New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
THE SOLDIER BOYS DEP ART.
THEY WILL, HAVE A WEEK OF CAMP
LIFE AT PEEKsKILL.
TIE GALLANT 18TH REGIMENT TURNED OUT IN
GREATER NUMBERS THAN EVER BE-

,,,,r c.r,..Nr 18TH REGIMENT TURNED OUT IN
GREATER NUMBERS THAN EVER BE-
FORE IN TIME OF PEACE
The 18th Regiment celebrated the Fourth py leAs
ing ON the trip to Peekskill for week at STATE
ramn II celebrated loyalty too. because 1t mad a
larger percentage Of men In line than 1t mad ever
had before in time of peace. according 10 No'o"o'
Watson Five hundred and twenty-nlne nv"
ma rched past the reviewers at the City HAIL. A"
are C25 In the regiment, so the perce"'ase ""@
eighty five and that did not include tne s'haru oe
tailed TO watch the eight wagonoads of baggage or
those who joined the regiment at the Grand |e"e'
Depot These brought the total that went 10 ca'ip
up to $50. ,o. ,.,,
7, ,as almost 1890 a. m before the regiment iei'
the armory and marched to the Sumher-a'e s'"''
q, Tho Kings County IL" road. There had peeh
lively and merry time getting ready MOI ie"
relatives and friends dropped in to bid the young
citizen soldiers goodby. An important part OF inc
preparation was the filling or can'eehS VIZ
water "a. OF course. some OF the canteehs WIZ
filled with real water, but 1t was no secret 'i' '
were others ~, r,nu,s O..
The bows left the elevated road at the Dumeiu-'|
station and formed In line. Marching down "''o'
81 ,bev nassed in front Of the City Hall steps anu
continued To the Wall Street Ferry. VIA hemseh-s-
The regiment reviewed by ue"ei"A
Aldermen Haubert, Singleton Curtis ana Wei'o', Vi
the Adermanic Military Committee. anu - - =
Maj hal
at Shelter Island. officer John kroier he'o '''
Mayors flag.
AS II was merely a review on march. Coiohei wa
son was the only one Of the officers VINO sdiu'eu'
cen. a few who did not know what was au res0'
Drum Major Edward Mcintyre had painfui ex-
perience. Just he passed the reviewers "o
dropped his baton. He quickly and graceiu'y
, l.. un however without so much as dislodg-
ing his glasses . ,,s mol,
I, was generally agreed that the 18th looked we'll
The boys marched like clockwork ana the'r "e"
campaign hats had a spick -and-span apie'Ai",i.o
Some of the prvates at the starr were ih''.'o. ~
mako their hats pointed by jabbing them IN iour
places. but watchfu heutenants gave 'he'" 'Ae
proper crease through the middle Besides 'ie
n,,yn hats the boys wore fatigue bouses, p.ue
trousers with white stripes amer aa With oyercoats
and were In heavy marching oruei' WIN
This is our business dress, said ne1' Hsks
Colonel Luscomb. This is what we wore al f''oA'-
81 except that we have no cartridges c.,ouo, 1,,s
be observed from f9 sks snat thaH most Of
way Of the battle Of Heksst OF the afe Tohn
Anderson was unable to accompany Company G ana
Lieutenant Murphy was in charge rye .tourth-st
ferry was made aboard the trusty ferryboa, Me%
York When pa BSss snu tas 70 Se and
general" and President sautes Inc Soys IN ss
l Mse from a Cob Dock cannon doomed number OF
times Then some malignant Spill S rpppan ~" that
I
{nce Sam was honoring but the noon hour Of In
dependence Day. -, ~, .,o rog.
ment was said to be due partly TO the ract c Una.
inc departure was made on A holiday me o,ate
recognizes financially those who stay In camp unui
Monday night and il is probable that quite lie"
Will return tomorrow night 49,, ,.od
Company Els excursion goes up FRIDAY lhstead
Of thursday as stated through error ,.,
The following a complete roster or the reglmental
officers: Colonel William L.. Watson, tieutenan,
Colonel Charles II. Isuscomb. Majors George ~
Cochran and George G.. Russell Regimental Adju-
tan William c. Roe, Battalion Aa1utants, A. III
Cuartermaster Charles Werner Battalion Quartet
masters William Kerby and s. y. Hopkins, Comnis.
sary OF subsistence Jere \. Weinberg. Inspector OF
Rifle Practice J. H. A. Dressed detailed Assistant
Ride Practice Inspector T. c. Austin Surgeon Jonn
A Cochran. Regmental Sergeant-M Major +. n.
coffin ir battalion Sergeant Majors George w.
smith' hocineC and r. s. Case, Regimental Quar-
termaster Sergeant Val Werner Battalion Quarter
ma ster -Sergeants Adolph Klar and John Dunbar.
Commissary Sergeant Hubert L.. Smith, Ordnance
Sergeant T. NJ. Harvey RegimentaI Hospital s stew,
ard Charles 5. Curtis battalion Hospital steward
A,lolph W Schmidt. Assistant Surgeons Arthur n
Jarrett and II. p DE Forest, Drum Major EDWARD