New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25
SOLDIERS BRA WHY AND TRUE'
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT RETURNS FROM
CAMP.

GALLANT MEN WITH RED NOSES AND DUSTY
CLOTHES WELCOMED HOME AFTER
WEEK At PEEKsKILL.
With noses 80 red that they would put respe''aoi'
headlight to shame the members OF the 81" neS"'''
nnIoaded themselves and their baggage rom wv"
sp,,,l trains AT the Grand Central stsfion ms' even
Ing They had Just come from Peekskili "htr' .h.S
had been doing tour Of duty OF week AT the ''i'
,.orn and Incidentally covering themselves With
oIorv Colonel Appleton looked happy when he ap
ooared On the street, and he expressed himself aS
being In that frame Of mind. Inc rec n'h' n"" SUN
m camp with the intention OF doing lis rs'' "'i
The record while up the HUDSON lustihcd MS p'h'''
he ,hourbr that the intention had been carried OIL
Adjutnnt Lnndon v,s all business rs usual p"'
found N chance TO say that he was satisfied mat inc
80 mont had mudc a rcco,d for itself ana all other
military organizations which 60 to camp Lieutenant
IT, C. Du VAL who in private life helps TO run uc
New York Genital Railroad a. the private secretary
of Mr.. Depw, hand when company "p
pcard and marched up Iifth-av" with the r''i'h"''
Long before the special trains bearing the men
in gray drew up Ia the station there was an itP'
tcnt crowd waiting all around tn, pace. a. "'"'
ue,,d their Impotence increased and there was
,trainng Of necks and cyI, 10 catch glimpse OIL an
incoming train full Of soldiers. The quad, NJ 'h
lower end Of the platform had II hard time keeph :
the waiting ones from going up the 'rach 'o"AI
tho ulatform where the We're to aliGht. tihaii'
The trains did come and thh IN" crowd pec'mc
greater than ever The travellers who were on thcir
way out Of town stopped 10 watch New YORK ;
crack regiment" and those who had Just arIiVeh III
town did likewise Forty second ST. was well blocked
.ybrn the men started toward Fifth ave. behind Inc
musicians. led 10y the bandmascr. Mr. KoGeiH' l''r'
were no slow tunes such A. &" HON sweet Home. 10
march by either. They answered the purpose before
starting for iomc, but the mon had arrived sai'N
ana they felt too well pleas d and hilarious dpoh'
il to tolerate any slow music. They marched ph
to a lively medley. followed by good part OF inc
crowd.
There were M pale faces In tho ranks. The Train
ing OF the week showed Itself In the swinging step
with which the men marched away from the station
I'm tho direction Of the arBory. Their arrival AZ Tic
building a. sixty-seventh-st and fourihav". wa
followed hy an Interesting ,c,nc sharp order
followed one another 50 rapidly that II was dificn'i
10 understand how The men could hear the com
mands They seemed 10 appreciate what was wanted
tered the arinory before arms were stacked on inc
dill floor and tho companies marched Ia their re-
spcciivc rooms. II therc that the " hn,thng
actually began. iroballv nine-i"nths OF me men men
they wcro I'm hurry 10 catch train. 49,.
Tho all arrived ~ tho aruory NJ about 80
O'Clock and fifteen minutes later II would have been
hard lind ono Of them abrn the place. I"'l",A
10 turn gallant soldier, IN gray into rlain ordinary.
every -dav citizens. They went into the armory IN
CAV unf rms and came out In street clothes. IAey
hurried away I'm every dire iitn ana loon no one
no the guns and pat the armory In order Tor the
vacation.