The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-01
VERY LIKE REAL SERVICE.
m FAR As MARCHING GOES. THESE
yrLI1IAAEN KNOW WHAT WAR rs.

IT.. Inf.utry Jared Worse Than the Ar
s,,,-y-Their Feet Blistered, Legs Che fed.
.,d shoulders MISUNDERSTANDING TO the Nom
arrival OF their Wagon, They Slept sun
a.y Night supperiess In the Open Air
The Regulars Didn't sleep ut All.
The march OF the First and Second Batteries
a, the National Guard OF the State Of New
York. Eight Battery X OF the First Artillery OF
tbe United States army. and the provisional
company of infantry from the Thirteenth Regi-
nent OF Brooklyn. which began at this city at
noon on Saturday and ended Mt the State Camp
At Peekskill yesterday. proved to the entire
satisfaction Of the marchers that marching Is
not what II is cracked up to be. 1t was a
weary. Disguised lot Of men that floundered
into Peekskill yesterday. Tho regular army
men. brown and brawny. said nothing. but
their silence meant perhaps more than the la
mentations Of some OF the militiamen.
The men Of tho First and Second Batteries,
with n very few exceptions. grumbled emphat-
icelly The infantry were completely tired
out. All hands look back on the trip
with q feeling intense and profane. They say
that all the States horses and oil the States
man cannot e'er make them do the trip over
again.
The purpose Of this story 10 to explain to the
civilian the trial and yribulations OF the col
diers on their initiative journey across coun-
nv so that 1t may be understood that the
hlories OF war are not so easily grasped as is
Imagined. As has already been told. the
troops left New York last Saturday and
marched to Van Cortlandt Park. whore they
camped until early Sunday morning. when
they started for the elevated plateau on Croton
Point twenty-eiRht miles away. The plateau
Nns selected By Capt. Wilson Of the Second
Battery. who went over the ground some time
kgo Capt Dllenback Of Battery X. who is in
tharge OF the troops. consulted with Capt
Wilson. and. thinking the distance was not
over twenty miles. aud believing that the road
camp at Croton Point before sunday night.
should Tss l es Van GortIandt Park at O'Clock
on sunday SninE WITH the a5serS
Of the march and ina Ginary good condition
Of the road led to postponement OF the time
f5G fho Tnn heard aFk Of
Ana INDUCED in Sthe5 sthssie sports which
sT Ths infantry MAJ LETT Van Gornndt Park at e1e
sunday mornnG Their MaSHns' aTted
with them. The wagons are big. heavy.
covered trucks The horses are light, stylish
into lamp post and stopped. The infantry
S ored more en- and i" more sraduaIly droppinr
further back. To add to the aCgravation the
Esson which ran into the lamp post broke
There wore nine break owns OF this one wagon
between Yonkers and Croton Point. Ono Of
the infantry drivers got OH at lrvington and
~sfs ssH y First and Second
esp the f1s
tery. with characteristic Teutonic perspica.
city had prOcpFsd the
Second Battery had handsome gray horses
Isd s1 hs he
che cannon and caissons and carriages were
asas Tsh ffaE e I'M sftSnf and pulled their
Battery got along ali right. The hired horses
back. The Albany. post road was strewn, with
One Of the iniansry's wagons broke down com.
pletely near Tarrytown. and fifteen men OF the
wagon snd shnd to
Tho mon of the SECOND Battery. which led
by snd ahe
owsd there
tor the n and the men 81 the
secopd Battery tsthered their horses. covered
thercannon. pitched their tents and hustled
no water. fresh. brackish. or salt. within three
ugsrtsrs Of nile Of the camp amp. ,.,n.,,,
vs.tisston Hs hunted ~a ap CAPT %IIson 81
The second BstteEy who selected the site for
ply. 1t 10 tho paramount point in the seleS-
sIoss At hand IN plentiful apantiiies Cart
snd sooa Ven Y to the northeast Capt I Pi.
'lenback sent out mon who reported that the
n as dsesus the Bcsh
hills on the
sraYpsa down tho hLil 10 the brack ish water Of
After the horses we're watered and while
men we're carving water IN buckets from tho
yell 70 the camp. Capt: Diilsnhack sent men
into camp while the horses were being watsrel.
Bone Of the mea could scarcely walk: Their
their shoulders and backs were intinmed.
They threw themselves on the ground almost
ThSy SS baa notns
in tho morning: Their orders had been for
then. to march four miles ahead Of the ann
The sick men we're gathered up on stretch
.sy to q ne
NOR more thoushtlul than their fellow soldiers:
look Ilals ratlonS to the SICK. inc SICK were
placed on cots ranged about tho fire In circle.
The Tcgulars bent over them giving them food.
rs II they were men who had been badly
wounded in battle aud whose lives depended
on the administration OF immediate nourish-
ment. Some Of the cases Of !llneas were due
to cholera morbus. brought on by eating green
apples on the march. but many OF the men
suffered solely from exhaustion caused by the
severe test OF their strength.
Night Tell with no word OF tho missing
wagons. Big ares blazed all over the camp.
but only at the spts OF the First Battery was
there any food cooking.
Then IL was that the regulars stole a march
on the militia OF the Second Battery and the
Infantry. Capt. Dillenback. when scurrying
sS0It W t. i1d the Tas9ns sent Lieut. Price e
for q loan OF ratons for the men OF Battery
until Yesterday morning. Capt. Wendell at
once replied he would lend Capt. Diilen back
these supplies:
FIFTY leaves OF bread four shoulders OF ham, one-haif
round OF corn beef one. half round of raw beef for
,tec 9uaIteis OF barrel OF potatoes. six heads
OF cabbage coffee for seventy.hye men.
Capt Dillenback sent ten men. many of
whom as has been stated. gave their rations to
Capt Wilson and Major Cochran sent to Cant.