New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-30
pEEKSKILL WILL BE READY.
LIVELY WORK PREPARING FOR THE
BOYS IN BLUE

BOYS IN BLUE
MESS HALL ENLARGED TO FEED TWO THOUSAND
MEN AT oNcp-cAPAcIrY OF THE GROUNDS
TAXED TO THE UTMOST.
Peekskill State Camp. April % (SpeciaD.-Ine
greatest activity prevails In the PeeKskiii camp
to-day. and every effort Is being mace 10 se'
,be grounds In readiness for the troops that are
TO arrive on Monday. Nor VIII this ac''V'ty
cease. night or day. storm or sunshine unti'
everything Is done that has TO be done TOT inc
accommodation OF the four Thousand me" WI"
will be here next week.
Colonel Story was early on the grounds TO-
dav He had been at the State Arsenal In New
York City, until o'clock this morning. super
vlsing the shipping Of supplies TO the two camps
that are to shelter the troops. but the carry
morning train the punctuation train ne
called II. (which stops at all the stations ana
sometimes between" brought him TO PeeksKiii'
Here he found plenty OF work to be done Win
some OF It already under way All the ava"
able men and teams that he could get az shoi'
notice from the neghborng village were en-.
Moved and set to work at once. More men VIII
be put on tomorrow.
STRIKING woRKMEN DELAY WORK BUT
LITTLE.
Throughout the day the work progressed rap
idly and smoothly. with one exception Ihat
was when ten men in the employ OF local con-
tractors who were unloading camp equipage
from the barge Columbia. went on strike.
rrhere was some trouble about their pay. small
matter TO the contractor. but a serious one 70
Colonel Story. 10 whom every minute was
precious and the labor Of every man essential
The Colonel however. was equal 10 the eHer-
gency and Immediately sent men In MS own
employ down TO the Roa Hook dock Inc
strikers left. but the unloading went promptly
and rapidly forward thereafter
BARGE1OAD OF TENTS AND SUPPLIES.
The barge was loaded with cots. cases OF
blankets. eighteen hundred tents and camp
eouIpage generally. She arrived at lo:"o thls
forenoon. and 1--WE hours later vas unloaded and
out In the stream on her way back 70 new
York. while the ffteen teams that had been kept
busy hauling up the baggage from the DOCK 10
the storehouses on the camp ground were bring
ing IN the last loads The baggage Will be un-
hacked Tomorrow when the putting up or tents
begins.
COLONEL BoGARr LAYS OUT THE CAMP
GROUND.
Colonel John Bogart. engineer on the stan OF
General Roe was also here laying out the sew
eral reglmental camps The grounds are sorne-
what limited for so large a force as VIII occupy
them. bu, every tick and device known 10 the
engineer for cconomIzing space VIII he resor'eu
TO- so a. TO comfortably quarter the troops and
leavc room Tor drill, purposes To do this two
regiments will he quartered en- that part OF the
grounds where the park Of tents was located
FOR the summer camp and two regiments on the
north parade ground. This leaves the OLD pa
rade- ground on the east for military drills and
ceremonies
There are not enough tent platforms for all
the tents so the lew camp on the north parade
ground will not have any. Water VIII be sup
nlIed 70 IT, however by an improvlsed system
Of pipes and perhaps II will have electric lights.
but this has not been definitely determined upon.
PLANS FOR COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.
Messrs Duncan and Odeil. who FOR tho last
few years have been the State caterers Will pro-
vide tho meals for the troops while the latter
are at Peaksklll Mr.. Duncan made the camp
n hurried visit to-day preparatory 10 bringing
his working force here. For the feeding OF so
many men It has been found necessary to In
crease the size Of the shall Two additions
are being built. enc on thu north side. obxiS
feet and one on the south side SOx4S feet. max
ing 1t possible TO seat 1000 men in the mess-hall
at one time
Y NJ. C. A. WILL HAVE A HEADQUARTERS
we-known face seen about the camp to-
day was that Of T.. w. Sheffield. who for a
number OF years has been the superintendent OF
the Y NJ c. A. tent. He had been sent up on
hurried orders TO make arrangements for having
the y NJ. c. \. tent put up He said II was the
purpose OF the association 10 have an expe-
rlenced evangelist AT camp and TO hold evange-
listic services every evening.
COLONEL STOREY WILL HAVE EVERYTHING
READY
Colonel Storey viii remain in charge here until
Brigader- General Peter Doyle arrives. when
he viii turn the camp over to the latter. He
means to have everything In shape by the time
the troops march in. which, It is thought will he
about 3 O'Clock Monday afternoon Then $500
men are expected. which will probably be In
creased TO 100 before the end OF the week.