The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
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q hot, eui,fy day like yesterday
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hers ~ the s1nad fun yesterday that they
had done something out ~ tho ordinary
Many N them were I'll tagged MT and badly
etihened 40 N wasn't that the squadron
had any hlah and hobie ambition 10 ea,a,N
llah = record from peekahii ~ iiroaktyn.
When they hroke camp ~ FeekAkill ~ I
o'clock saturday morning they expected
10 move that day M far ~ Yonhers and
pitch their tents there until sunday morning
when they frnched Nonkarp they found
that their Intended camping ground had
been converted into n lake. and decided,
rather than sleep out In tho pelting rain.
storm. 10 keep on tho move toward homo.
The squadron was In a steady downpour
almost from the time II left Peekskill until
II reached tho armory at 1880 O'Clock yes
terday morning. ON SONS Of the roads tho
mud was almost ankle deep and tho troopers
eplashed along ~bespattered and soaked TO
fh, a h1n Eu,h l,l N .alIl. .a.I ...i-lt.-
about eighty-nvo pounds when the squad
ron left the camp. When the guardsmen
trooped into Brooklyn the packs also were
soaked through and the tired horses were
almost staggering under the loade.
Only one bad mishap occurred on the
trip In, The commissary q drawn by
four mules, ran into IA ditch at the foot Of a
steep hill near T~arrytown and was over
turned. The driver los. control Of the
wagon coming down the hill and jumped.
The pole of the wagon was broken, but the
driver, as we'll as the mules. escaped injury.
The ditch was then filed with water and
the troopers had to wade around in the bog
for forty minutes before the wagon was
righted and the break repaired.
At Tarrytown the squadron rested for
four hours. The men we're soaked then
and they had to stand around in their wet
The troopers reached Yonkers late
in the afternoon and were met by the adj
vance guard which reported that the camp
ing ground was under water. Some OF
the troopers who explored the spot said
there was fully six inches Of water on the
ground. That was the saddest blow Of
the day, for many Of the men had been en-
couraging them selves on the days ride
with the thought that shelter and dry
clothing would be available in Yonkers.
Major c. /. DeBevoise, who was in COM
mand, lost no time there after learning
what the conditions were. At 8 o'clock
the squadron, with it's two troop we o
and commissary wagon, reached
l55th street. A telephone message was
sent to the armory to ave everything in
readiness for the men. 1t was 11:30 when
the squadron reached the foot OF East
street, and some Of the men
boarded a boat for the foot Of Broadway
in Brooklyn. The boat wouldn't hold all
squadron and a few of the weary ones
had to drag their wet selves to the Grand
street ferry. The troopers were so badly
used up when they struck their native soil
again that a long rest was taken before the
was resumed to the armory.
Some Of the troopers, it is said, were 30
fatigued before the squadron arrived in
North Portland street that they left their
horses and rode in the ambulance.