New-York tribune., 1895-07-21
NAVAL RESERVES ACTIVE.
THE BATTALION OPENS CAMP on SHELL
TER ISLAND.
4 srCCEssFt-T. DAY AFTER \ NIGHT SPENT ON
THE sOUNp-THE PROGRAMME FOR


THE sorNp-THE PROGRAMME FOR
THE WEEK.
The First Naval battalion NcwYork. Is en-
carnpcl on Shelter Island. two miles southwest OF
Graennort AT n place called West Neck Park. The
battalion which left New-York AZ o'clock on SAT-
ur,lay night on the city Of IaYencc arrived at the
camp site al : a. m. yesterday, after an unevent'u
VOYAGE the scanien baving slept the steamboats, =
deck Camp McAipin named in honor OF the Adj
jutant General Of the state. IS situated on the
beach, and faces the blue waters OF Shelter Island
Sound. The beach Is sandy. and back of i low
plateau is covered with trees. Barring the sand.
which makes walking difficult. and the ubiquitous
mosquito a more pleasant spot would bc hard 10
find
There are twenty-one coniral tents and six wall
tents Commander Mier's headquarters tent being
midway in the llnc which makes an avenue along
the shore. ON a bun 70 n" north is the hospital
tent and the guard -;upics tent at the north
entrance to the camp The bat'nlions two rapid-fr-
ing guns field carriages are pointed 80 that they
cover the approach by water. In front Of the
camp are moored the nine ships cutters and
whaleboat. which had been left at Greenport by "A
preliminary hoat expedition and was taken to camp.
DRESS PARADE At SUNSET
When Tribune reporter walked into camp last
evening the upper flag was flying on the pole In
front Of headquarters and the members OF the bat
TALON grouped In battalion mcsses. were comfort
ing tho inner man. Shortly afterward the call FOR
dress parade was sounded. and later tho assembly
for rocan and formation. Then the afjuiants
call for dress parade was sounded fifteen minutes
before sunset and the men fell in line by divisions
and marched for brigade dress parade to a BLUM
near the camp In few minutes a bugle sounded
retreat the sunset gun was fired and the coors
came down The men in their white suits. the
white tents the Stars and Stripes futtering In the
evening brc~ze with ;he ripping Sound in front and
al.
There are 225 men In camp. several having gone
by railroad and Joined the command at 1ree'nporl
The battalion breakfasted on the CITY oi LAW
renee AZ $50 yesterday. ana then went ashore
and pitched the camp. The guns were mounted ana
everything was shlpshapc by the time the four IL
visions were ready start IN cutters for an eApc-
dillon on the waters Of Peconic Bay In the after
noon ten signal stations were established on the
shore the Sound and In Nyack Bay, ana souniihss
and bearings were taken also The day was one
Of hard work beneath blazing sun. and the 'SiaD-
lshrncnt OF camp resulted In blisteref hands. but
IL was A successful day Of practice service. with
which Commander Miller 20 well pleased. Lieu
tenant Forshew was officer - the day. Lieutenant
Dlmock WAS senior officer Of the guard The colors
are In charge Of the third division. commanded by
Lieutenant ". Butler Duncan.
There will De inspection go o'clo-k this morn
ing and Immediately afterwari divine service On the
parade ground In the afternoon there will be eN-
petitions by individual boat parties The programme
Tor tomorrow includes Information WORK all day IN
Little pcconic Bay and the lower end ~ the Sound.
and especial attention viii bc paid To getting certain
Information FOR the War College at Newport Suiia-
bic sites fOr land batteries ana N" proper points
for placing torpcIOes Will be selected The sound
inf bearings and general survey WORK done are
cha-tel by the men. and when The charts are com
ple.e and the records finished the battalion WIZ
have gained n knowledge OF the nearby waters and
land that Will be valuable to the War and Navy de-
BUSY DAYS AHEAD
on Tuesday the Information work will be ex-
tended in Great Peconc Bay. and the divisional on
GERS and torpedo crews Will exercise aboard the
Cushing. which Commander Miller expects Will b.
here. on Wednesday the survey and Information
work will BE- continued and on Thursday the bat
talon will break camp and sail TO Ncw-fork IN the
open cutters The steamboat J. T. Emmons IL used
by the battalion "A tender AZ Is the nnphiha
launch Olga
The camp IS some distance from the centres OF
summer gaycty on the island. and although there
may be a number OF visitors today II Is not prob
able that there Will be many sighisc"rs present.
The men here for hard work and when they
have thoroughly explored the waters around Shelter
bland tramped over the Shinnecock HIS and
sailed back to Ecw-York, they VIII De well sea
soned All the well and enjoying the eS-
crcise and lnvigoratng air. They are somewhat
gunncry practice On "A man-o war. Commander
Miller thinks that the Gushing VIII be the only boa,
sent by the Navy Department. He Is we'll salts
fed however. with the way ;hat the camp has
been established and the outlook for successful
weeks tour OF duty.