Evening journal., 1898-08-29
NEW YORK TROOPS.
Governor Black Visits State
Regiments at Chickamauga.
SIXTY-FIFIH TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
Buffalo Soldiers Start For Home Today.
The Governor Says Conditions at Camp
AIger Have Been Grossly ENas-
gerated Eire Ialana nomi.nl.

WASHINGTON. Aug Governor
Frank S Black Of Sew York after two
days spent n Washington i-ll at iO.4O
last night for ChiekamauRa Park to
make am investigation of the condition
of the New York troops al Camp
Thomas.
Before leaving he secured the Issuance
of order for the mastering out OF
the SlNiy-hfth New York volunte ers
now al Camp Agar. The regiment viii
proceed probably today to BGnalo, it's
home city, and upon arrival there the
officers will be granted leaves Of absence
and the men furloughs for 80 days, at
the expiration Of which they win be
mustered oEt of the service.
Governor Black. ecompanled by Rep
resentative Alexander of Buffalo and
State Senator Persons, visited Camp AL
ger yesterday They were given an en-
thusiastic reception by the Sixty iii tn
When Mr. Alexander informed them in
the course of a brief address that they
were soon to be mustered out of the
service, the men cheered for very joy.
Upon their return from Camp Alger,
Governor Black and Representative
Alexander called upon Secretary Alger,
who gave them assurances that the
Sixty-hfth would be relieved from serv-
Ice at once. Last night they met Adju-
tant General Corbin at his Office and the
order for the mastering out of the regi-
ment was issued. 1t is as follows:
"The secretary Of war directs that
the destination of the Sixty-hfth New
York volunteer infantry be changed
from Camp Meade to Buffalo, where it
VIII go into quarters in the state ar
mory, Sixty-fifth regiment, New York
national guard, and under direction Of
the colonel of the regiment. The off,
GERS will be given leaves of Absence for
30 days and the enlisted men furloughed
for the same period. on the expiration
Of these leaves Of absence and furloughs
the regiment will reassemble at the ar
mory for physical examination and
muster out, under the regulations pub
lished from this office. The camp and
garrison equipage and ammunition not
carried in the belts Of the men will be
turned over to the officer designated by
you. The necessary orders will be given
by you for all the men on detached
service to go home with the regiment.
The quartermaster's department will
furnish transportation and the subsist-
ence department necessary travel ra-
tions."
Governor Black, commenting last
night upon his visit to Washington and
TO Camp Alger. said:
81 am quite well satisfied with the re-
suits of my visit here. Four of the New
York regiments-the Second Eighth,
Seventy-first and Sixty-nfth-have al
ready been ordered mustered out of the
service. and orders for the mastering
out of three more Of the remaining Il
New York regiments win be issued as
soon as we can determine what regi-
ments ought TO leave the service. 1t
has been decided also TO send the Thir-
teeRth regulars from Camp Wikoff to
Fort Porter at Buffalo as soon as pos
sible.
"The condition of Camp Alger is not
so bad by a good deal as 1 had been
led to believe. The water is poor and
the supply inadequate but otherwise
the troops are getting along reasonably
we'll"
The governor said it had been decid-
ed definitely TO establish a government
hospital for sick soldiers on Fire island.
It will be a hospital for general use and
not particularly FOR the New York sick.
The governor thought most of the New
York men who were i'll could be fur
loughed and sent to their homes.