New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-25
TROOPS SUFFER FROM COLD.
THE It'll. IN ITS MORE EXPOSED POSI-
TON. ESPECIALLY FEELS 1T.

Wednesday night and yesterday brought the h'e'
real suffering which the troops nave experience
since they were called out. The wintry o'aS'
swept around the frail carsheds at the Alabama
ave station OF the Brooklyn City road with sung
ing force The bosterous. frost-tnged preezes III
vaded the hastily pitched camp OF the ISL %"
terry and Companies l, and X OF the ''h veg
ment, and made the soldiers SILVER. Inc p'che,
men suffered intensely. The lines were eApoSe',
from all points of the compass. and pictures vi
Valley Forge and Siberia. and in the background
Turkish baths and hot toddies and such th'nss'
noated past on the night air.
The trolley cars furnished the only protecuoh
for the soldiers and those who were CRAZY nc
lected disabled cars. which would not De sent OUT
IN the morning Those who were real CRAFTY tenn
porariIy disabled one two cars. Tor the sa'"e
reason The septYjes were divided INTO Uree
SQUADS and the watch was one hour on anu wv
hours of. The railway companies couiu TURNS"
no better quarters than the cars and as ]" was
necessary to move them at an early ho"i' '"e ~
were left TO find protection from the cold as oes.
they might Extra blankets were received ana
every man got two. but even win this p'o'e''
ton II was impossible TO keep warm.
HAMpERED BY CUT WIRES.
,.,s e.. prooklvn city and the Brooklyn.
Ou..rs County and Suburban lines were greatly
ha unered I'm their efforts cars by the cut
ting NJ wires The linemen did not strike. Out
the force was inadequate 10 repair the numerous
breaks and IL with great difflculty mat .he
service was resumed. car on the Jamaica ine
-vas sent out. but was stopped by broken wire
The officials said they had plenty OF men, ana
xou,d have more but for the vandalism COM
mitted on their property by the rioters.
rroon A Is still stationed at the Tompkns-ave.
depo; and carhcuse CT the Fulton-st line OF 'he
BROOKLYN Heights Railroad Company the troop
has 100 men duty cut OF liz whose names are o'
its roster OF the three absentees, two are now IN
rts Of South and the remaining one
70 sick al his home in this city
CAMP OF THE TROOP.
The camp Of the troop in and around the old
horsecar house of the Fulton-ave. llne at Ionip-
kins-ave is scene Of constant activity. ana pas
sengers by every uptown train on the Kings county
Elevated Railway who alight at the Tompkhs-aVe'
station, before descending TO the street hnser on
the platform and stairway to gaze down upon 'he
troopers A guarlroom and captains once nave
heen roughly fitted up in the old carhouse The
main body OF the squadron sleeps In vacant watch-
case factory in Herkimer-s In the rear OF the car
house A night guard Of twenty-five men s.eeps IN
the carhouse. on the floor. In readiness Tor IN
slant service The twenty-five horses Of the guard
are KEEP, saddled all night ready for quick mount
in OF emergency.
ROUTINE OF THE DAY.
The routine Of camp life begins with reveile SOUND
Ell By the buglers at a. m. The call for breakfast
and 10 feed and water horses and relieve guard is
sounded at a. M. dinner at IL m: stable call 10
clean. water and feed horses at p m; taps and
lights out at 10 p. m.
The camp is daily visited by solid-looking business
men, matronly women and merry maids in hand-
some gowns who are the fathers mothers. wives,
daughters sisters, etc. Of the gallant cavalrymen'
and who bring them decacies that are not included
in the regulation ratlons changes Of Undertaking
and other useful and acceptable articles of food and
apparel.
OPERATIONS OF THE CAvALRYMEN.
Some idea Of the work of Troop may be Cleaned
from the following summary of the official record OF
yesterdays duty: At a. m. squad OF
men was detailed to escort wreckrg wagon and
crew sent out to remove distractions which mad
been surreptitousy placed on the streetcar tracks;
This party travelled through eighteen mics OF
discovered that during the night water had been
poured into the switches with view Of freezing
them up so that they could not be operated .
At the same hour another squad was detailed 10
escort wagon with gang OF linensn sen, 9 3bs
ne Se S s sy e
twelve miles OF streets and found few, cut wires
which were quickly and easily repaired; 49,
About II a. m. report was received at READ
quarters that wires were being cut and violence
threatened by mob. which the police were unable BIZ,
the Butler-st line OF the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Company. A squad OF twenty cavalrymen was
iopins to the rescue of the police When messen-
ger arrived and said that the alarm was false.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A CROWD.
An exciting incident occurred in the afternoon.
At / o'clock Lieutenant Bridgman. with fourteen
men, was detailed to escort obstruction-clearins
crew and wagon sent open up the. Green
point line OF the Brooklyn Heights Company. At
Greenpoint and Kent aves. the party encountered
excited mob Of about 1900 persons. mainly com
The mob teered at the cavslrymen and the OBJ
and threw ,S Peree r s2c
by the missiles. but the heuenants horse received
s,S sesn d SsT rou the
In the column Lieutenant Bridgman quickly de-
he his sous Wh
toward the mob. which slowly fell back. When the
eosenan aP ordered s ft halt ana riding close up
the rioters sternly said We now going fur
sssn On We We Il
any other missile is thrown. however small IT may
Wagon returned between two and three hours later
after having travelled eighteen miles the mob was
4 strange neglect Of duty on the part Of the
Lieutenant Bridgman. who said that although the
Station the police made no effort %hatever to pre-
vent its gathering or 10 dispense II.
The picket lines Of the I'd Regiment, Colonel
]. F. Camp commanding extended yesterday. from
east to west through Bergen-st. from Franklin TO
Vanderbilt, AYES and north to south. from Atlantic
Butier.st. The calm which fell upon the turbulent
cement in this VIGOROUSLY Tough district within
light on Monday morning, continued throughout
yesterday. and no unruly gatherings. disturbances
or acts Of violence reported. Colonel Camp is
at the 25d Regiment Armory and is still suffering
30 severely from the grip that ne Is unable. as
yet personally to inspect the two miles of picket
lines but Is rapidly recovering
Of the Butler-st line Of the Atlantic Avenue Rail-
road Company. at sumner-ave has prevented any
molestation yesterday. There were no turbulent
gatherings and no acts of violence reported. Lieu
tenant-Coonel Downs sent TO his home. in this
city, in cab Wednesday night suffering from
attack Of the grip. The general health OF the regi
ment Ii reported 10 be good barring a few acct
dents e.
j. w. Choete. of the hospital corps was reduced
70 the ranks and ordered back duty in Com
pany r, by Colonel Greene yesterday. for having
insoently answered Major Marsh the regimental
WHERE THE GUARDsMEN ARE
The stations Of troops last night were a. fol-