New-York tribune., 1901-06-22
THE SETENTH'S WEEK ENDED.
COLONEL. APPLETON PLEASED WITH THE
REGIMENTS WORK

PeekskilI State Camp. June n (SpeciaD.-For
solid week the 7th has had good weather. and not
a single drill has been interfered with, greatly 10
the qualification of Colonel Appleton. AS a conse-
Quence everything Colonel Appleton had planned
has been fully carried most satisfactorily. That
comprehends what Colonel Appleton has been try
ing to accomplish for years. training of corporais
and sergeants in the command of men, This they
have received in the battle movements, and Colonel
Appleton is as proud of this result as any other.
The regiment goes home tomorrow about
o'clock and the 1st Regiment, under Colonel Robert
T Emmett will take its place. with the 18th Sepa-
rate Company of Flushing and the 9Th Battery or
Binghamton As a matter of fact. however. the
next week is separate company week, for the 1St
Regiment is made up of different companies from
various towns and cities OF the State follows:
The Sd Separate Company of Oneonta. the ith of
Yonkers the 11th OF Mount Vernon. the 18th OF
Kingston the 10th of Catskill the 18th of Pough-
keepsie the 23d of Hudson. the 5th and 10th OF
Newburg the 2Oth of Binghamton. the 24th of Mid
detown and the 33d of Walton. The command
therefore. is a twelve company regiment, and to
accommodate them and the Flushing company and
9Th Battery Lieutenant John NJ Smith has had to
add another street Of tents to-day, making four
teen altogether
The 7th's camp work really ended at II O'Clock
to-day, and at that hour the last battle movement
of the week completed. the troops OF the
advancing enemy came in and captured the camp
The manpuvre by far the prettiest of the
week. The battle did not begin until late in the
morning. There a regimeatal drill of half an
hour first. and then Major Lydecker moved off up
the Mccoy Road with the second battalion. His
battery under command of Captain l.. F. Sherry.
had preceded him and by putting six horses i
gun had climbed up a steep hill, mile and
quarter to the north of camp, From camp the
boom Of the gun could be heard but the flash was
Invisible. y detachment from the battalion pro-
tected and supported the gun.
While the battery was getting into position Com
to make feint on Major Conover's left. and Com
pany II sent down the MCCOY Road. Com
panies and c, in command OF Captain Davidson
and Lieutenant Brainard. were stretched across the
valley in battalion formation. Pushing forward
the enemy was disodged. bat Major Lydecker. see
ing the position required the aid of the battery.
recalled the line until the battery opened fire.
When the shelling of camp had been completed
Captain Iandon made his feint and had a most
vigorous contest
Meanwhile Major Lydecker. having massed his
forces the centre. pushed right down the valley,
and sending his line through the red by company
rushes, finally charged and brought his men up on
the parade ground. capturing the camp.
The targets the Second Battery fired at yesterday
in the contest for the Flanagan trophy were count
ed to-day by Colonel Thurston, and the score
transmitted Major Wilson, commander of the
battery. II stands follows: on the shell target.
two outer a total of 1875. on the shrapnel target,
81 upper and 76 lower hits. I57 counts. This
makes the total score 252 good showing. much
better in fact than that made by them last year,
which was l97 total score.
The battery will leave camp for PeeksiLil to-mor-
row about noon. They expect 10 be loaded by 23O
and in New-York at o'clock