are Colonel Herman
Dowd Major Leonard. Inspector OF Rifle Practice
Iobn Mscaulcy. Captain Kirby and Captain Setter:
all Of the 18th Regiment: Colonel Appleton. OF
the TN and Captain Knight Neftcl, OF the sth
Rrrimcnt There are nearly 100 officers In
camp tonight ranging in rank from major
general 10 a second-licutenant.
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