New-York tribune., 1899-06-15
THE CAMP AT PEEKSklLL.
PRACTICE OF THE TwENTY-THIRD III
BE CONTINUED.
r,nsr BATTALION RETURNS TO cAMP-A

,,,srv NAPCu-TEsT OF A CREMAIO"i'
Peekskill State Camp June lf-"'""s lf-"S nn, in the
somewhat weary from their ichg ma ", %, pei,
host Of spirits the lst Battalion oil ''ie ,,oev
mont swung into camp this morning NJ =, oann
rhov know ALI that had been going OF III ' ~
hacause they had captured newsoo' vi ~ w, "a
"a hougbt ont all his stock. but as ho'"''s -
=, hoora from them yesterday they "e'e SUI :,
rorrded nv a crowd OF questioners' ""o =.
Tho more eager because they themselves -,
s,art on the same sort OF an expeu'''o" ~ ',,,
.oor Rut nobody had time to answer que','v"'
with the camp bathhouse ana parpeI s,'r 49,, vere
and the surrounding crowd soon iou''u NJ .as
w, % oacb other the dust-covered Veteia"H
n,Ire dsoppeared in various ana Mysterious
ways. o,, ofterward
rbev had left the Croft farm, "hele - ,,
oncamped the first night carry ."' ooa,.oro
,,rc taking I'D the march for Lake Oso"""
.. NV ,,,n', had not proceeded more than two anu
-. ,os u,ben the advance guard discoVeieu
u ,orce NJ the enemy In the woous '"e
which the road short distance lui'''e W. aov,o
Tho advance was discovered AT hIiio'' -, -,
,r,ort but they succeeded 10 holding .Ie' p
' ,n,u the main body came up Inc" ~
oo,,op became general Major case "'P''' -,
a..,,on 10 the right and left Of the road anu
So, tho enemv's left back until his Ine cGored crGod
.ho road AT an angle. Then MaJol N"' r.
o., advance all along his line moVhe "' -,
s1,ort ouIck PUSHES. until near the woods ""e.'
s,., Arc became more telling. There lie o''e'o
,.no ord the line going forward on 'he '''
o,,c,lv covered the intervening uis'a"O' =, ,ho
waist deep into the stream "n'o" uh
woods from the open. The enemy u''' 81.
,a,d this fierce onslaught. retreated ueep , M
s, a,d there Major Case left H. Wilhui a"lie
io''S'' I'D rosumIng the road some distance
, 'i' ,h no,nt where the attack was ihaue'
~, -. ~ the way TO Oscawana Lake WIS Wv
Grad without further interruption from '"o n,
ond Damn was reached about 2:" III ''io .,
1,h rear guard which had been p'o'V0'"e
,aU,aeo train arrived about three hours na'ei
without incident They had not been iho,n,.u ,.,,,
the way. but they had had consiuerao'e s,aay
g., Getting the baggage train up some OF the s'eeP
hills. , =, 1,op TRANSFERS
c,,o .oor,sters had not been provided with an!
.x,ra whifetrees or chains before star''hs, any
only n few teams had harness adapted 10 uo.ons .
ND It had been necessary to use 'hfSe te" 80,
- Getting the baggage wagons up the s'eepo.
hula The last ascent was the worst VI "' " .
took four horses and eight men on 'ne go
get the loads up to the top. By the "iNe wy Ill
gage got in camp the horses were pretty "'"
tagged out. - . haout,ful
49,. T. u,as I'm a chestnut grove at some eIeVauoh
noro tho lake but was covered with rocks anu
stones of large Some of these h9d 10 bed ai
before the tents |eTs s,ltne p1g away the time
S;his morning reveille sounded In the camp AT -
O'clock and at $50 o'clock tne fSScEer than ever
and as the column moved along the T1au 1d tbot II
the woods the dust rose Sc, IN small forest FIRE At
times II was impossible to see man zen le re- ha;
hITu, Ton bad , encamped on Monday night the ad,
vance guard Company ID. under the cothniaI,u r,y "
Captain GeDTgs as, ar G9n Afd Kim by the time the
main body had come up. The ia''er "'"ue '"
The ocers and men stood the march wea Seia dhs ihs
would gladly have remalned ouf I'm III ' said il had
DToyed one Of the best lessons for the Nauona' @
Guard he had seen fnc6 Seie ne haf Than Pe remaining in
camn The men were taught to look out Iot theni, s
selves ana ba he eexceen results would be the out
come OF such course OF training. i, MuGn ., en eo
cOrninO't 10 Iicb M battalion Quartermaster Thomas b.
| Walker conducted his department ana III ho did
titled to much credit for the way In when ne u'u
IT The ID Battalion under sommandd Of Major W
| camp at 3:I5 They will occupy the Croft tarm iot
tonight and push on tGward S ske Mao2 Bsse and
his incnerators, and new KIND OF oven, ~ III Ina hon
tested in the eS 6e members Tas of the battalion
should be able to stand II, having lived N ,he ops ~
SUNNI SUNNI them somewhat Colonel Smith and stan
| companied the I'd Battalion and VIII reha" WIZ"
| IL as long as It Is in the field
GATLING GUN CLOGGED
coo.otr pasouIn under orders from headQuar-
tors nut his Gatling gun to practical test thls
morning on the old rifle range In the single sho's
| he found the aim accurate, the bulis-eyes oi 'ne
targets having received a number OF punc'ures'
with any number of holes in the face ana centre,
The Gun however. quickly clogBed, ana the nIIhs
piece failed to explode many cartridges even when ihOa
they were passed through the gun itv secor nf
| The outcome OF the test sho"e" '' '
heT Co,opeI Wolly's crematory also had test this
mel The weather conditions were the most uhla =
vorabe but il worked to perfection Al he oa
,aD skins banana peel meat cans and such stun
that Colonel Holly could collect were put III t"e q
tbboroneb one he threw two pailfuls Of water over
The pile before II put through the furnace TO-, TO-,
within lTo anG nGuTS CoomG SmS Holy feels that
with a higher smokestack he couo & DUH W. .po"ld re-
horse so that nothing but feW asnes Wou.e refise
main There is CRATE to the furnace, me , Te,uSe
10 t pe bas nrcvionsiy been heated high degree
by freely burning dry ma'epia, al ouartermas
ter Of the 7h Regiment, was In camp to-day
GENERAL SMITH CHOOSING SURGEON
DIR. JOHN r. EMMET's SUCCESSOR WILL BF
TAKEN FROM THE GUARD.
7, uas rumored Yesterday that General George
Moore smith OF the Fifth Brigade had made an
apnoinment to fiji the vacancy in his staff caused
by the resignation of the surgeon. Lieutenant
Colonel John D. Emmet The rumors were "ithou %
foundation ana no hppoiH' iIch' roaa1 i.on ,I ~ -
although many names have peeh proPoSeu an" az
now being considered. ,, . -a,oo,
General Smith said that he would not seiect
civilian for the place. but would give II TO SOM I'M
physician who is already in the Guard, VINO mas 'h
! necessary experience to I'LL H.
GENERAL SMITH ORDERED TO STATE CAMP
Major-General Roe issued the following orde
yesterday:
Brigadier-General George Moore Smith. flftl
Brigade. National Guard, will not to exceed tw
officers Of his staff VIII report for duty from Jun
Il TO q to the major general commanding the cam
OF instruction.
General Smith will probably appoint Coone
O'Donohuc his chief Of STAFF, and one OF his aid
70 accompany him. The eth Regiment will be a
the camp of instruction while General smith Is o.