New-York tribune., 1904-09-12

had been demanded OF the militia at the nrst test
end that water carts had been provided The
men, said he. are footsore and weary tonight.
but give them day or 50 and they will look back
10 II with the keenest enjoyment. u was natural
that they should share the sans hardships the
regulars. II I have any complaint Il that TOO
much was demanded OF them the first time. They
vent fresh from business and In shoes while
the shoes OF the hardened regulars had been
broken in for three months None the less they
hsve acquitted themselves with everlasting credit
They have followed the regulars in forced
marches equsIling anything IN Cuba the Philip
pines. and have the admiration of the whole
. army"
The foreign military attaches 1t is said, regarded
. the 18th Regiment and the Sth Massachusetts as
especially fine bodies
Colonel Dyer denied point blank the rumor that
hts report State headquarters viii be adverse TO
any further participation of State troops in army
insnoevres as at present conducted
There is only thing want 10 say besides"
he said, 'snd that is that IN every army in the
world except the United States water carts follow
The columns Il ought to be done here
The men had at times TO make su entire march
without water"
First Lieutenant Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived
back with his company. D. In addition TO full
mustsche. Lieutenant Vanderbilt a short
light brown beard. He appeared 10 be in excellent
health Il was down with a touch of fever for the
first two days of the maneuvres.' he told q Trib-
une reporter. but I al right now and in me
condition. enjoyed the entire AFFAIR"
None the less the lieutenant with his fellow
officers and men, marched less than twenty
eight miles Friday. eighteen on Thursday, and
al average of some fifteen miles for other days,
except for the time when he was i'll 1t was the
endurance OF the militia that made the foreign
attaches gasp in wonder. marching twelve
miles day for week being considered in Eu-
rOpean manpuvres. psst all praise
TIE eth also made two records, one for detran-
ing men op their arrival South In minute IS sec
onds, and another for entraining nen and baggage
for the return homo in ! hour and 80 minutes the
second best being more than two hours
The officers are wondering whether they viii re-
oeive the s. day which il is said is due them by
the reguls don which provides for State regiment
manoeuyring W more than ffty miles beyond the Dor.
a. well fed as the men during the manoeuvres-
wanda, al Jersey City in sections. the first at
6ls o'clock and the second an hour later. Both
Brunswiok reaching the Twenty-third-st. New
York terminal a. oc0Gk S a9S marching R 3y t way a
nory at Sixty oond-st. and columbus-ave. where
mental band playing Aud Lang syne.' the 18th
some Of The men complained that they were
sleep-starved, others that the water supply was
sor twenty M hours I some again that the forced
asSh "e s s vsR Il appears esT Mss eSnhaay
asked By Southern reeiInents 10 play Dixie, md
sent word 70 Colonel Dyer that play this refrain
The band. e IS said refused declaring il would go
however. and tie band played The Bowery" in
None Of the grievances, however, appeared 20 be
more than skin deep, most OF the men talked with
admitting they were glad they had gone, although
taey were heartily glad 10 be back again
An instance OF the way IN which the 18th was
regarded occurred ct Thoroughfare early yesterday
morning. Scarcely had dawn whitened when Cen
ersl Barry rode into camp and asked permission to
address the Il asked for the 18th" he said,
..arst because OF its efficiency, and second. he
cause II IS from my town. I am not a gallery
PLAYER. but If The United States gets into trouble
end n IS my good fortune 70 get a command 7
hope TO God that such a good regiment as the Eth
may be assigned TO me-
From Generals Corbin. Bell and Grant alike the
nth golden opinions because of its formations
sfnartness willingness and endurance.
Before dis1issing the regiment Colonel DYER COM
piinented the men IN most eulog1stic words de-
siarfng that he could not better express his ad-
mration for their conduct than in the words OF
General Bell: When the country needs men," he
ssi5, there VIII be no better found than the New
York state troops'