New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-13

West Broadway whose son IS private w, D.
Sheppard. OF Company NJ. The mascot Is a
risky and mischevous goat, which refuses 10
answer to the name of BILLY BE Damned fri-
vate Sheppard arranged with his father 10 nave
the goat join the regiment at Long Island CITY.
but until the train arrives there private Snep-
pard feared that the mascot might miss the trip
to Tampa. because instructions had been gwen
TO have the animal meet the regiment In Brook
Ign. where it was supposed that the list would
leave its train. instead of in Long Island CITY.
AN OBJECT-LESSON TO THE GUARD.
The experience Of the list has been an object
lesson to the Guardsmen who have feared that
when they became United States Volunteers
they would lose their names and their officers.
and everything else they ever had The list
is nU in United States service and on its way
to the front. 1t has lost neither name nor off,
GERS. but has made itself famous by the read-
ness with which It responded 10 the Governors
call and the quickness with which It made ready
for service. The Government will reimburse
the State for the arms and equipment whlch
the men received from the State before and
after they were orderd out.
The regiment marched out OF camp at 4:45
o'clock. and its train started from the station
at Camp Black at 6:1O
WAITING IN LONG ISLAND CITY.
In Long Island city early In the afternoon
large crowd had gathered to welcome and to
cheer the regiment. The station and all the
nelghboring streets were early thronged, and
every ferry from New-York added to the num-
bers. Before 4 o'clock the hour when the troops
expected, the streets near the station We're
packed. Men. women and children jostled each
other good -naturedly. rushed hither and thither
exctedy. and laughed at one another's dis
comhture when the sudden shower came down.
Delays In loading baggage had prevented the
troops leaving Hampstead az the time expected.
and it was evening when they finally started.
In the mean time the afternoon crowd in Long
Island City had increased still more when IL
was learned that the list had not yet arrived
and by o'clock every available inch OF space
near the station was filed and some Of the
more enterprising persons had climbed to the
tops ~ the ratings and sheds by.
THE ARRIVAL AT THE STATION
About S15 O'Clock the waiting throng was
gaddened by the arrival Of the first section Of
the train from Hampstead on this were Colo
mel Greene and his staff and the detail of men
to look after the baggage. AS the first soldier
stepped 10 the ground the crowd cheered itself
hoarse. Flags were waved. and one enthusiast
tic young woman removed her hat. dainty az
fair In red. white and blue. and tossed It high in
the air.
The enthusiasm Of the waiting throng was
short-ived, however. for II was discovered that
the main section Of the train with the troops on
board had not arrived and rurnor crcu-
lated that the bearing them had been
switched off NJ Flatbush Junction. and that the
men would be taken from there 10 their destina-
ton. Al n consequence there was bitter disap-
pointment. and many OF those who had waited
patiently In the rain from early in the after
noon went home without seeing their friends
and relatives.
About 10 o'clock however. the crowd learned
that the train. In two sections. lying in the
yards about four blocks from the station. and
men and women and children trudged through
the darkness over railroad ties and rails 10 the
point where the were. Here there were
anxious inquiries. hurried greetings and fearful
partlngs
SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE CARS
Two ferry boats were in waiting 10 convey the
regiment to Bedloe's Island. where the trans
ports Seneca and city of Washington were in
waiting
At midnight the troops keeping up theIr
spirits by singing National airs A few OF them
managed 20 evade the sentries and reached the
nearby restaurants. only 20 be disappointed as
the crowd had previously cleared out every
sandwich In the neghborhood
The soldiers late a. night settled themselves
10 spend the night in the cars. and they wer.
run out Of the yard 20 Van Alst-ave. and there
laid up until daylight. What caused the delay
no one seemed 20 know. The Long Island Rail
! road officials said that they had performed the
| duty and had brought the soldiers into Ions
! Island City The company had placed its boats
at the disposal OF the Government 70 carry tn
soldiers 10 the transports. The Staten IslanC
ferry boat Southheld is also tied up at the Jane
| slip pier in waiting to transfer the soldiers.