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ministered thsy furnish a large surplus, which

ministered they furnish q large surplus, which
can DO applied to the supply of ~luXurios.
To forward tho day when the company cooks
shall be able to bring this result about in these
regiments, Lieut.. Weigel, the Post Quarter
master, has sent to Washington for q lot Of Gov.
eminent cookbooks, which. he, is going to dis
tribute as soon as no gets them.
Ono OF the interesting things which IL being
discussed here is tho character Of insignia
which an officer OF volunteers should wear on
his collar. AS ono wanders throughscamp no
sees n great variety. Many Of the officers, like
Lieut.. Kross of tho Twenty .second, who is act
ing on Gen. Pennington's staff, still have their
National Guard marks on the collars OF their
blouses. On the other hand, many have had
now devices put on and these differ widely.
For instance, Major Hotchkisa of the Twenty
second has on his collar ~. s. Vol 90" and he
says this ia according to some order. Col. Bar
Der of the First. who Is one of the oldest soldiers
of the Guard, has on a new blouse IN. Y. l."
II usually leave those matters to my military
tailor" said Col. Barber to-day. land AZ no has
been doing this sort Of work for thirty years
he is generally posted. but this time he asked
me what no should put on. / didn't know, but
/ knew that l belonged to the First New York,
and 30 1 had N. Y. l.. put on" Others declare
that the proper insignia for an infantry ofncer
consist of two rifles crossed. with the mum.
Der Of tho regiment above their centre, and the
letters, N. Y. " following them.
Gen. Pennington and his stan ware enter
tained last night by Col. Eddy and tho other
officers of the field and staff Of tho Seventh
Regiment at a banquet which was very elab-
crate for camp life. 1t las 4 late and was 40
centuated with the popping of.corks, and tho
guests entertained their hosts with war stories.
Gen. Pennington's tales were Of .the civil war,
while Lieut.. WoiRel's were Of Indian warfare.
Company c Of tho Twenty.second had q At of
mock heroics yesterday. Their pct monkey,
Two-Two, got q box Of matches and chewed OF
their heads and died. The whole company
turned out Mt his funeral and after laying him
away with military honors they decorated his
grave with pebbles and violets arranged 30 as
to spell his name. Visitors were shown to the
grave to-day with great ceremony and IL was
explained that Two-Two had committed suicide.
Some visitor camo near burning tho Forty
seventies camp Ghis forenoon. A match,
dropped by accident, 1t is supposed. set Gre to
tent 10 in Company A street and fire flashed up
in a moment. 1t was put out before 1t got be-
yond one side of the tent.
A saloon back Of tho Forty .seventh's camp,
which has been u source of trouble to Col. Eddy
for some time. was closed up to-day by order of
tho Queens county authorities. A bartender
belonging to it, named Omission, was arrested a
few days ago by the Forty-seventh's guard flor
selling liquor within the guard lines. Other
violations Of tho rules were charged against
Murphy d. Raff, the proprietors, and they were
ordered to close up permanently. Ono of the
events scheduled for tomorrow will be a pre-.
sentation Of colors to the First Regiment by
the Sons of the Revolution of New York. The
ceremony is to be held ut 4:30 p. NJ.
Major Henry L. Barthman of the Forty-sSv'
enth had a narrow escape from serious hurts al
evening parade to-day. Ho rides . horse
which has repeatedly given him trouble. and
tonight, when the drums began TO sound re
treat, tho horse reared and fell backward,
catching the Majors left leg beneath him as he
fell. Major Barthman was not hurt beyond a
bruised leg. but 1t was 4 close shave. The
horse got away and was not caught until after G
considerable chase.