New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-21
2 Companies of 22d Must
Lay 6 Miles of Water Pipe
at Beekman To-day.
REGIMENT SITES
ALREADY ARRANGED
1,500-Foot Railroad Siding Built
Cavalry Command to Settle
at Fishkill Creek.
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From STAR Correspondent Of Tho Tribune
Camp Whitman, Beekman, y. Y, June
20.-The sleepy little hamlet OF Green
haven awoke from a century OF undis-
turbed slumber to-day to find itself no
longer a flag station. At dusk 800 men
in khaki poured out Of a special train,
marched along the winding road past
white cottages SPRAYING on the gently
sloping hillsides and bivouacked for the
night on the vast. deserted acreage that
marks Camp Whitman. These men
companies b and d, ODD Engineers
were the vanguard Of the 10000 guards
men to follow. They fell asleep to-
night after singing the old songs that
thrill the heart Of soldier and with
visions OF six miles Of water pipe that
must be laid tomorrow morning.
Additional Men Welcomed.
The little handful Of men who have
been here month were at the ram
shackle shanty that boasts the title Of
Greenhaven's railroad station. To
these members of Company b. ODD En-
gineers, had fallen the task OF laying
out the site, attending to the tremend-
Gus problem OF supplying water to regi-
ments two miles apart. filing up
bitches and draining marshes. They
had been told to get the carp ready
for July, but suddenly different order
came. 1t read: Camp Whitman must
be ready within twenty-four hours"
That is why the men who arrived on
the 5:42 from Beacon were welcome.
That is why, too. the gallant 69th"
will be greeted with cheers when Colo
mel Louis D. Conley leads his men into
camp tomorrow.
Prison Camp Routed.
At half-past. FIVE the train pulled in.
Captain T.. +. Robinson, in charge, was
the first to jump off. The men poured
out Of the coaches and answered the
cheers of the little handful of guards
men.
The men lined up and took up the
march, under Captains Robinson and
Woodward. Reaching camp, they I'M
folded their shelter tents and jumped
to mess with the hunger of men in best
physical condition. But Captain Smith
went straight to the big wooden mansion
across the road from the little city Of
tents
An hour before Warden Krchwey
had entered the same house, across the
front porch of which was strung a ban
ner reading "The George W. Kirchwey
honor camp" He had informed the
twenty men in the gray trousers Of
prison service that they would have TO
go back TO Sing Sing and the cells they
had not occupied for months.
81 am sorry, boys" he said. but Gen
eral Organ and his staff will occupy
these quarters from tomorrow on"
Regiment Sites Laid Out.
Camp headquarters is about in the
centre OF the camp, with the 22d En-
gineers and the Signal Corps alongside.
The 69th will occupy the extreme left
of the camp, with the 7th. list and
18th, all under Brigadier General
Dyer. close by. The Sd Brigade, from
upstate. will occupy the extreme right
OF the $50 acres that was formerly a
tramp colony. The I'd Brigade, under
General Eddy, will be stationed in
front Of headquarters, and the 4th
Brigade in the rear. All horse troops
will strike camp on Fishki'l Creek for
the sake Of water and clover for the
animals. An enormous tract Of land
has been reserved for maneuvring.
A hundred laborers were rushed from
Poughkeepsie. Hopewell and Beacon
this afternoon TO raise a l,500-foot
railway siding. In a few hours the
men had laid the ties and spiked down
the rails