New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
DEFY HEAT AND HUMIDITY
HOW THE FIRST REGIMENTS SOLDIERS
IN PEEKSKILL CAMP SPENT
SUNDAY.

PeekskilI State Camp June. 20 (SpeciaD.-Fos
three-quarters of the day the combined heat and
humidity have been more conducive 10 sleep and
lounsing in shady places than to work but the 1st
Regiment. which service in Honolulu. does
not mind heat, and It's salamanders were out in
various games of ball the parade grounds until
a shower Of rain broke them UP, about O'Clock
while its commissaries and quartermasters worked
along as though that the easiest thing to do
when nearly every one else perspiring But
the shower. which only hanking affair OF
what looked like good. old fashioned thunder
storm to the south. cleared the atmosphere con-
siderably, and, cool breeze springing up, the
balance of the day very comfortable. The
breeze also drove of the clouds out OF ths
sky. and that brought the visitors into camp for
evening parade. although there quite num-
Der already here from the nearby towns which
have companies in the regiment There was not
enough of the rain. though TO lay the dust. and
the march the regiment has make will be dusty
even IL the day is COOL
The start for the lake. Colonel Emmett expects
TO make early. He will have first call sounded at
O'Clock. and $50 the regiment will move out
During the day the wagons OF the baggage train
have been distributed through the company streets
for loading and they will be filed With camD
equipage tonight 20 facilitate to-morrov's start
This method of loading Is a little different from
that employed by other regiments. but it is made
necessary because the 1st is other regiments
are. Instead of camp eGuipage being issued to
IL con mand ii is issued to the separate COM
panes forming it individually, and they and nor
the regmental quartermasters are directly respons-
BILE for IL. In this way each company has it's field
outfit at it's home station and can make a separate
march out without drawing on the reginental quar-
termaSter regimental headquarters in Mount
Vernon. Thus, the 18th Separate Company ot
Poughkeepsie. Company h OF the regiment ha,
had field service, but is here for the first time in
seven years, only three OF its present members
ever having been at the State camp with the reg,
ment before.
The wagon train. therefore. will probably he ready
before the regiment is tomorrow morning and
Colonel Emmett is considering the feasibility Of
sending it on ahead of the column. He is also con-
templatins sending il by different route. in order
TO avoid the steep hills where the 9Th and Sth had
to double up their teams 10 draw their wagons up
In either event the wagon train Will reach the
camp at the same time with the regiment. be-
fore Sts arrival and camp should as a result, be
more speedily established
Chaplain a. z. Tenney. who when az home Is
rector OF Christ's Church, Pelham Manor con-
ducted the services in camp this morning and as
the day and clear held them on the
bluff in the of General Roes headquarters
where pulpit of drums. hag draped. had been
erected. His theme was ourage-PhysicaI and
Moral" and he dwelt rather moral courage az
the courage most needed in a camp in peace time.
The service was Episcopalian and leaflets with the
prayers. responses and hymns printed upon them
were distributed among the large congregation.
singing was Congregational
This afternoon eleven candidates Of the 9Th Bat
terry, of BinghamtOn came before Colonel y. 3.
Thurstoa. ordnance officer. National Guard: Cap
tain William H. Palmer 7th Regiment: Captain L.
+. Sherry. I'd Battery. and First Lieutenant A. S.
Hathaway, 1st Battery, for qualification as gun
ners. Six OF them qualified, five first class gun
ners and one second class. They were Corpo-
rails F. r. Brown. y. E Seymour. A. s. Douglass.
B. G. Allen and D. d. Douglass and Lance Corporal
J. J. Harper
The battery, which will assume charge OF camp
Tomorrow, after the 1st starts for Lake Mohegan.
has already had considerable work Last Thursday
they started out from BinghamtOn a mile
march. After camping over night they returned on
Friday, loaded on train and started Friday
night for camp. arriving here from Peekskill az
$50 o'clock last evening. on their way OF
their men. Private Otto Abel was injured. a cais-
son wheel passing over his foot lie is now on the
sick list, with badly confused foot, but hopes TO
be back in the battery by the middle of the week
Major Greer, of General ROes staff. who has
been at camp all the season. will leave camp for
good Tomorrow. On Wednesday he sails for
Europe In search Of better golf fields than be
found near the States reservation.