New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-22
THEY WERE FIRST ACROSS THE RIVER

THEY WERE FIRST ACROSS THE RIVER.
WHERE THE MEN or THE ?2D STOOD GUARD AND
HOW THEY FAREp-A BUSY DAY
FOR THE REGIMENT.
The 22d Regiment. though not among the first
10 assemble in its armory here was the first to ar
rive I'm Brooklyn The companies left New-fork
about $50 o'clock reaching the sd Regiment
Armory in Atlantic-ave. about $50 They were
then detailed IN battaliors. relieving each other
every two or three hours to patrol Bergen-st be-
tween Franklin and Vanderbilt ayes. and Classon-
ave The Second Battalion. In command OF Major
Hart comprised Company +. Captain ~ b. Thurs
,on. Companv X Captain j. " Borand: Company
T. Captain II. Bostwick Company A. captain D. T.
Kenworthy: Company -. Captain w H. Corteyou'
The First battalion comprised Company H. captain
Madhof: Company G. Captain Murray: Company
F. Captain Smith: Company 6. Captain Demorest:
Company II. Captain Cassidy, In command OF
aior Franklin Bartlett In all the I'D had 0o men
mustered
Berger-st between Franklin and Classon aves'
where some OF the stables are situated. con'i'hei
some OF the nasty spots" as Captain Thursion OF
Company +. called them. where there had been
trouble on Sunday. Small-szel powders lined the
cutters where they had been rolled on, OF adjacent
vacant lots TO tho tracks and back TO the cutters
again. Most OF the cars passing had all their
blinds up. 10 replace the smashed window paheS
and with policemen the front and rear Platforms
trolley. Ii became apparent that the presence
OF the 22d. however. was having n salutory effect
and before long the guarismen began to take the
whole business rather as huge joke than as any
thing serious.
a. darkness came which. with the heavy fog
descended ut an unusually early hour. the corner
at Fraaklln-ave. and Bcrgenst. with the lght shin
ing down from the colored vases In neghborins
drugstore and the lanterns twinkling IN the shops
had all the appearance OF a scene In comic opera
rhe chorus consisted Of picturesque RiiArdsinen IN
legyfngs or Wellington boots capcS ana ponchor.
and OF the motley crowd Of small boys ana haig
ers-on who were far away. In som" or the
darker and more mysterious corners OF the Nncant
lots with old trucks in the background and "a ram
shackle house here and there. the opera seemed
more than eyer melOdramafic.
Promptly a. O'Clock some time after the last
trollcy-car had flashed BY. the s'ntrcs w'T, gath
cred up. and the battalion formed into l!n" T.
march 10 the 2ld Regiment Armory. IN Atlantic
ave crowd OF curious peryons followed them
and the doors and windows OF the houses llonS IN"
route were filed with Brooklynltes gazing ~ them
once I'm the arrncry. the guarfsmen II they had
not ALREADY hal their M got their turn a, dinner
after which pipes and In some cas.s. the do"ny
cot we've in order. The commissary. Joseph n
smith had done his best satisfy every body. The
armory through the day was filed with unusual
activities. -.
Colonel James T Camp OF the 22d, has been
sick for the last ten days and though he WAS
present in the armory in Atiantic-avr. ycsteria
his duties deyolve largely upon I.ieuienan'-coloncl
William Y. King.