New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
ENGINEERS CELEBRATE TIE DAY
FOURTH OF Willy GAMES AND ExEPCIsEs
AT pEFKsEILL

Camp Townserd near Peekskr rIlr fSpe-'iN -
This mas been the mos, glorious Fourth ., rTi~
Camp Townsend has known e. "e1rs Ferry hour
has been Sled Nth Incidents II" sunrise vas
noted az he proper hour by 'tA morning gun. me
nrs, me Enrioe.rs have hret ara after tho morn.
Tag policing ras done breaktsst disposed Il and
guard mounted -, ~elebratio, - n. tsv began
The weather -as sgi'at.A or Fourth q, rVl"
7, tegAn ~ beng ROT With good breeze blowing
IT ne middle Q, The afternoon there vas re usual
thunder.stornl anf a>'~r vat 80 tay IVES cool
aad delightful
Tne aeld aay spo-'s ana games began .Ao:.- ate:
guard mounf. with game q. haseba!! between
n.aes selected from the men ot Companies 4 lnt
For some reason or other TIE men of Com
PAW could no. get - the curves Co!npany
AS r!tche- ;w.led over tho ?ate. and as II,
Company a men :!d rO' experience ne same am
:gity Cornrnny As score kept creeping ". While
tho members Of TIE company grow more and NOR"
erthus!ast!c \, tie cnd o. the ffth inning To
game was o1ll-c anf C'rPany - .cor" stood =
. Bs
Then ana Z companies took ne bats hut before
hey Anishei u tins 20! re midday salute %
nc Union. and the discontinued the game They
"a not &, but n:ne selected from several
# tn volunteer companies PLAYED rith for ~.
nam i9nshlp u tho lay
The game vas an exciting enc and 'Ae men
playc! IS though ,as outcome would decide 'he
~'ar ana there vas great cheering on every bill
.qnt play The game ended Win score Of i 10
l. IN favor Of the combination nine. Colonel Ei!-
sene CrGin. who VITA the other officers had t:en
Interested spectators called TIE v!ctors - hr sn1
freseutel each With poeke.-kn!!s
GAAIEs or THE DAY UNFINISHED
Then every BODY went over on the east parae,
groun! where F!rs, Lieutenant J G. Livingston ana
Ssccnd Lieutsnant II r Bishop ir. had measured
of tho course 70? the icJ-ya:i dash There rad
been many entr.es end the its, heats we're not run
or {; supper tine A:te! supper the trial heats &
ths threelessed-r1ce and few trials ~ putting
the sho; were held. rut /; got 80 dark that tho
nnals hsA 20 ts postponed
A Ane display of Al evoTks cent up over the blum
brought The Fourth 10 pleasant close.
The nrlne .: The salute TO the Union. forty-siN
guns one !5r ca stats. az noon vas the military
observance o. he de-, The gqn squads wcre IN
Of the 5th United States Artillery. ana the guns
we're fred ~ thirty secoaf intervals
shorty after ne last reyerberaton had died
away the hugie sounded FOR the assembly and
the comoanes marched TO The bun east OF the
and stood >, attention Private Ernst G.chner. n
the assembled troops and reclted the Declaraton
II independence Private GicAneT = German
ehake.peIlean actor ana elocutouift. but his Eng
ism vas excellent. lie could have been heard ds-
tinctly b. mYen larger o9ay OF tr9of; lnaeeq
on having once spoken before an audience Of ten
distinctly heard in the furthermost parts 81 the
At The CONCLUSION OF me RECITATION INC troops
marched into the mess nail Pher@ me" had
Fourth II jay dinner
coMPANT r MUSTERED
In the early afternoon Company F tho sixth
company. was mustered IN special effort had
been made 10 have the company ready for to-day.
that II might be known the Fourth OF july
Company The company will The colors.
which also makes the DAY al appropriate one Tor
Of New-York. second lieutenant. Lawrence l..
Gillespie, OF New-York. sergtants. Francis II.
gineer Of Niagara Falls Y, Livingston 5
Kasson expert draughtgmhn. Budaio. Richard II.
Tremaine. late OF the Royal Engineers English
Army. surveyor and engineer, Of Ncw-York. Ed
way Process Company; Syracuse: George {. Ewing
electrical engineer. Newton Mass, Samuel K.
Nickel clerk. Philadelphia. William 5. Harrington.
stationary engineer. chester Penn and Lewis {
the Cuban Mall steamship Compsny. New, ORR
corporate Guy r Viskwiskl. late OF The Phila-
dc pha TIMES STAFF. Phlladeipnia. George Arcni-
tractors man New-York. Roy a French, steam
engineer. BROOKLYN. Christopher stokes. line
nan. Nev-York. George Gordon electrician.
sey CITY. ana William J sthweiser. electrical ard
r1eehanicaI engineer Nep'-York. musicians War
rem Fisher. electrical constructor. Ridley Park,
Penn and Dsnis J Shea. contractors man New
Captain shaler has rot yet reported at camp.
ana the company IL temporarily in command Of
Captain Merritt " Smith and Lieutenant Rob
bins who left Troop \, New-fork volunteer
Cavalry. 20 TON the engineers. and Lieutenant
Slater reported 10 dav
About ftty Of the men applied 10 Assistant Sur;
geon Walter 2 Webb this morning. 70 be excused
from duty because OF
There number OF visitors 81 camp to-day.
but NOT as many had been expected
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