New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
IT TIE STATE CAMP.
Quiet Day at PeekShU- Second
Battery 1rriTGS.

Peeksku state Camp. July (SpecaD.-The usual
Sabbath calm which makes camp an uneventful
place sunday. has been uubrokeu save by the
arrival On The early afternoon Of the % Battery
IN command az Captain David Wilson. The rest
Of the day principally remarkabls for its de
lightfIl weather ana unusual list OF visitors Ord
narily pleasant sunday brings many PEOPLE 70
camp but it WAS not until almost ; o'clock the
hour FOR evening mess. that they began to arrive
Then thcir number made up for their absence in
the earlier part of the day, and made apparent also
that many city people had into the country to
spend the Fourth.
Tie -d battery spent only one day ard n half on
Us march ltS armory - now in The Bronx and
instead OF starting for Peeksk'u on Friday and
eucamU'uS AZ Van Cortlaudt Park on Friday night
II Iett the armorl at .5 a. m. yesterday and pro-
ceeded directly To os~iuiug. where ii arrived at
p. m, a"d pitched camp for the night II resumed
the march ..l5 a. IN. to-day. watered it's horses
in Peeksktl. ara reached camp in good shape Mt
$50 o'clock. The battery brings six officers sev-
enty-oae men. s,velty-two horses ana n dog
spot. the battery mascot. which with CAPTAIN
.Ison, led the cclumn ON the march. Tho batter
is eucamped the loft of the regiment. and dur
irs "a" week. IN addition To- the usual drills will
engage in target practice, firing the camp
rang" ON Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday after
T t erT,cs Gon3q'ie5 this r., mGTnin
o. tire Collegiate REFORMED Church OF Harlem,
chaplain OF the list Regiment Dr. Tiltons text
aitcth nation and his subject The Safe
guard of the Nation" lie also spoke the ser
vices in The YOUNG Mems Christian Association
Ing ms 9t,grogn IN s"mP3ny win tT''nk
tho Young Mcr's CHRISTIAN Assocaton OF Troy
and returned to the city this evening
meut. was of the earles, visitors To camp
TO-DAY. He came up this morning. and On invi-
Dam with the general and his staff Upon his
return to camp ho paid 81 brief visit to Colonel
William, i. Bates. of tho .lst Regiment. and then
hurried away to take a train for the city. This
evening the general entcrta!aed his star at his
summer home In ltishland Falls, the party going
up from a famP or ne launch trolS , n,,
terezting demonstration of tho length OF step in
@ a. FIRE % fSS q had Tesq rs %St
of the remark of one OF the officers. who said. as
-TOuEd yesterday afternoon It's way to the
Eoa Hook station. ina: ho though; jhey were
was accordance with The regulations which
minute Nh seemed q be iinseriag :, doubt
IN tHe ottee MIMI ne t"I9sne, measured off ~
mches on the GIa'el Wax IN 'front.' OF Quality Row
after dress parade EI over this course the various
str,d Of a and rear;-. tvsr, % |S SltpS II,
distance in % seconds and that too great a stride
on paper and seems large when the feel are placed
n that distance when standing stilI but when
the body is in motion the tendency seemed to be
to go beyond the prescribed 30 inches
captain James NJ Hutchinson Of Company r.
lst Resime41 has h3g as rs mis- suest to-day First
son and lieutenant Wright b6th eaIi<tad IN nm
was mobiliziaS and mastering for service In the
Spanish aCd both through the Cuban
campaign. Captain Hutchinson was mustered ONT
first heuterAHt, but remained with the regiment
Lieutenant Wright was sergeant, but returned
20 his nome in Watertovn after the war ana
joined the separate company in his own tovyn. The
bond of friendship between ther. IS therefore very
strong
At The band concert t4s evening Colonel Bates
and Lieutenant Colonel Wells delivered short pa
triotic addresses 10 the officers and men OF The
regiment. Is not Oaly the evening hefo-r III a
Fourth. but is very nearly the anniversary Os the
battle of San Juan Htll, in which the fist ha1 "a
part General George Moore Smith has spent me
day at his summer home in Newburg, returninI;
this evening on the O'Clock train
The officer of the day for tomorrow will be
Captain James NJ. Hutchinson, OF Company +
The officer of the guard will be First I!eutena m
Edward w. Young. OF Company II.