The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-12
TWENTY-THIRD In CAMP.
THIRD BATTERY MEN ALSO ARRITE
COVERFD WITH DUST.

STATE CAMP, pEEKsKiLL. Juno 1l.-Any
enemy which might attack the camp to-day
would ind itself confronted not by the hard
encd troopers Of Squadron A. but by the moro
numerous ranks OF the Twenty third Regiment
and the deadly Calling guns OF the Third Bat
terry. besides SerRt. Jansen = detachment from
the First Battery. which has been here since
camp opened. There are now about $50 soldiers
In camu. ard there have been moro than enough
visitors to 20 around to-day. Clear sunshine.
n fin" lrcc2r and the Sunday holiday com ned
to turn the attention of Ieekskill in this direc-
tiun. aud II number of visitors came up from
New YORK and Brooklyn. so that the stages and
ferry boats did Il lively business. Those ilnan-
cially Interested say that the Twenty third
Regiment always brings lot OF visitors.
Everybody who came to camp wanted to see
Gov Roosevelt. but the private view business
* not at all In the Governors line. and when
he Is in camp he keeps out Of the public view
a much as possible There wasn't much op-
rortunity for camp visitors to see him to- day.
a. he was away on military expedition most
of the morning and he left camp before noon.
Down the road an enormous cloud OF dust
appeared about IL 80 this morning, and the
word that the Third Battery was coming sent
all the visitors and the soldiers not on duty
scurrying for the entrance to welcome the ar
tilery. They came in. led by Capt RasQuin
every man Of them covered and smeared and
pcrmcated with dust. and as they passed the
crowd broke and fled before the choking cloud
raised 10y the horses feet and the Cuttings
The men oked brown and hard and sol!ierly
II Is impossible not to notice the difference
between the men who march up and those
who come by train. Just the two days rid
ing and camping puts the men in such con-
d,'iun that to quote a military critic who has
been IN camp since it opened. there is all the
difference in the appearance of the squadron
and lattery and of the nfantrymen that there
j. between regulars and volunteers. However.
the marches from camp will have the Same
hardening effect upon the infantry. The Third
Battery came in ninety strong, very good
record; hut the battery has u tradition Of good
records When the war came 1t volunteered to
nan
& present the boys Of the Twenty third are
feeling rather spirited. and last night some
forty Of them got passes and went into
rvrkskill t. look the place over as a basis for
military operations. Th.re was a pavilion
of"ning in town and many of the soldiers went
oyer TO help open il. They also opened various
other things, and when the hour for taps came
they didn't care whether camp kept or not. and
IA" only taps they were interested in was the
kind that is played upon a key Twenty Of
them came into collision with the local con-
stabulary and were escorted to the station
bat were soon released upon their as
euraucc that they felt better OF tho
whole number that went out. however,
only i've presented themselves at the out
l,"-t and got. into camp through the regular
channels or the rest some are supposed to
have flown in and others to have burrowed in
\ Large number elected to camp out on the
hlun all night and came In this morning trying
to look az il they didn't care To-day they are
on poIice duty. arresting the Sly and lurking
cigarette butt and pursuing the agile scrap OF
paper through the breezy vistas of the COM
Pany street. The officer q the day to-day is
Lieut.. Mynotte: Church services were held this
afternoon by Chaplain Parker.
Rumurs OF arduous labor to be performed by
tn" regiment have been on the wing. following
Il discovery made by two privates who spent
the afternoon exploring the gully over by the
pump house. Here in a quiet nook Col. Holly,
the post Quartcrmaster. is having built fur
nacs Of stone in which he puts his entire faith.
and intends to put the camp garbage for de-
struclon. This furnace he says. will burn up
all that can be heaped into it. 1t is about six
at the i'd, The two rriyutes discovered il,
All uirrvriled greatly until one Of them solved
=" rs yw-fangIcd rifle pit" he said. See
thu uOrthOIes on the sides
What's it down here for?" asked his COM
oh, reckon it's,a sample cory and they'll
set " To- work building more Just like it for
will they" cried the other Indignantly.
" !, they set me to breaking rocks III desert
IG'Y FASTENED back to camp. and all tn" af-
t".u."n there Were scouting parties skirmish-
lnE around Col, Hullys inonenSlve garbage
furnace. discussing It from military and ar
chit'rtGra. point of view. and criicisng it
wItn rttiirss severity IL any Of them happen
to h" over there ON Tuesday and see the con-
trvancc in operation they will probably be
Tr-morrow he First battalion Of the Twenty
third Regiment consisting Of Companies G. ID.
i, 7 and Il. will take the first Of the practice
nights on the road Eight-thirty is the time
Acr for the start, and tn" men are, ordered to
LIlD nnnnhpg
and twenty rounds Of blank ammunition. Tho
first nights camp will he at the Croft farm.
wanna Lake. Ave miles further At both places
camp Will be regularly pitched. all sanitary
cooked. The order for the march reads
n the strength of the battalion will not per-
ihr." out or cossa"k posts vii Vii be Established
within rras"nab" distance of the camps.
tac' and Under no H ,3 moi"steG
tn" value of such property destroyed will be
nG oiliaerof the tG,,aiion viii rendera detailed
report Of tho operations. accompanied 10y a
n,p IN 1EGish IF It ihI h r2I,s TAKEN ana
Eng.meut who will accompany tn" battalion
with detachment of the hospital corps OF his
regiment. every facility and all necessary
"qgn trial to bis ofra ncncrators,
one march MAJOR William 4 Stokes will be
in command Of IN" expedition which will be
faqErrs. The nop-romm isslon"d star. a de-
t,chm"ut Of the hospital corps and half the
field music will also 90 along. Col. Smith. with
his stan. will go OH the march. but the Colonel
Will not command. II is expected that MAJOR
Gen. Roe and his stan will accompany the cN-
petition.
his morning Coy. Roosevelt after break
fasting in the mess hall with the stan officers.
got on Il horse and rode out with MaJur-Gsu.
re-" TO inspect the spot chosen for the first
day camp. With them went AdJt. ten. An
On w.. Lieut.. Col. rreadwell. and Major lio-
luu.l. The Governor expressed himself as
much pleased with the site for the camp. which
j. in "A field near a stream giving abundant
water supply for both men and horses This
lrultct II having the men go out on marches
wher" they are thrown on their own resources
i Il pet schrm" Of the Governor and Of
AdJt teen. Andrews. who both believe that in
10 other way can National Guards
men acquire the kind of experience most nee
c~-ary IN the event Of war-thc ability to look
after themselves from first to last. The Twcn-
ty-third Regiment has never had any test OF this
Kind. but Col Smith says TINT his men are in
good condition and h" believes they will acpuit
th"m-clVrs wei" The men themselves under
stand thoroughly that the expedition ia not go
Ing to bee at all IN the nature OF Il picnic.
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