"The attention of all was soon diverted however by the arrival of the artillery from Fort Hamilton. The troops had left Fort Hamilton at io o'clock in the morning on the steamer Little Silver, and had been landed at Hastings at about i o'clock, from which place they marched to Tarrytown. The vessel had in the meanwhile proceeded up the river and landed the camp equipage, and when the main body reached the Benedict property on Franklin street they found a camp pitched.

" The force consisted of Light Battery K, ist Artillery, and Battery G, Heavy Artillery, equipped as infantry. The two batteries were in command of Capt. J. W. Dillenbeck. Battery K was in charge of Lieut. Wisser, and Lieut. Honeycutt commanded Battery G. Captain Dillenbeck, by the way, is a great great-grandson of Capt. John Dillenbeck u'ho was killed in the battle of Oriskany after himself killing three men. General Herkimer was slain in that same engagement.

"The two batteries presented a pretty appearance in camp. The rows of white tents, the parked cannons and stacked arms, with a hundred and fifty men in busy activity getting the camp in shape, made a warlike picture. Crowds lingered around and watched the artillerymen as they prepared for supper, and later still as in the moonlight t hi e final work of the night uTas done, and at the sound of " taps " the camp became quiet.

" Friday morning dawned bright and beautiful, the promise of a most auspicious day, fit for such a symposium of patriotism, and the sunrise was greeted by a national salute of twenty-one guns from each of the warships and from the batteries. Little by litne the town began to awake, and ere long the streets were filled with a gala day population.