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The Sun
New York, New York County, New York
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Troops depart Pine Plains military camp after successful maneuvers, leaving one battalion for cleanup. Gen. Grant praises the event. Detailed provisions consumed: over 1 million pounds beef, 360,000 loaves bread, etc., totaling 400 tons.
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Battalion of 24th Infantry Left to Clean Up --400 Tons of Provisions Consumed,
WATERTOWN, N. Y., July 15.--With the exception of the Third Battalion of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, left to clean up the camp, all the troops have left Pine Plains, the Fifth Infantry of Plattsburg, which left there at 6 o'clock to-night, being the last. All got away without accident to man or beast and on schedule time. To-morrow morning Gen. Grant will leave by automobile for headquarters on Governors Island.
During his stay in camp he has worked hard, getting up at all hours of the night to ride to the scene of battle. He says that the camp has been a success and the problems successfully worked out but refuses to discuss the permanency of the camp.
Capt. T. J. Koceter, chief commissary, had charge of distributing the supplies and gives some interesting figures regarding the subsistence department. During the month 1,030,000 pounds of beef and 10,000 pounds of bacon were consumed. The men ate 360,000 loaves of bread and 2,500 bushels of potatoes. Other figures follow:
Onions, 22,000 pounds; Sugar, 25,000 pounds; coffee, 10,000 pounds; canned tomatoes, 1,000 cans; butter, 8,000 pounds; lard, 1,000 pounds.
The matter of the milk supply is hard to determine. From the commissary department approximately 400 tons of provisions were consumed by the soldiers
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Pine Plains, Watertown, N. Y.
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July 15
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With the Third Battalion of the Twenty-fourth Infantry left to clean up, all other troops departed Pine Plains without incident. Gen. Grant, who worked hard during the camp, called it a success but declined to discuss its permanency. Capt. T. J. Koceter reported consumption of 1,030,000 pounds of beef, 10,000 pounds of bacon, 360,000 loaves of bread, 2,500 bushels of potatoes, and other provisions totaling approximately 400 tons.