New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
CHARGED WITH FORAGING.
RrILs FOR CHICKENS AND OTHER
PLUMBER COMING INTO CAMP BLACK.
NIIITIAMEN IN RESTRAINT OWING TO AN CNDO L
FoNpNEss FOR WHAT THEY WOULD BEL
TER LET ALONE-oRDERs By GEN
ERAL ROE - BIvoUACklN"
Under GLOOMY SKIES.

UNDER GLOOMY ShIEs
General Orders No. /. issued by Major-Oenerai
Roe on Monday, will be rigidiy enforced al amp
BLACK beginning this morning The order PROVIDES
= rag,,a- ron,ine Of daily duty which Will give
the soldiers few spare moments 70 be used Tor 'her
own pleasure. The enforcement OF the oroer mas
been FASTENED by stories which nave 'ea0"eu
The officers quarters from the ncsl BORING Io"hs %
Hempstead and Westbury Acting on the prlhcip'e
that all the residents OF the plains are enemies
and that ali articles that can be USED IN camp
ara contraband OF war some Of the men have de-
seconded on the towns and made trouble 'hele
which has turned out to be serious uouoe lo'
themselves The action OF these fellows Is severely
condemned by a majority Of the men IN camp
The s5th Regiment Of Buffalo. and the esth, OF
Manhattan. furnished most Of the raiders, ana the
s5th was we'll punished yesterday FOR the part
taken in the affair by members OF Companies Is.
c and T.
Matthew's saloon in Hampstead. was the scene
of most Of the trouble in that village. A hat
dozen soldiers who were lettering about the place
were told that a detail Of guards from camp had
been sent bring them back. They thinned on
with the exception of Private Irving. of the 6sth
Regiment When the guard arrived he refused 10
go with them and rushed out OF the place lie
was followed by the guardsmen and policemen
the latter firing three shots. This warning had
IFS effect. and Irving surrendered. and was
led back 10 camp Yesterday he was in the
suardhouse living on bread and water. detail OF
twenty-five under Lieutenant Buckner. OF
Company B. list Regiment, was sent 10 Hempstead
yesterday watch the stragglers. arrest them ana
take them back 10 camp. Several men were found
who had hidden from the guard sent out on the
previous evening
Another scene took place In a Hampstead BARRIERS
shop on Tuesday evening. crowd of Guardsmen
rushed in and took possession OF the shop. ming
the chairs and using the scissors and razors IN
most unprofessional manner. The proprietor evac-
nd tlv and he sOlii
accord when they had amused themselves until they
were tired
A REGIMENT KEPT IN CAMP
Strict orders were issued yesterday keeping
every member OF the 65th Regiment in camp and
prohibiting the admission Of visitors Ihis was
because bills had been sent into camp by Nearby
farmers, who accused the men Of stealing COW
and 80 chickens The COW was shot late on Mon
day night quartered and taken into camp. accord
ing TO the general report. although members oil 'e
regiment refuse TO say word about the escapaoe.
The owner has sent in bill for $50. A corporal
on guard admitted to Tribune reporter that OIL
had been sent to the 65th Regiment for 80 chick
ems and that Companies B. and l were accused
Of the thefts.
CAPTAIN Behrends OF Company is a son OF the
Rev Dr. A. J. F. Behrends, the chaplain OF the
18th Regiment. He says that men In his company
bought four chickens at farmhouse but that
there no stealing. Mrs James Pratt OF west
bury. says she lost sixty chickens
Four men from Company A. 18th Regiment were
arrested by troopers of Captain Claytons command
for stealing fence rails They were detained IN
Troop C's guardhou.e until removed to the lHhe
guard tent by sergeant
Colonel William Cary Sanger. provost marshai on
General Roes stan ordered guards placed around
the camp yesterday. He said that the order was
given for the purpose Of shutting off the POSSIBLE
tty OF trouble In the future. Inside the camp ne
said order had been perfect. and the provost
guards were stationed, not because there had been
trouble but in order that there would be none
With the strict enforcement OF Order No ana
the tightening Of the rens in other respects. such
as the establishment OF the provost guards. an
end Of foraging expeditions and aids Is certain TO
come soon. The next lesson taught at Camp BLACK
will be that this country is at war with hostile
nation and that camp has been established for
war purposes and not for the kind Of holiday
that Peekskill has been accustomed 10 furnish.
THE DAYS PROGRAMME.
Here Is the programme which Camp Black Will
be compelled to observe to the letter beginning at
C25 O'Clock this morning