New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
r0VERN0R AT CAMP
,.;e-rs Troops and Is Entertained
bu General Grant.
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ox-oo N Y. June Ex-Governor Hughes
N'e camp soon after 10 o'clock this morning
81 taken st once TO General Grants head
tno = on the Hogs Back where he was cor
-sated hv the commander in chief and his
tse 1rs Governor end his staff were met near
sHh pend by SQusdrons A. Of New York. and G.
6'e,rlxn and Troops r. Of Albany. and D. Of
e and escorted 10 headquarters where a
s's.@F seventeen guns fired. At the foot of
-o1oe,s Back the go Infantry. Of Brooklyn
fn stokes commanding. was drawn up facing
.,,roaching party
he -,zernor then reviewed the troops and later
c.,e-al Grant received a large number of
VII Governor Hughes and his staff dned with
p Grant and his staff Governor Hughes ex-
een himself as much pleased with the camp and
~oos appearance OF the men. General Grant
uas well satisfied. the whole. with the
f.,nr ground and with the water supply. Gov
e. T1ushes and his party returned to Albany
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" Il. Henry and Colonel Treadwell his mill
% xecretary Major Francis L. Hugo and a
So r. ~ city officials from watertown were also
p1.s The party. special excursion of Grand
- men visited the grounds.
y .be afternoon the 1st Battery from Manhattan
AZ exhibition on the target range with service
t,nition An athletic field has been laid out
= +be-e were 4 baseball game and field sports IN
a, hie athletic meet on July 4. The Sth Mas
,rssrts Infantry broke camp in the afternoon
y carried for home. The 6th and I'd Regiments
will start to-nleh'-
ST Field Battery. from Manhattan. which
provisional battalion with Battery f. Sd
-,rss States Artillery. has received the highest
.,-,-,sndation from the regular army officers in
...n Lieutenant Colonel David J. Rumbough
-, is n command Of the battalion. said that he
- never seen q better supply Of horses furnished
:. militia battery. The conduct Of the Is
s7rslsnt and st target practice Captain ]. F
o-p-sr expects to excel the shooting record Of
,he regular hartery-
The nth Regular Cavalry has a record breaker
=. ,-s +errier mascot. Skid. which refused to ride
4. wagon and ran with the troops every foot
- the way from Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont a
distance of 80 miles.
TIE regular army men regard the man9uvres
90 sr everyday occurrence. while the militamen
.,ts Il as an outing In the battles some Of the
-.rpsrs get weary Of the business, and either lie
srsp and declare themselves wounded" or get in
=. zsy of q capturing force.
II wish some would capture me- said d
vss-y tnfantryrnan during Thursdays scouting,
within a few feet Of where the war" corre-
spondenrs we're IN hiding. observing the battle
,a-oush field glasses borrowed from unemployed
racing editors.
Two rilitialnen argued as follows during the heat
ot Thursday : 1sht
CERTAINLY you're dead. I picked you OF when
-u crossed the ridge
You're of ! shot you full OF holes before I
-s-ted You're dead for sure; leave IL TO the
umpire
The regular Geld battery started 10 shell body
# the Blue force during a sharp skirnish, when
ne umpire ruled that they were all killed by a
cr,sny Of infantry which was posted on the
tzrk but had expended its blank ammunition
rs dead" artillerymen climbed to their places
&C rode the
a section OF railroad track is being built by the
rrneer corps and will be destroyed by explosives
give the men practice in the gentle art of war
IT'S hard working corps has transformed this
Ead into . model camp since their little battalion
.-ched into the unplotted. trackless waste a
rnth ago. They have made roads and maps and
at wonderful things Of the rough saplings
mich manage TO grow in the arid sand hills.
Mstor Jarnes 2 Je--ey. their commander, Is
planning 70 have his men build several bridges
over the Black River for permanent use.
Wednesday was the tenth anniversary Of the en-
csrnpnent Of the sth Massachusetts Infantry and
they celebrated il long and loudly Huge bonhres
were started around their camp and the band
played until taps" All of the Bay State resi-
nents have reEinental telephone systems. and
their efficiency at drill has been commended by
the regular officers.