New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-27
! THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN !
TROOP C RETURNS.
THE MEN HIGHLY PLEASED WITH THEIR
STAY IN CAMP
STRICT DISCIPLINE WAS oBsERvEp-"RcNN'N"
THE sENTRIEs-orFIC1sRs SPEAK FAVOR
ARI.y OF THE WEEKS WORK.

STRICT DISCIPLINE WAS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SPEAK FAVOR
ABLY OF THE WEEKS WORK
Troop c Is back from Its week Of voluntary camp
life at Fort Hamilton and. like Oliver Twist Il cry
ing for more This more Brooklyns cavairymen
viii get in It's weeks stay at the State Camp whitheT
It goes next Saturday.
When the troopers mounted their horses yesterday
afternoon and started their return 20 the North
Portland-ave arrnory they knew good deal more
! about military tactics than when their first platoon
left the armory for camp week ago Saturday.
I'VE have learned more in the week down there
than We learned throughout the winter IN me
armory" wac the way Lieutenant Smith put It to
Tribune reporter.
The week down there has been highly satsfac-
tory" said Captain Clayton II had miseivings At
first as whether it would he desirable. but kno"
now that made mistake IN coming. TINS week
has been OF more value TO us than week al STATE
Camp There so TO camp already prepared
for us. and have our messes prepared for US Here
we established our own camp and looked after our
own messes. Our experience has been much Ike
the experience of actual service"
The troopers are full Of admiration for the evil
denoe given by Quarternaster- Sergeant McCumber
and Commissary-Sergeant Cure that they know
their business Both had arduous places to fill. and
both filed them perfection. The troopers say
that they know now t:at If they called out foi
service they vii, be well provided for.
While the charm Of location air and novelty has
made the week on Gravesend Bay partake OF the
nature OF holiday the discipline has been thor
ough II a trooper found time TO leave his busi-
for only few hours to go TO camp. ne found
himself firmly in the grasp of discipline for those
few hours
Sentry duty has been sinecure and there was
about as much probability that sentry would fan
asleep duty If the camp was pitched near
that of enemy
II no hat heca
city or Il may be that there desire to keep
up the interest Of guard duty. but whatever the
motive 1t is certain that there has been IN I'M
ccntrollabe desire upon the part of certain per-
centage of the pass the lines surreptiously
al night. AT first this comparatively easy,
but finally the introd ucton OF night field glasses
made the passage OF the lines without the counter
sign difficult.
Second Lieutenant Hettrick officer of the
guard on Saturday night. and his hair nearly
turned white. intense was the service required
| Of him. As II II not enough 10 have TO Keep
4, night glasses scanning the horizon Tor DEBATED
| gentlemen minus Il countersgn. facetious enemy
inside the camp pegged the guaidsmen with apples
lemons and potatoes disguised In lemon peelinss.
The guard line runner par excellence OF the troop
is James Weir. Weir boasts that he has passed
| the line every night in the week. he rejoices in
| his ability to rnake himself invisible 10 sentries'
! and every night has cheerfuly let the guard know
in advance that they were to be passed. Lieu
hs " reputation for extreme stealth. He had some
faithful guards scanning the horizon so sarefuhy
that they would have seen a grasshopper mop ,x
Weir knew he going up against sun
game 50 he took extra ne ,oSnyd ihc
camp from III. only direction IN when ne rV our
! Reaching the shed he saw from the aleriness Of
the senires and hed-glass men. that ne ma" me
sick and waiting for dark minute. H. began
walking about with the stick on his shoulder This
he nd for about fifteen minutes. and the other
log not
10 their number When the new sentry droPitn
| sus1icion was aroused and with several men he
| crept around behind Weir. Weir made me inlli
Come with me- said weir, beekonine
| In together. When Weir saw his mistake ne mace
dash for liberty. bn; came near being ehopped n
| day morning he had go to police camp as
penalty Policing" means cleaning up. ana ne
had to pick mp and carry away ashes ana o'hei
called out od for aGt% %al,s sSrciee
| cook better meals an improvised range made Of
bricks than many cooks can e with sgs ron
! Fort Hamilton have taken such fancy TO nar-
s s na f him bs "a soS or Ss @
whither they 70 for a week Charley" is Cuban
negro and speaks several LANGUAGES Mill,
Yesterdays drilling began az 90 a. m win
platoon movements. with Captain Clayton IN com
nand and Leu,enants Smith and He'r nnS,d in
sabre drill a skirmish drill, firing carbines while
J mounted and two sabre charges In EXTENDED oTuer
| A captain from the 18th Regiment acted AZ buger
No one in camp will recognize the troop as novices
! n they do as good work up there they did yes
terday. ,,..
Al go there was guard mount lAenten*n,
smith had charge and Sergeant Weymouth acted
| as sergeant-maJor
! After guard mount party OF sixteen went 10
! Avoca Villa for swim. The one serious draw
! back Of the week has been the ping on the
! ground captain Clayton will recommend tha'
circuIar niece of canvas be used As flooring here
/ AFTER before leaving camp Captain Clayton and
| his Ncutenants took formal leave Of Colonel Miller,
the commandment at Fort Hamilton.