New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-13
LIFE AT CAMP TOWNSEND.
COMPANIES RAPIDLY GETTING INTO SHAPE
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.

COMPANIES RAPIDLY GETTING INTO SHAPE
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
Camp Townsend near Peekskill N. T.. July IL
(SpeciaD. -To-night Company NJ. OF tho LIST hegi'
ment. United States Volunteer Engineers. Is the
only company Of the regiment not In Uncle SANS
service. and whether It will be mustered tomorrow
or wait over until Thursday depends upon whether
CAPTAIN Sawtelle cares to sit up with his clerks
most of the night working over muster rolls
Either way. 1t will not affect the drawing OF the
company uniforms much. for Quartermaster Hough
has developed a rather interesting fact In regard
to sizes The uniforms which the Government
sent to the regiment made from a scale OF
averages deduced after years OF experience In uni
forming and clothing the Regular Army. After Mt
ting out ten companies Quartermaster Hough
finds the large sizes of bouses. the small sizes In
shoes and the larger numbers in campaign mats
have run out. and he has been obliged TO order
more 1t goes to show what q nne lot OF men
there in the regiment.
The men are quick In learning how to drill. too.
Those who have been at 1t the longest-twenty
days with four drills a day-are doing quite as
good work as some OF the National Guard regi-
ments have done in the summer camps
Lieutenant Colonel Hodges reviewed this even
ng's parade OF seven companies and Colonel Griffin
and General c. G. Sawtelle. retired. former Quar-
termaster-General Of the United States Army and
father OF Captain E. NJ. Sawtelle. OF Company M,
were interested spectators.
Company I. which had rather counted on being
mustered In yesterday. was sworn In this morning
at $50 by Lieutenant w. NJ Cruikshank.
The First Lieutenant of the company. Lieutenant
Thomas J. Sullivan. Is also absent from camp but
Second Lieutenant John G.. Morgan has reported
for duty and is with his company The non-com-
mssioned officers appointed are;7 Sergeants Harry
d. Coates railroad constructor. Chester. Penn:
Robert B. Grimes jr.. medical student, Cheyenne,
Wyoming and Edmund A. Kite. railroad yard mas
ter Chester Penn Corporas. HAL X. Parsons,
superintendent assistant. Scranton. Penn' WIZ
lam E. Rafter. rough carpenter. Scranton, Penn.'
Edwin d. Strouse, civil and mining engineer, Pniia-
delphia, and Patrick syron, hostler and teamster.
Scranton, Penn. The entire company Is a Penhsyi-
vania company.
A number Of amendments were made in general
orders this morning. First Lieutenant H. H. Bishop'
IT, was appointed acting ordnance omcer' rehe''"e
Lieutenant George w. BramwelL First LIEUTENANT
Redmond v. Beach, formerly adjutant OF the "a
Connecticut the crack regiment OF that state, ana
later a lieutenant In the I'd Regiment united states
Volunteer Engineers. but transferred last week 10
the lst Regiment was appointed regmentai ad)u-
tant First Lieutenant Maurice A. Nieie was ap-
pointed battalion adjntant Of the ISL ad
tan. OF the I'd Battalion. and First LieuenanI r.
r Slater battalion adjutant or the 81 bd.ta i,i
nnartermaster of the LIST Battalion First Ideuten-
ant Harry c. Wilson, quartermasIter %, '1!e uewes
GIartermaster of the Sd Battalion Whie IN lamp imp
the battalion quartermasters Will remain VIII" '"e
companies for duty company officers. ,,,.
The following assignments were also fnaoy, ~,
Lieutenant Agcrnon Sartoris grandson OF me iaue
General T. s. Grant TO Company {: FIRST lIeut
ant Fitzhugh Lee jr son Of General
to Company e. First Lieutenant carlos CarDculeh
70 COMPANY n First Lieutenant carl fisher i1an-
son 70 Company l.. and First Lieutenant lhomas
I Sullivan Company l.
Preliminary arrangements have Deen mace SSl Oh
fcers' messes far as to appoint mess oince rs
he reaimental staff, Lieutenant J. G. Livingston
tnr ,ha Ter battalion Lieutenant II. c. Wilson for
~ "a y,attaIon and Lieutenant Frederick Corbn
az ~ al RattaIon These officers will be at the
IL A. 90 the several messes the officers eating to-
rether lust as though in club each paying ms
snare of the table expenses for the week or month";
Chaplain Fobes entered at once upon his duties ana
was looking around for a chef this afternoon.
The Young men at the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION tent are organizing an association team 10
play baseball with any other teams that may care
70 cross bats with them Those belonging TO the as
ISOLATION when at home eligible to membership
The officer OF the day detailed for tomorrow IS
Captain Allen d. Raymond: officers OF the guard.
First Lieutenant H. c. Wilson and Second Lieuten-
ant l.. l.. Gillespie.