The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-07
vso s..lios ouiosst and honsiss ehildrsn WI
kindly sid TIE good wusk.

Cor. BGRDApb BHARP eHoOrrRs.-Thers
u sysry prospect that tire regiments, instead
OF ons, vi soon Be In the field, seespted With
the szpr,ss undertaking that every man
mould be able 10 make the required string"
v'n A strinE n al lssst City inches In tsn
shots 81 ths tistsrcs q ak hundred feet. In
thirteen states the Governors agreed 10 fuRnish
elo oto each 70 squi, and fcrWard the msr.
In Mino uri, FRAsK P. BLAn, IT,, b,case
rsponsibls for the snount required. and in
X, ntu.ky. . private individual contributed
the t10,0oo from his own pocket bsidss De
voting bis time and ibHusacs 10 raising the
conp,ny.
At host ten Of them are complete, one hun
drsd men IN each company, anj every man has
made the required string. Thess eompA,i,s
are daily expected st wssbs vixen, wh,r. they
viii snesmp.
or ths dist sppreants hers, At least seven
out Of .sn were rejected. Dat whsn tbs Swiss
riff, NOR began 10 come In. nearly every ons q
them was secspted, and thsre are nov between
seventy or eighty Of ,h,m With q prep,ct q
oss buLdIed and tveity FIVE this vs.k.
TIES M. are all from the city. GAsrEs
TRyfP Il captain Of the Ns- Yotk $ viss COM
parry, trd the men were mu tsr,d ist1 toe
s,a's sivi,e last Friday. Capt .in TRErr has
eou m,nds rifls oompsry for nine years In
Ebrops-ln switzerland, ct TIE Chm,s sld In
the Bath army.
| Ths German company At WoshAwken, was
conm.no. q week ego. and will BE- com m and ed
~ Captain ScuoprEoKER, ~ho WAS formerly
q huriirg master for the K'ng Of Bivsria
He Ia one Of the best shots 10 the world. II 5
company already nuub,rs about forty msu,
ssd Gsmans are examining every day. His
SECRETARY, Mr.. LoHnLEs, wss Till rsosdty q
fIof,ssor IN the Nashville, Tom Military
Academy.
| In addition, Mr.. wALKKR Is organizing
another Ger an company from the Blooming
dale Soarp shooters who are all g)od shots and
are In sufficient numbers to form q full com
pany.
SIBrmn NRIrS is cap ain Of thu American
Company. Hc Ia man OF military education
and en- psrisrc c. and Is drst class shot. they
wee mustard into service lsl Piesy, and are
on tie ground ut Wtehawken.
A Ssw IoRK STATE RKoTNENr.
LIS. Saturday, Gvrnor MosoAS wrots &c
Col. mel BeRDAr. a'kinE him to raise full re
eiment fron Ibis s'ats alone. Cblosel BSaDAr
replied th,t he had tso rsgi meats IN such
state Of forwardne's that b. could s,trust
them 20 o, her hands, and would un Ter; axe tn,
Formation Of = third regiment, but adi,d
"these frat class riae- shots thros ghout ID.
state are rset Anics, snt earn from go TO g.;
per month" Itths matter Of ,x ra compsnss.
,icn would 10 brousht before the Lsgisl.tur,
nszt winter, two full regiments of chap shoot
ere could be rAhed from this stats alone within
thirty Gays.
| UNFoRM AND ARMS
The regiments will BE- uniformed aliks eacf
man having two urifoims--ons sray AMI on
gr.n. In tho lAttN the men, when 10 thu
woods and A.ld, can hardly be dis'inguishsd
from the surrounding foliage. The gray vii
ts equally ssrvicsabls In winter.
The arms will be tie Springfield ria', loadsS
from thu flask. Col. BEHpAS isbaving gr GOV
ed balls prepared for TIL, rife, which will b
very effective at distance Of three thousAn,
feet.
Yesterday the corps had . figure Of q man
life fiEs sci up at distance Of Geo feet. Col
BERDAs fred ten shots through the hsad o. tn
figure.
The itrings OF thu bsst shets on the groun,
run from tan 10 tixtsen inches the medium
shots from twenty to forty; and the p,orss
come within the requbousnt Of afGy inches.