of establishing an annual encampment for the national guard had been impressed upon the attention of the authorities for several years, but no definite action had been taken. In March, 1882, Governor Cornell appointed a commission with instructions to make a thorough investigation. Mr. James T. button, a public-spirited citizen of Peekskill, at once entered into communication with this body, and also procured from the owners of the land on which the State Camp now stands an option of purchase for three years. When the commissioners visited Peekskill they at once recognized the unequaled advantages of the site suggested by Mr. Sutton, and on the 30th of May they leased the ground for three years with the privilege of purchase. The place was immediately prepared for occupation, and on the 1st of July the 23d Regiment arrived and inaugurated the camp. In April, 1885, the legislature appropriated $30,000 for the purchase and improvement of the site, and shortly afterward the purchase of the land, consisting of about a hundred acres, was consummated. The camp is situated on a plain one hundred feet above the river, amid scenery of great beauty. The New York Central and Hudson Eiver Railroad has a station at Roa Hook, and during the camping season brings thousands of visitors to the spot. An interesting event of the year 1882 was the Manor Hall celebration in the City of Yonkers. We have already noticed the purchase of the Philipse Manor House by the municipal authorities in 18G8, and its use as the seat of the local government. In 1877, during the mayoralty of the Hon. William A. Gibson, resolutions (offered by Frederic Shonnard) were adopted by the board of aldermen providing for the appointment of a permanent " committee on history and historical relics," among whose members were to be four prominent private citizens, and giving to this committee certain responsibilities inconnection with matters relating to the Manor Hall building and its grounds.