New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
SERVICE NEAR AN END.
TROOPS EXPECTED TO LEAVE CROTON
IN A DAY OR TWO.
MANY SUNDAY VISITORS IN CAMPFIRE
VETS FOR LONG SERVICE AN
NoUNCED IN THE SEVENTH.

NOUNCED IN THE SEVENTH.
.aThe troops will return home in few days
said Major-General Roe last night TO Tribune
reporter The General standing at the time
on a crest Of rock overlooking the whole Croton
Valley.
when will it be, exactly" was asked
THAT WIFI depend wholly upon circumstances
was the reply. II do not know myself. If the
works are running on a satisfactory schedule To-
morrow it may be Tuesday morning. If again
there are some vacancies to be filed on Tues
day the troops may be called away on Wednes-
dav morning Then again it may be later. We
are not going until assured they can get along
without us
Having made this Delphic utterance, the Gen
eral sent one OF his orderes to the camp OF
Squadron A whose white tents were pitched on
a high ledge Of rock the opposite side of the
valley.
.Wiu the 7th Regiment be sent back one COM
pany at time all together
An together" queried the General. II would
answer No a battalion or two may be sent
hack before the others. but which will go first
will be determined by how the laborers go to
work tomorrow"
The General evidently felt that he had COM
nnitted himself too strongly. for he Immediately
added: Then again the whole regiment may
go back together"
The General refused to say whether the cav
alrvrnen Of Squadron and Troop would be
relieved before the 7th or afterward
From other sources. however, it has been
learned that some of the troops will turn their
faces homeward Tuesday morning lnforma-
ton obtained from the Quartermaster's Depart
rnent is also to the same effect Certain ORDERS
for supplies have been limited to two-day ra-
&c hAi
loudly demanded by members Of the 9TH. Many
have left their business uncared for, and every
new dav Of absence means greater loss OF
money and still greater confusion
One physician obtained 4 leave OF absence over
Sunday in order to attend patients whom he had
been compelled to leave on hours notice. TO
a Tribune reporter he said:
4 have been losing as much as sooU day
ss result Of this strike All get in return is a
paltry 81 % Indeed ! have almost mace up
my mind that / will quit the regiment alto
gether."
lie is a member ot Company B.
From what could be gathered from different
campfire conversations last night, it was easily
seen that camp life the hills around Croton
Valley had utterly lost its novelty
a private of Company a. which, with Compa-
nies r and E is stationed at the new quarry
asked for leave Of absence over MONDAY
whats the use?" answered the officer to whom whom
inside of fcrty-eight hours at the most
II is said that Sheriff Molloy is urging the re
rnoyal of as many OF the militia as possible at
the earliest date. General Roe, on the other
hand cautions against undue haste. The Sherlff
has been led into his present state OF rl1o no py
the frequent letters he is receiving from dlHer-
Ant taxrayers OF Westchester County, who are
averse 10 such a tremendous expenditure or the
countv's money as is required for the mainten-
A conservative estimate of the daily cost of
the militia 10 the country is $4,000
SrpldE in
OF the Croton. There was review OF troops IN
the afternoon. in which Companies d, +, II, l
and K, of the Ith Reslnent' ana squadron "a "A
ard Troop participated All these FORCES are
encamped at the western end Of the Croton VAL
ley 10 protect the new dam.
II was a striking spectacle. The CHEEKY
strains Of the bugle in rhythm with the rattle
Of drums re-echoed from one rocky wall OF the
rsvine TO the other. The spectacle was Wit
messed by more than a thousand visitors, who
had come up either from idle curiosity or to
see soldier friends.
At the close of the review the following pro-
motions Of brevet ranks were announced:
Iieutenant-Colonel w H Kipp to be colonel.
Major James c. Abrams, 10 be leutenant-colonel.
Major Augustin W. Conover. TO be lieutenant
Captain Charles E. Lydecker, to be major
CCaptatn v WaI4e Mlalr q Schn;yler Ter ~ 70 he major
Captain John w. McDougall. to be major.
First Lieutenant II. c. Du Val, TO be captain
The hrevets are given for twenty-five years
service in the National Guard.
lanes 6. Coleman, of the firm Of Coleman,
EreuChaud & Coleman, contractors, salo that ne
anticipated no trouble after the militia had left
the works.
They don't want repetition Of the 18th" he
said II was on the 18th that twenty-sX lead
ers Of the strike placed under arrest.
The crowds of visitors great that
every available team was loaded with passen-
gers. The congregation of vehicles surround
ing the station of Croton Landing and the ar
ray Of drivers in Vociferous quest Of patrons
resembled Forty-second-st in this city rather
than country village Of one thousand inhab-
iiants Mothers, fathers and sisters and other
girls f1ocked into camp. and there were many
prettily tied bundles left behind.
Other crowds from this city left the trains at
Peekskil and went across to Companies A, 3
and E Of the 9TH, which encamped at the
new quarry. Between these two points stage
line has been established, and it did rushing
business.
Among those who received goodly number OF
ert Mazet OF the 1th Regiment.