The evening times., 1898-06-02
up to now had been ranking captain. be.

up to now had been ranking captain be-
cause he was mustered in first.
In the First Regiment the officers drew
, lots with the result that Capt. James E.
Roach. of Company C, was the lucky
man. He has been a captain since April.
and now outranks Capt. Mcintyre of the
, Nnddle;own Separate Company. who has
been a captain for nearly twenty. years,
Capt. Mcintyre was not present. another
man drawing for him. A committee of the
men waited upon Col. Barber and asked
permission to send petition to The War
Department asking that the National
Guard rank take precedence over the lot
result. Col Barber granted the permis-
sion-
General Royal Frank, commanding the
Department of the East. today sent an
order to General Pennington requesting
that lighthouses be erected for the sol
diers. Two bath-houses will be erected
today. They will be accessible to the
men of the three regiments
At present bathing facilities are crude.
Some of the men borrowed horse troughs
and brought them within their lines.
Bathing in them is not a luxury. Captain
Fish, of the Forty-seventh, asked per-
mission from General Pennington to take
his men to a brook a mile and half from
camp. General Pennington denied the re-
quest until permission from the owner of
the grounds should be obtained.
, Men of the First Regiment bent on hav-
ing fun. a few evenings ago waylaid a
. carriage containing a man. The soldiers
! told him he was suspected of being a
Spanish spy. He protested in vigorous
language that he was not Spanish spy.
He declared he was Count Schwel, from
Copenhagen. He was hauled from the
carriage and the driver was told to go
back to Mineola. The soldiers then told
the count that he would have to run to
the Meadow Brook grounds in two min
utes or he would be severely dealt with.
The man started on a run and was not
seen again.
Two members of the Forty-seventh
Regiment and one of the Twenty-second
got leave of absence to marry. The For
ty-seventh men were Privates Hickey of
Company NJ and Meyer of Company G.
Meyer and Hickey went away on one
pass and were to return to camp to-
gether. They agreed to meet at Jamaica
to return. Meyer called up by telephone
today and asked for an extension of time
He said that Hickey had married. but he
could not find him. Meyer was told not
to come into camp without Hickey. There
was report that Hickey was told by his
sweetheart. a Brooklyn girl, that she
would not marry him until the ware was
over.
Charles Lashway, private in Company
E. Twenty-second Regiment went to
New York to marry on Sunday. He had
a pass good for twenty-four hours. He
did not return until last night, having
overstayed his leave fourteen hours. He
spent the night In the guard house. He
said he could not obtain a wedding ring
on Monday. on account of the day being
a legal holiday.
The Rev. Father Farrell. of Hampstead.
came to camp today and distributed
clothing to the men of the Forty-seventh
and other regiments. He is acting for
the Knights of Columbus. who are send
ing him supplies for the soldiers.
The AstOr Battery.
New York. June 2.-In the temporary
barracks. at No. 552 Broadway. the As
tor Mountain Battery, designed for serv-
ice in the Philippines, settled down yes
terday to the steady routine Of drills.
There was no relaxation of the order pro-
hibiting the admission of visitors, and
the guard at the outer door was re-en-
forced by a uniformed watchman. who
was kept busy telling all reporters that
there was no news to give out.
No definite information has yet come