New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-06
ARTILLERY IN CAMP
TENT At TAN CORTLAND.
Ist Battalion Field 4rtiuery, ". r
". g., at Practice.

Van Cortlandt Park is to-day armed encarnp-
ment and the thousands of visitors who go there
for recreation will find the green dotted WIN .ie
dust-brown tents of the 1st Battalion OF f'elo Ar
tillery. y. G. y. Y. 1t was late yesterday allei
noon that the yuardsmen began to arrive ana for
TINA they drew, the attention of the crowds that
were watching tennis and cricket games ana 'iie
pony polo exhibition of Squadron A
The batteries that compose the battalion are TIE
list I'd and 3D. and they arrived nearly on me tie
set by Major David Wilson. commander OF Tue oas
talon who wanted all hands to appear ny Tow
Yesterday afternoon The Sd Battery, under Cap
tain Chauncey Matlock, was somewhat iaee oHiAe
to its long march from Brooklyn Out ov 0i0
the three batteries the field, WIN 90 iiie
and about two hundred horses captain "neii'
was In command of the I'd and Captain y Ryan VI
the 1st.
From the time the artillerymen arrived last hsn'
until well after dark they were busy making 'heif
camp where they to live to-day anu 'o-i
row 1t was an interesting sight. winch huhuieoo
OF spectators watched when the "Sioey tents
and the square tents were put up In quick uihe "
the orders of the non-commissoned officers Mean
while the commissariat had been getting uhuei
way and the cooks, most OF Whom nave Sci seu "
the regular army, were preparing cAo"'
course. things somewhat delayed o"iie 10
the exigencies of the march, and the civilians haa
aser,e5 the mark when the guardsmen finally went
into action with their tin mess kits against the
steak which of the Sd Battery prNates oe-
clared came within General Sherman's definition
of
The artillerynen will get down TO work To-Day
when things will begin with the bugie call OF reVee
at exactly five minutes before O'Clock In the
afternoon they will be reviewed by Congressman
Joseph A. Goulden. Owing to the picturesque leal-
ures of artillery drills great crowd is e&pecleu
10 come TO Camp Roe, it is called, and the poce
have made preparations to handle the sightseers
Tomorrow however. will be the hardest day for
all the members of the battalion. Major Wilson
has MANNED a programme of man9uvres and posi-
tion finding" that will keep the three batteries on
the lump This will begin In the morning. and the
four-horse teams with the heavy gun carriages ana
caissons will be driven at galloping pace up and
down the steep hills and among the trees of Van
Cortlandt Park quite If it were actual warfare
Each battery has brought by the orders fifty
rounds of ''saluting cartridges. and some of these
will be used tomorrow during the position manoeu-
yres This will be the show feature of the brief
portunity to display what they learned from the
lessons at Pine Camp
Major Wilson, who went into camp with his staff
on Friday night, said yesterday he was pleased
with the appearance OF the men and their horses
Il WISH though" he remarked that we could have
them in camp for a couple of weeks instead of two
days"
Most of the arteryInen have camped in the
IA r before although this is the first time the three
batteries have been there a battalion Last
night therefore there number Of persons In
khaki who were more less evident around Yon-
kers which is not so very far from Camp Roe by
trolley.