New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-15

RA-TAIrOHs NOW N PROPER POSITION
COMPANY VI To RE MUSTERED
TODAY

Camp Townsend near Prrk~kill July u fspeciaD
Company IL SIN waiting 20 be mustered IN out
TIM. is because Captain Sawtclc has few more
difficulties 70 contend with than the other company
comma rdcrs had when they had selected the men
they wanted they sent the extra ones on TO the
rext conrany hut Captain Sawtele. having the
last company. cannot have RECOURSE 10 that means
~ getting out OF the difficulty ot having more men
than he wants He can have only nnety-one' but
this morning there were ~ names on the company
roll including eighteen recruits from Bangor. Ms,
who arrived late last night To dispose OF the ex-
ira forty-sx men he has been distributing them
among The companies that were short. sending the
captains fsr as possible, the particular CLASS OF
men most needed IN their companies. In this way
Il was thought Company NJ could be brought down
10 IT'S proper strength the extra men retained and
the regiment dlcd NJ without any additional re-
cruitinr Probably no more recruits will he needed
oftcr tho compauy's extra men are distributed
They will all be disposed Of Tonight. and the com
pany VIII be- mustered IN tomorrow
A stack OF cases filled with brown canvas uni
forms for tho lst Battalion so suits In ALL were
received by IN. ouartermaster to-day These suits
ara more Of a reddish-brown than the khaki uni
forms Of the officers. They Will be given out as
soon as possible TO Companies A. Il. and D.
which constitute the lst Battalion. Enough OF the
r,,forms have been ordered for the entire regi
ment.
,.,i,r Ordnance Officer Lieutenant r. r Bishop
e. started in to get the old rife range In working
order lie found his task WAS not going to be an
easv one as the trench has been used 10 dump
r,,hbish in and will have to be cleaned out. while
me old timbcrs have rotted away and will have to
be replaced. . -, 49,. . ..., .,.,,.
dav again Company was chartered on the left
of the regimental camp. and the other companies
TN limo according 10 their letters To-day they
we're changed 80 that they would occupy their
rroper positions IN line. the LIST Battalion being on
the right. and so on.
"Vat0r seaman chief surgeon Of the regiment.
went ovor TO tho Helping Hand Hospital. in Peeks
KIN to-day 10 how rho TWO reg mental patients
were getting along He found them both doing
nicely 9 { Moore. who had been taken there
With pneumonia was doing well. being up and
about and Private Barry. who was shot with \
blank cartrdgc IN the village on the Fourth OF
I,,lv will he ready join the regiment IN 4 day
or 30 Moore may also bc ready to return to camp
at the time 4, ,.
formation no ist and II Battaiions forming first
I'D marchlre on the field rs battalionS. Major
Iohn s Scwal! wa IN command OF the LIST l'a;.
ssiion and Major Louis Duncan In COMMAND OF
tho I'd Colonel EuGcn" Grille reviewed me parade
III. movcmcnts were smoothly executed, the pat
taiions having rchearsod them during the eNcr-
noon drill hour and the steadin.ss IN ranks ana
nyceIIsn alignment showed the effect or the drill
ing the troops have had , .,,...s 4.
General William Barclay fa''''' ic'"'"e" "
camp to-day.