New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
REGIMENTS LEAVE CAMP.
THE SEVENTY FIRST AND THE EIGHTH GIVE
PLACE TO THE FORTY SEVENTH AND
THE FOURTEENTH.

Peekskn State Camp. June % (SpeciaD-Under
a lowering sky that threatened to the rain
again at any minute. the list Regiment broke camp
this morning and vacated the north parade ground
for the 47th Regiment. of Brooklyn. Their canvas.
wet from last nights storm. had TO be rolled in
that condition, which entails It's unpacking and
drying in the armory. but that a small matter
to a regiment which has had abundant expert
with transforms and Spanish bullets in the
tropics
The 47th arrived at the Hook station at 1880
o'clock and marched up the hill the list had
marched down. and ready to begin camp
making at HAS o'clock.
The 1890 o'clock dinner call found the 47ths
camp about half up, which excellent time, and
by 80 o'clock it thoroughly established. with
only the trimmings TO be added in the way of
bitches about the tents, straw for beds and the
acquisition OF other soldier luxuries of like charac
ter They felt quite home then. and were ready
to give a welcome to the 14th Regiment when it
marched into camp at O'Clock 70 relieve the Sth.
which drawn up along the roadside and only
awaited the arrival of the Brooklyn boys to get
away for home
They broke into column and marched away when
the 14th passed them and marched the pa
rade ground to recevequarers in the tents vacated
by the 8th
The 18th brought with 1t 7O6 officers and men. the
next largest regiment to the 18TH which had 75s
the Saturday it to camp. The number will
probably not be changed any by later arrivals.
Colonel Clayton is organizing engineer corps
for the regiment which ne has long had in mind
but is just carrying out. Lieutenant Anthony
Fala who was engineer for him IN 1885, during the
Spanish-American War. and who had considerable
instruction from ColOnea Lusk, United States n
gineer, will be at it's head. Colonel Clayton will
select enough civil engineers out of the regiment
TO make up working force. He wants a corps
that will be able 10 build bridge lay out camp
make map, and he is going to Lieutenant
Fala at work tomorrow with eight as a nu-
cleus what they do.
The 47th is a smaller regiment than the l4th,
has brought with II only 4sO officers and men.
Most of its officers service with the re5ment
in the Spanish American War. the acting majors
Captains II. c. Barthman and H. c. Lyon having
been the regiments majors at that time. This
regiment will be the first go on the practice
march. and will leave camp for Lake Mohegan on
Monday.
Church services tomorrow will be in charge OF a
Methodist minister, the Rev. James Oliver Wilson,
OF ST. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in
West Seventy-sixth-st. New-York. He will preach
In the Young Mems Christian Association tent
1890
General Roe said to-day. when questioned about
the reply of Colonel John @. Eddy of the 47th to
charges preferred by Colonel y. B. Thurston that
the reply entirely satisfactory. and the charges
had been withdrawn. The matter therefore will
be dropped.
General Roe, Assemblyman James K. Apgar and
Civil Engineer l. w. Reynolds, of Peekskll, to-day
looked over the piece OF road under camp that is
flooded at high tides. They discussed a change OF
the roadbed.