New-York tribune., 1898-07-02
THE ENGINEERS IN CAMP.
ANOTHER COMPANY MUsTERED-rO CELD-
PRATT THE FOURTH

iieF>i T. li.Is rOyhln
Camp Towrserd, near Teeksk!l July (Speciar.
With the mustsrirg-m OF Provisional Company
j this afternoon a battalion II the lst Regiment,
United States Volunteer Engineers f. now In the
service bu: II cannot be called the Is. Battalion
because Company f. properly belongs In the "a
Battalion. as bat;nlon> are constituted In regi.
ment Up to last night Company r was Provision
al Company D. but General orders changed the two
oompardcs about. Al what WAS Provisional Com
rany + is now Provisional Company d. In ali
likelihood the Transferred company viii be mus
tered into tho service tomorrow Company d,
which will rake the let Battalion complete.
II was late in he afternoon before Company p
presented itself 10 Lieutenant W. VI. cruksaank.
the mastering officer. md ,ho othor companies
were IT rloHs when the soldiers marched into
the mes hall.
OFFICERS OF THE NEW COMPANY
The officers of the new COMPANY are Captain
Charles Parker 'rcese. Of Norfolk Va. and Sec
ond Lieutenant Lewis +. Hamilton. OF Torrinston.
Conn. The non-con nmlssior"d officers arc-Ser-
reants: Stewart L. Washburn. architect Norfolk
Va; VII liam W Robinson. rccsanica, draughts-
man. Wilmington. Del: Frederick w. Albert; con-
tractors man. Washington Albert L. Cater. elec-
trician. Newark Edgar a. Singer. jr. instructor
In the University If Pennsylvania. Philadelphia:
Herbert G. Brown. NewYori: charles Schaeaer.
mechanical engineer Philadelphia and Homer A.
Scholze. civil engineer Pawtucke Il. I. Corporals:
Gilbert w. Peddicord contractor. Laure Nd:
Jasper r. Rand. ir.. contractors man. Ithaca. N.
y. Thomas Il. Whitney. carWhcel wo. .man.
Waingford. Penn; William ord. mechanical
draughtsman. Philadelphia Eyron stevens. cleo
trlcian. Ncw.York; Samuel II. Kay. surveyor.
BROOKLYN: Charles J. Tieilman electrical engineer.
Reading Penn. AMI 4. H. Ja ale. electrician. New
York Musicians: Perry q. Cooper, mechanical
sH nGman a%ayoncct hHDsy @ The company
still lacks first lieutenant. ,,,s.
The recruits VINO arrived yesterday wort to-niShs
assigned to Provisional Companies + and H. Pro-
vsional Company u is new company. undor M , com,
to-day First Iieutenlnt J. G. Livingston was
transferred from Company {, whiGh mas Ooeh muS'
tered 10 Provisional Company H.
TO OBSERVE INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Preparations In a small wav being made for
a proper military observance of the Fourth OF
July II is not likely that the day Will be generally
celebrated as it is usually in the country with lots
OF noise and din. The noise viii rather DE con-
with gun for each State. Gun detachmen,s were
directed from Company to-day to dIi.l WIN ID @ sns
and these letachmcnts viii serve the guns on th4
Fourth Details from thrin VIII also De mace '"'''
to fire the morning ana evening guns s 4,
Sergeant Matthe johnston, VINO mas serVsd ,n
the Sta United S.ates Al tillery IS in chuge OF tne
MARCHES them 10 vn 10 Battery Hill where the
guns are kept at present. ana througn ne oaahS
ic,achmc.,s are made up Of the following men, mem.
bers of company A. Gun No C9rp9FaL oSr M's,a 1ss
Gun No - Sergeant WpNdm Nenheuy, VI poa -
charles L. Bieakley and E VI. Miles and IrlVateS
Jonn j OConnor. FeliX. Elammand ana l;ugcns ns
de NitkiewicZ. Nearly all the men nave had so,uS
previous experience in artillery drill ara they are
already harding the pieces easily and JANUARY.
II has been ano,her warm day. but coc DrseI, ir
and drills at earlier hours. with freqtent r,sss "
Tho shade have made IT easier for the men. ana
few have suffered unduy. AS the evenihf catne yu
,ho air gre cooler and every ones spirits rs'
vived. ,., 49, ,,,o,,ra,,on ~
the men to-day Arms are beginning 10 ieei % t.,mS
sore hui not enough get their owners an eNCusS
rom drill Even those who have the ri.es dr'ieS
a. though they had never seen Dr Nepp anu
his lancet and In the manual they mace eAcenehs
progress.
The men IN camp are determined that the FOURTH
~ Julv shall not pass without due celebration ana
nave invited their friends to visit them on thae
dav They have arranged programme OF Sports: =,
in which the preliminary heats VIII be Iss'ued zee m bn ~
,be morning and the finals will be run OF IN ths
afternoon These field sports. which VIII De & under &
tho direction OF Lieutenant L. L. ,iiilespie VII. a.
cude a i0O-yards dash. hali-mile run a. three-
legged race and putting he shot ,r. ,oou.
There VIII also be baseball & &snm66s he's seieSfed and
TWO more teams will De formed from Con,pnii"tSs ,ii ~
| n and E. The winners Of both games VIII W
| matched in the afternoon.