New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-22
CAMP BLACK FAST FILLING Up.
COMPANIES OF THE NEW REGIMENTS CON-
ING DAILY.

Hampstead Plains more presents warlike
appearance. The tents are sprnging up rapidly
and the recruits for the three new regiments OF
volunteers arriving daily. BY tomorrow night
II is expected that the full number Of men Will be
in camp with perhaps the exception Of the regi-
mental line officers These will hardly come De-
fore next week, and perhaps not so soon. as there
IL still lot OF work to be done In the companies
before they can be put Into battalions and later
drilled In battalion and regimental formations
There are now twenty-four companies In the ned.
The company organization OF all has not been
completed. but the men are on hand. ana the
finding OF commissioned and non-commssioned of'i-
GERS needed will not be hard task There ere
eight companies Of the 2Olst In camp They are
Companies A. c, d. +. G. II. and NJ. Major An
drews is the senior officer In the regiment at the
camp and also the senior and ranking officer In
the camp. and Is In general command. altnougn
he has made no attempt assume the command
OF any body except his own regiment. Each COM
pany remains under the command OF MS senior
officer.
There are Ave companies Of the 92d In camp.
They are Companies A. b. c. d and T.. TWO more
companies will arrive to-day for this regiment and
possibly more than that II is probable that there
will be three companies more ut least by tonight
az Company F. OF Flushing. formerly the nth sep
arate is expected to come from that place In the
morning.
The lines OF the 202d almost completed All
OF it's companies with the exception Of Company
NJ are In camp. Companies and K arrived last
evening
The men as they arrive In camp are set at work.
The first companies OF the 9lst TO arrive went TO
work guard against flood AS fast as the COM
pany streets were laid out bitches were dug, and
at the lowest point in each street holes were made
for the water to flow off In.
Seeing the interest the 20lst has shown. the others
are following suit. ana systems or drainage are
being devised all the plain. Some OF them are
ingenious. One company has encountered hi'iock,
and Is going to build culvert as soon as the four
blanks needed can be obtained.
Guard was mounted at headquarters yesterday
morning The men on guard did not present very
sodierly appearance. Some had only campaign
hats others only leggings. others only olouses anu
none rifles. They used balesticks or clup5 ioi
arms and marched up and down In any attire
some were out in their shirt sleeves. Lieutenant
Weigle and his assistants are giving out the EQUIP
mems as RAPIDLY as possible They have some OF
the companies nearly wholly uniformed, BESIDES he
die, rihntine the uniforms. the lieutenant and his
mon have 10 see that the food and other necessary
things for the incoming soldiers are sent 70 ,he.
pronptlv and that things absolutely needtui are
given out properly and punctually. -.
Nothing has been heard here as yet from tne pa..
teries They are not expected for two weeks AT
The internal affairs of the lists detachment seem
10 have auieted down, and no more grumohhg mas
been heard. ,, , torLs yes-
erdav afternoon ard for n day or two new arrivals
will have to go without them.