New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

command Of Rrsadier General John c.
EDDY arrived at the Grand Central Sta
iion by trolley and elevated trains about
S o'clock in the morning. and half an
hour later three troop trains were carry
ing them to the battlehelGs. Their
wagons and horses and those of the "a
Signal Corps. Of Brooklyn. were ferried
from the Bridge street terminal. New
York Dock rompany's piers and Eastern
District terminal to Mott Haven, where
they were entrained
Big Guns Part Of Force
Three New York City batteries of the
st Regiment of Field Artillery were load
ed on New York Central cars at Goth
street and North River. Battery A, Of
The Bronx. was entrained at West Farms
Battery b. of Brooklyn, sent its guns
and wagons Up from the New York Dock
Companys piers TO Mott Haven.
The 22d Regiment Of Engineers left 6Sth
street and Broadway and marched through
Central Park TO the Third Avenue ole-
waited and went on special trains 10 Mott
Haven where they boarded a troop train
The lst Field Hospital detachment. of
Manhattan. also took train a this point.
The movement of the troops was one
Of 'he most rapid ever accomplished by
I'll, National Guard who, knowing the
trained eyes Of the regular army mea
were on them, worked with unusual zcst
and enthusiasm Lieutenant Colonel Cor
neius Vanderbilt was just as much eX-
rted as schoolgirl when the troops
on he 81 a 8
end OF 22d street. He had left the New
York Yacht Club races at New Lon1on
20 get into the war. and was assigned
specially as an inspector general on Gen
Ual Organs staff
He was ore Of the officers who scofed
a - feeling between the men of the
l2tn and 69th regiments and those Of the
ith ard list. 1t had been said that the
FIST two named regiments were dis
sruntled because the eth and list were
70 leave on board the crack Richard
Peck. while the other two regiments
went on slower boats. Lieutenant Colo
mel A. F. Townsend, chief quartermaster
Of the National Guard. laughed at the
report. and said both the New Haven
and City OF Brock,on were all right.
Dul dIleT all, tHe IeCh, dItHOuPn Snc
left the pier. behind the other boats, got
into New Haven. according to dispatches.
Just behind the New Haven, which
steamed out first
Army Mule Jumps Overheard.
The Brockton was the second to depart
and furnished one picturesque incident
not on the official programme. While
wagons were rumbling down the pier and
teamsters were cracking their whips and
officers were swapping out orders one of
the this mules. in conspicuOusly .lew
bride and obviously unaccustomed to all
this fuss and clatter, got into fight
with guide rail and finally settled it
by smashing the rail to splinters and
kicking himself. plunging and squealng,
into the water.
Captain Schuyler. In charge of the en-
barkation. ordered the work to go on
without a halt. Meanwhile Bob White.
teamster, attached to the 18th. stripped
and went In after the drowning mule. He
managed to get the harness off after
herce struggle in the water and to get
natter around the mules head. row.
boat came up. and the mule was towed
10 dock and hoisted back TO usefulness
by a derrick Inder the glass eyes Of
moving picture machine and a dozen
newspaper cameras.
Once Friends, Now Enemies.
The ID and Sd Battalions OF Engineers
glared defantly from the window OF one
train at the lst Battalion steaming out
Oh Mott Haven in another train. For,
a1tnoush they had been comrades at the
dIHoTy' all friendship ceased as soon as
the emoarkaton began. The ID and Sd,
uhdeT Majors Bloomfield Usher and AL
oert II. Dyett, were hurrying to join the
mated foreign or Red army, while the
ISL under Major Edward f. MacGrotty.
Was due TO aid in the defence of the city
now being attacked from Boston. Colonel
walter B. Hotchkin will be chief engi-
neer OF the invaders, while Lieutenant
colonel John G. K. Lilliendahl will act in
'le same capacity for, the Blue army.
Inc engineers supply train. which had
gone the day before. was the heaviest
'aSen by any organization. containing all
'ne equipment issued for the construc-
'ion or floating and spar bridges, build
'hs roads and intrenchments, map making
uemolition and clearing. Two complete
n'hosraphing equipments for reproducing
uaily The maps made in the field were
taken along.
oy il O'Clock in the morning all the
a'0ps had left the city. and the roar OF
'ns elevated trains wcs unbroken b. the
.t'ef call Of bugles. the tramp OF troops
'ue rattle Of the wagons and the other
''eompaniments to wars alsrums.
eekTENARiAN RAISES FLAG.