The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-06
IN CAMP BLACK.
FHB TWENTr-SECoND'S OLD BLND
TISITS THE REGIMENT.

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TIE Stories about Lnck and Pssrnsss or Food
CAMF BLACK. HEMrsTEAD, n. V, Juno o.
Visitors aud sunshine were the things which
attracted tho most attention hero to-day. But
for the brisk east wind. which was almost a
gale, there would undoubtedly have been
many hundreds moro of tho visitors on wheels.
for the rido from Brooklyn is ordinarily only
Just long enough to DO pleasant, but II becomes
q task when tho riders have to face n strong
wind all the way. 1t Is known hero that n
great many riders started for camp in the
morning, but gave mp the ride at wayside places
after pushing themselves along laboriously for
ten or fifteen miles. There is a tradition
among bicycle riders that tho winds on Long
Island arc treacherous, and that no matter
which direction one TAX es in starting, they are al.
ways in opposition, and that at night, when tho
rider Is homeward bound, they invariably turn
about and blow in the face OF the tired tourist.
Those who did face the winds to-day did not
have this experience-at least, not near tho
camp-for the wind tonight il rs due east as 1t
was In the morning. 1t has held from that quar-
tor of the heavens now for four days, and 1t Is a
remarkable fact that It has not brought more
than one or two little hurries Of rain with 1t.
To-day, with this storm wind blowing, tho sky
was all clear, except for a pretty scattering Of
the white, hcecy clouds which usually mark a
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The great event of the day was the coming OF
Victor Herbert's Twenty. second Regiment
Band. The member all volunteered to come
and play to tho regiment, and Leader Herbert
chartered q special car for thcm ut his own ex-
penRe. Perhaps Herbert gave away a profeS-
sionRl secret when he was asked how many
were there with him. Forty" he said, but
that alw iys counts as fifty IN business"
Whether tho real number was forty or fifty
-aa pf mn N,,.n IN tha haarera for thay
made sound enough. and that of the kind which
the Twenty seconds band has been famous for,
both while Patrick Snrsfeld Gilmore was It's
leader ard since. The band got here about noon
and marched over to the Twenty seconds
camp, sending tho news OF its coming ahead of
1t in dulcct tones. The officers of the regiment
were at mess at the time, but tho men were just
free. As the band entered the guard lines. fol-
lowed by throngs OF visitors. the men OF tho
Twenty second turned out OF their own accord,
and without direction fell in behind in a column
of battalions in a way which gave great delight
TO those officers who witnessed II.
THAT shows the result OF the drilling which
We have been giving them" said Major stephen
Hart after ward.
As was proper, Herbert and his men wero
greeted by Sergeant Eddic.Rice, one of tho prln-
cipal music ans Of the Twanty-second. Just
why Eddie Rice should have been mustered
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musician no one perhaps but Col. Bartlett
knows. Even the mastering officer smiled
when he took him in. Rice has been seeing
that everybody else Smiled" ever since he has
got In. HeStook care that Herbert smiled" in
tho tent maintained by companies L and l,
which 10 known as the diphthong tent, and no
saw to it afterward that every member of the
band Smiled" into the mouth of a beer bottle
ct the officers mess tent after dinner.
EANy nAOn1a who worn In tha habit IF aaaiDO
Rice as Treasurer of the STANDARD Theatre
would recognize him now in soldier clothes and
with the most remarkable growth of red beard
in Camp ! lack. He says he is In hard luck
and he told his famous hard luck story to-day 10
prove it, but no one believes him.
The band marched at once to Col. Bartlett's
tent, and did tho proper thing, playing Hail
to the Chief" Col. Bartlett acknowledged
their courtesy, and then they played Tho Star.
6pangled Banner" All about among :he
thousands of soldiers and visitors, every one
except the women uncovered when the rotsing
national air was played. excepting one solid citi-
zen who sat contcntedly beside tho fly OF. Col.
Bartletts tent, happy and contcnted, with his
logs spread wide apart. All eyes were soon
fixed upon him and his hat, but he was uncon-
scious apparently of any breach OF decorum
upon his part. Then from out of the crowd
stepped Lieut.. Col. Thurston, always equal to
any emergency, and as cool as the visitor and
without a word, he TOOK the mans hat OFT and
placed it in his hand. Then, with a bow, but
no word. Thurston stepped back. The man
blushed, but recognizing the purpose of the act,
did not resent 1t, but sat there holding his hat in
hand until the end of the mir.
The news that The Twcnty-second's band was
at that regiments camp soon spread all over
tho grounds and the visitors fiocked there.
After luncheon tho baud gave a concert in
front OF Col. Bartlett's tent and was roundly
applauded. 1t was intended to give the Co,
lumbia Anthem. which was played recently for
the first time at the Lambs Gambol, and Bat
talon Adjt. DAILY was getting together singers
from each company to render tho vocal part,
when it was found that there was not t!mo for
this, and the band took up its march for the
train. by way of Gen. Pennington's headquar'
tiers.
Major Hart, Quartcrmaster Cary, and Adjt.
Treadwcll led the march, mounted. TreGdwel
was astride his famous gray horse. which haf
no rival in life or history except that famous
Rociuante of CcrvantOs's tale.
1t was a long and curious procession of peo.
pie afoot, in carriages, and on who s which
followed the band over and invaded the sacred
grounds at Headquarters, but Gen. Pennington
did not resent tho intrusion. Col. Bartlett
Joined him while the band played Hail to the
Chief again and the 'Star-Spangled Banner
Had Thurston been there he would have beer
In a Quandary. All the volunteer officers and
many OF the citizen visitors removed their head
coverings whom the national air was played
but the old General kept his cap on and die
not appear to notice the uncovered heads about
him, nor the reason for them.
Finally, playing Happy Days In Dixie,
Herbert and his men marched away. leaving
camp about 1880 p. NJ, in time for tho men e
keep engagements for the evening In New York
The only official work of the day was thu