The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-13
THE TWENTIETH REGIMENT, UNITED TUR-
NER RIFLES.

This fine regiment has al last received marching orders
and takes It's departure this afternoon from this city The
destination the Turner Rifles Fortress Monroe, whore
Colone Weber will report to Major General Butler II
any body of have eaered disappo this
regiment has experienced probably than any yet
organized For the past weeks the men have been
almost sleeping on their arras In expectation OF recev
ing marching orders every Gag. Furthermore the oi-
Gers ao were 10 wait Of NUMEROUS little articles,
which they had not the money TO pay for and oil the
frnos received from the Union Defence Committee were
ave thousand dollars With that sum the entire eo Zip
nens for eight hanored aud fifteen had be pur
chased BY dint Of economy and shrewd manage.
men', however, the Turner Rifles well
equipped at the time OF their departure
any regiment that has as yet been sent
which the regimeDt l.bo,ei for want Of funds
part regeded os tue organization OF IF inlu-
entail German merc1aats constituted themselves
eompsttea to obtain money from patriotic cit
st this regiment This committee is composed OF the
fol owiDg gentenen:-Meso g. aelmont, yonderheidt,
j. De Barry, Willie Walach KsuGmau d Frank, Wessen-
donk and Others who tn three Gays raised the Of
tf.sen hande1 dollars, which they expended tor
in the nrst place. egnt hund India rubber blankets
for nine huEdreu sixty doia aod the oal4oce
expehoea for mess utensils, DC. yhts committee viii
regiment, and donations may be to Mr.. Sgsmund
KauanaDn, No 80 Nassau street, which will be duly
The Turner Rites will leave their headquarters at Tur
tie Bay Park, at three O'Clock pfecisey and form 10
line Forty third street Second avenue chey will
then take up their OF and proceed tnroug,
Secona aves ue 10 Twentieth street through Twentieth
street to csdway, Gown Broadway to the City Hall,
where they will be presented with less than four
banners by their friends aztec which they will in
review before his Honav the Mays and omeu C,uuc,
ard thence march to the spor. thai is to convey
them to teic place Of destination. The Alabama Ma
rioD both of these sse ei probably be set apart
Ter their conveyance This question had not been settled
late last evening, Qua master Compk will have
como transport ready in time or the emDa kation of the
regiment
The escort the regiment viii have has probably
before been equaled, nearly every German Society
the city has resovei to pNaca for that duty. Oh the
It'll inst number OF assocat met at Turner Hall,
end adjourned to meet again one day prior to the de-
Of the regiment tn make suitable arrangements
fer an Escort Last evening this meeting was held at
the place when the following societies repre-
sented-New Yorker .saDgerbund, Social Reform Gesang
Verein, Fidela, Mozart Gsnperch Arion, Helveta
EanneFchor Drsma,c Cub, New Yorker Rifle Corps the
associations OF farmers from Bloomngdae, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, and the old turner's, VINO were the original
founde 6 u the Vevein
All Of them promised to parade in full rank to do
honor to the OCCASION ami the III, II will be oil that
will be carried by the "Oli Turner's" Colonel Won
elisa of she De Kab meDt has detailed the Duy
sing Zousves, the right faux company OF his regiment,
ia command OF Captain Weiss to act as an escort 10 the
Turner Rdes.
The following order has beer promulgated by Colonel
TWENTIETH RsGIMEvr UNITED TURNER RIFLES,
New YORK, June IL, 1851
The military companies, societies AID friends, pro.
posing give escort o. honor to this regiment
respectfully requested form into line at Union square,
First the military compaues next, the civic societies
AND frsnos Of the regiment then toe Turn verens and
the Zouave company from the De kab regiment, which
will the lead of the twentieth regiment and one OF
Che military companies closing ranks No escort will
be allowed between the Zouaves and the last military
company. No person can gain admission to the head
quarters Of the regiment on thursday the 18th instant
b, order. MAX WEBER, Colonel
RUpolPu KIrcKHuuS, Adjutaut.