New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-10
NO TROOPS FOR NONTAIh W."
GENERAL FRANK HAS HEARD NoThlN' wv"
WASHINGTON ABOUT THE PROPOSED
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Rrigadier-Genera Frank had not heard any INNS
dennite from the War Department yesterday IN re-
gard 10 the determination 10 place summer camp
on the proposed site NJ Montauk Point OWING 10
hi. assignment or the troops which remained nj
Camp Black 10 garrison various posts mere are
row no troops TO go to Moniauk II VIII nov h'
ur,u after IN. present commands arc recruited 10
,,u strength that there Will be any more regl-
ments formed Eventually General FRANK expects
10 have n, least twenty thousand men assigned 70
him and camped IN his department
Tn. protected camp site Is within dstanc" ~
ahou, four mile, from the extremity OF Mon'huk
Point where the lighthouse stands looking out upon
IN. ocean and Block Island fifteen miles away
7, ia upon stretch o, land known as ne Great
plain north OF tho Ditch Pain Life saving sta
ton II lies between two bodies OF water. KNOWN
7. Fort Pond md LAX. Wyantaunch- The 'Tac,
81 land near the centre OF which the propos'n
camp site I. situated was purchased three years
sro nv Austin Corbn and Charles ~ Pratt, rom
N. Benson estate about 10000 helng paid 'or ''D
acre. After the purchase was Effected me Ter
minus OF the Long Island Railroad was lihc'o On
the shore y. Fort Pond Bay by extending INC
tracks about twelve miles from Amagsns''t lh'''
Z. Man under consideration. ~ II ia decided 10 en-
- c,,v thou.snd men AZ Montauk Point. 10 con
s,ruct A trolley line from the railroad terminal AT
For, Pond station 20 the Montauk Light. eight miles
away This would open ny the entire region 20
convenient access where the cottage nov buildinS
hv.Il,ngs The presence 81 the troops would serve
N attract many visitor, and 81 r. proposed 10 erect
n large summer hotel FOR their accommodation
couplee change in the lonely and Isolated region -
likely TO take place before tho summer Is faI h'-
yance5 ~ the camp is established
Az soon as the officers OF the new brigad" ., VOL
un,eer engineers receive their commissions the
work ~ mastering in the men Of tho LIST. or Sea
coast Regiment viii begin. probably at camp
Townsend Peekskill. Colonel Eugene Grimm mas
zone to Washington 10 arrange for the formation
Of his command.
Tho two French war balloons which came 10
this city on their way TO the Army vii reach
Tampa to-day for the uss Of the Signal corps bh'-
loon Detachment. under command OF Major Joseph
Z. Maxfeld. First Lieutenant samuel ~ w. Wiz
man and Sergeant Charles r. PeIl"w. OF Troop a,
Tew-York volunteer Cavalry. have been assigned
to duty under Major Maxheld go
The COmmssary Department is ARRANGING ~ Pr
vide all the troops with the best possible means for
cooking the food which IS served as thelr IalohS.
produced for This purpose is the Buzzacott oven. a
modification OF the oid, fashioned Duicn oven ana
This /. the result OF many experiments by prl-
yae in the Regular Army Mnose name rar, t"y.n
worth FOR wears and finally evolved m" oven when
vi nrobablv do az much 10 maintain the health ~
Tho troops as anything else There IS another type
Of oven the invention Of a man named hlodt'l' IN
Vermont which Will probably be used to some ~
,ont Tor 'c1permental purposes in the Army before
the Buzzacott IS nnalIy adopted o.oh'l No'I-
f fS ciy s said yesterday that Inc Buzzaco would
cook ali sorts Of food In a satisfactory manner and
make them palatabc. II is rectangular fh"et IRON
box long and narrow. which can be heated by any
sort of fire under IT, and Will cook meats retaining
their Juices and preventing their being burned II
is compact and strong. easily carried ana durah"
These ovens will be issued by the dihereh' quarter
masters upon requsition. 49,
Among the recruits secured yesterday for The 1tr
Artillery was. Thomas shortall strapplng lrisn- -
man. direct from Kilkenny who arrived IN ms
country a few days ago as a Storage passenger.
He heard Of the war al his home, and decided 10
cross the ocean and enlist. He secured 90 10 pay
his passage TO Philadelphia. then beat ms way 10
this city. On arriving here he found bis way to
The Courthouse. where ne took out his nrst
naturalization papers. declaring his purpose 10 re-.
nounce his allegiance to the Sovereign of Great
Britain and ireland He was then directed 10
recruiting station IN Chambers-st. Dr. l.. i. Will
iams examined him. and ascertalned that ne was
twenty-nine wears old. six feet tall, and weighed
is pounds He was sent up 10 Fort Slocum last
evening. 800, .,
The Quartermaster's Department said yesterday
that II was expected 10 move the 22d Regiment 70
day TO the forts 10 which It had been assigned. and
the list Tomorrow to Governors Island and the
Narrows. ,.,
A new Army Retiring Board has been appointed
10 meet on Governors Island II Is composed or
Brigader- General Frank Colonel Charles &. Byrne.
Colonel Merritt Barber. Colonel James G'lliss Leu
tena Colonel J. NJ. Brown and Captain James G.
Bush It succeeds former Board. constituted In
1893 which has been formally dissolved Some DILL
cera have been ordered TO appear before It,