New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-30
ON THE TENTED FIELD.
COMPANY H. sEvENTY-FIRsT REGIMENT
PIONEERS ON HENPSTEAD PLAINS

THE MAIN BopY OF THE TROOPS NOT EXPECTED
TO GO INTO CAMP BEFORE MoNDAY-Mus-
rERrNo IN TO BEGIN on TUESDAY
Company H. list Regiment. the advance
guard Of the small army that VIII soon De
mobolized In this State. pitched Its tents yes'eE-
day on Hampstead Plains. and began preparing
the way for the main body OF the nine resr
ments that will arrive on Monday onuei
yesterdays threatening clouds the broad lever
fields OF Hampstead. with their poverty OF for-
age and their lack OF dwellings. presented de-
cidedlv dreary view to the scouts OF Company
II in the morning hours. By nightfall the helHs
were alive with teams and trucks. and one SOIL
tary row Of white tents out in the centre OF the
plain gave a different aspect to the landscape
BY Monday night the transformation VIII pe
complete with $500 tents covering the 'h'''
green carpet on the field. and making the tempo
rary ha bitations OF eight thousand or ten thou-
sand men.
Company H. commanded by Captain william
H. Joyce arrived at Garden City. the Lohs
Island Railroad station nearest to the camp
grounds at 10 O'Clock. and the special tram WIS
Immediately taken TO a side track on the poroe'
OF the field Before Company II arrived Lieu
tenant Colonel John G. Holly. OF the dNis'o"
staff was on the field to receive the supplies
sent by the comissary department. Ma)or-'eh-
eral Charles +. Roe and Colonel DIN were also
on hand General Roe passed the morning MAX
ing sketches OF the field and arranging pun
for the distribution Of the regiments The sec
ton Of the plains selected for the camp IS ABOUT
three miles LONG and one mile wide. Inc hor'-
ION on all sides is marked by well-known build
ings Far away to the north is palatial couh-
try mansion built by Austin Corbln. on the
southeast Is the home Of the Meadow brook
Hunt Club. On the west and northwest can be
seen the spre OF the Garden City Cathedral
the buildings Of St Pauls School and the big
stands of the Mineola Fair Grounds Inc httie
village Of Westbury Is on the northeast ana
Hampstead Is on the south.
II the turnpikes and crossroads Of Long ISL
and I'm the neighborhood OF Hampstead have
names which dignity them as streets and ave
nues the inhabitants OF the town do not know
H. One Hampstead farmer ventured the asser-
ton that the tents already pitched are near the
function OF Glen Cove Road and Eighth-st The
first section Of the camp IS two miles from the
station at Garden City. and connected with IL
by tortuous muddy roads.
UNLOADING SUPPLIES.
up on the sidetrack Captain Joyce ordered his
men to unload their cargo OF supplies. In the
course Of the morning five hundred white can
cas- tents. bundles OF tent pegs. bales OF straw
for bedding. and boxes and barrels whose con-
tents could only be guessed at. were unloaded
beside the railroad tracks and packed on TO big
country wagons which carried them mile and
a half across the fields 10 the spot selected by
General Roe and Colonel Holly as the camping
ground OF Company H. Within two hours ar
ter the tents had arrived twenty Of them were
IN place IN n row running north ana south.
Around these tents will be formed the big camp
The companies Will be arranged on opposite
sides Of the company streets. and In 'front.' OF the
lines OF tents occupied by the privates VIII he
the group OF larger tents occupied by the res'-
mental officers These Will be arranged about
the central tent which Will be occupied by the
Colonel To-day a complete diagram OK the on
tire camp will be made out. ready 10 he SUB
nitted to the regiments when they arrive on
Monday.
II will be big Job for the raw soldiers 70
mitch their tents and get everything into mill
tary fashion for their camp life. Few members
OF Company II would attempt yesterday 70 give
any description OF the duties before them. for
the good reason that few of them knew what
70 expect Trenches will 10 dug around the
tents elaborate systems Of drainage Will be pro-
vided Headquarters Will be established for sup
plies. and dozens OF carloads Of camp equip
ments Will be put in their proper PAGES
Sergeant George Doyle. Of Company II. FOR
merly in the Engineer Corps Of the Regular
Army. had the main supervision Of the Work
OF pitching camp yesterday. lie has had sew
eral years OF experience. and. without his guid-
ance things would have been soon at stand
still with Company II yesterday
THE FIRST DINNER IN CAMP.
The first dinner -erved az tho Hcmpstead
camp was placed before Company II at noon
Yesterday. 1t consisted OF frugal bill Of
corned beef sandwiches and coffee Water was
supplied in a suspicious-looking tank on wheels
which might have seen duty somewhere az a
village sprinkling cart. Tn" Garden City Hotel
was not far away. but the scale OF prices pre-
vaillng there is not such that IT is likely to be
natronized frequently by Uncle Sans soldiers
at S13 month. on a food allowance Of ~ cents
n day For supper the company had a miscel-
laneous fare Of ham. beans. ~read and coffee.
all served In generous quantities.
Just at sunset the soldiers had their first ex-
perience In army cooking. under the watchful
care Of Captain Joyce. The state OF prepare
lions in the camp proper was not such that the
men could sleep in the tents last night, but
guards were placed over the property In the
field as we'll as near tn. train. The camp limits
for the night consisted OF narrow stretch OF
land equal in length with the train OF three
cars After 9 o'clock no man was permitted to
leave the camp for the village without written
pass Captain Joyce intends that the discipline
in his command shall he OF the true Army vari-
ETY. His orders last night were Taps a; 10
o'clock and lights out at IL" He informed the
men that these orders would be strictly OBJ
served. and that all activity must cease at II
except the nightly vgs Of tho sentres.