New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-08
AT TIE PEEkSKILL CAMP.
SEVENTH COMPANY OF THE FIRST ENGlN-
EERS rSTERED-MAINLY
Iron NEW YORK.

FROM NEW-lORk.
Camp Townsend near Peekskil. July (speciaD.
Company - WIS mustered in this afternoon. and
because 1t Is the seventh company and this IL the
seventh day OF the seventh month the members
Of the company believe they are going TO be the
REGIMENT mascot ard bring fame and honor 10
the organization. l. Is tho first company to he
mustered under the authorization received fron tho
War Department to muster company without
waiting for the full number Of non-commissoned
oficcrf to be appointed. and 40 there are TWO va
clnc.es among the scrsearts and one among the
corporlls 20 be- filed Every man In the company
has his eye on these three vacancies and VIII work
all the harder 10 bc one Of the lucky men TO draw
a 'non-com." prize.
The company r. In command Of Captain Samuel
Rodnan a graduate Of West Point In the class OF
's2 After serving eight years In the lat and I'd
tinted States Artillery Captain Rodman resigned
His homo ~ the time hc joined the lst Regiment,
Tr.ted States Volunteer Engineers. was Ncw-York.
and his speciality II explosive engineering. The
lelicnAnts Of the company are George W. Bran
Wei. Of NcW-York. first lieutenant and Walcott L.
g Beard u the same place. second lieutenant.
The commissioned officers arc. Sergeants-John
Rockford II New-York. who has been In the United
States Regular Army. !. X. Harper contractors
man. Of Ncw-YOrk. who as 4 sergeant OF cavalry
IN the English Army.saw service In Egypt and south
Africa. S.illmau -. Curtis. civil engineer ana eh-
pert o. explosives ana roadmnkinS. Of Tidioute.
l. hrmy - Now-I1yen. Conn. T. r. Burns
contractor and surveyor. OF Troy. and Converse T.
Martin. mason aud stonecutter. OF Highland Falls.
y y Who aisp been ~ the United states
Regular army. having soNed with the company OF
engineers az Wes' Point porals-Chafls Ward.
supervising plumber. az N-ron-comniSsioned ON
Ger Of tho National Guard. : y Y. Of NcwYork
John ! burke contractors man. Of New-fork. Mt
one time lon the Unltod States Navy; charles IL
Quackeubush ciyi and mechanical engineer OF
Penn Yam. y. y Earle H. We!loS contractor =
man. 81 Sunderland. ". junior IN The University
Il Vernon. William Hess steam engineer New,
YORK: John II Grnupn. contra TORS man anu
plumber. OF N.w-Gork "n4 W1rn II; fP tnory
Contractor man Of JGtsy ',y Mu,,lahs-h, ,,s
in the Regular Army. and John j. Murphy. from
worker. 81 New-l OH
MAINLY a NETWORK COMPANY.
The majority Of the prvatcs in the company are
from N,w-York OF is vicinity. or from the State.
There are few from other States among them and
they set ,hemsc.ves up as being the New-fork
COMPANY.
Company Hs muster rolls are We'll along. ana IL
expect, t. bo mustered tomorrow.
The INST Geld officers court WAS ordered To meet
mt camp Townsend this morning. Leuienant-coo-
mel Hodge Els detailed Tor the court. ana II con-
v-ncd at 10 O'Clock this morning to try Private
Norman upon a charge Of conduct 10 the preJu-
u,ce Il ,ood order ana military disopin. IN vloa-
non Of Inc 6,d Article OF War ans article covers
- 80 ha ,,L,,, h,,t Ia officers The court
,I ~ ina ,mtn ,,u,lrv and scntenred him TO lie
~, -, - - srod, - e.rnnd-ralss nrivatc 10 FOR.
t""'u - tI =, G - ,r,,t,r.nent -, I'm Ri Ia Dor
e. go 90 NJ ~, r,d,,Ie. nd s"nIenee were re- a
~ .''.'''...' ,,.''rtcs 4.l.l. an evening parade
py 'uJu'""' 'i,,'' a. ,,hm MAJ, he hrouoh,
lhri" - d'o.not ~ ,,,r W. -, ' MN ia IL
hcloi" INC ,ouIt II ne Icl"ius -" re- nar, -
Charles / Ailen OF ,o",,n,,S i, re r 49,, c -,
without leave. and 1t Is thought mas returned 10
has home.
SENTRIE.S ARE NOW ARMED.
.
General orders published tonight provide ioI
evening paradcs every day AZ o'clock. on the
-, ..,ou,A ,rhcro oy.niny nnrodes bavf
old parade siouho' ""cre evening Pi'""es nave
always been held within the memory OF the camp
IN. riders des,yLattd also that beginning with TO.
morro. tnn pl,Jiu nitl re aIlu,d ana taken from
I'M. l.f Eatt,.lun compo,ed Of Companies A B
49,, n ~ '',,'j.. a., III mn, h. r.ovred ~
n'iu -, rs ,i iiTrhsn stn,is untti furihe,
nrdnrs Since cai,p has opened tne srntries have
arsi,.o na,r t.ats w, hnt ,rns or ev,n !, On NO