The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-24

the highest OF MS .ou"eep
ability and kindly disposition. He was always great
fayorito with his men, with whom he shared many PR
yaons and hardshps IN iarrnss.ng scouts aer indians,
ard long marches over The plains. The AdJnant OF me
regiment, Mr.. bomford Is sob Of Brevet lieu,euah,
Colonel Isaac Y Poinford Major Sixth infantry unnea
States Army who particularly distinguished himself dur
ing the Mexican war beng twice breveted. NJ bonh
was born and reared In the army, ana Is t~c rN
versant elh military details d all kins He MAS mem
Der u ,le gallant Ne York seycn, and previous his
appointment, 20 the Tsmmany regiment had been drilling
comtdnias IN Sitkles brigade, Camp Scott staten
Island OF Major Edison OF the fsmmany We have already
I spoken lie Is brave man aud esilant soldier with
three such ocers Tho Colonel Major and Adjuant the
Iammahy regimen, should make itself enviable
| THIRD REGIMENT (cAyALRY) NEW YyRk STATE
MILITIA.
company OF one hundred men, volunteers from the
Third regiment Cavalry New York State Militia, were
have left this city yesterday afternoon for Washington,
but owing TO the detention caused by the mastering into
the United States service they able CO. but
| will no doubt leave this morning.
| Al an early hour the men gathered together q
the Arsenal, Of Thirty fifth street Seventh
avenue, where they drilled IN tho most careful
manner by the officers field movements and the sabre
exercise II must be rccol'eced that these
fresh hands ut the business, but who thoroughly
nnders'ani their duties much any militia regi
ment con that has no, seen active service faced the
dangers area war nhe large dril room ofthe Arsenal
gathered the friends and relatives of the soldiers and
many affecting scenes took place Such things however,
are not for the eye OF the public and will pass them
over AS soon as all the little prelimInarcs had been
gone through with, the men marched ouv and mounted
their horses, falling at into line when they awaited
the arrival OF The mastering and apprasing officers
Some time elapsed ere they appeared on the ground,
I the company W the meantime sitting patiently
| Ia their saddles. At about Ave O'clock the
muserng and appraising began and was conducted in
he ,aa aac OF the United
| ed and an examination took place the mans name age
&c, being compared with the muster roll, and If they
! properly tailed the man was declared all right Then
| followed appraisal OF the horse and its equip.
menls, tho value being entered in its proper
| conducted by other parties than the mastering
officer who merely took down the value Of the animal
the appraisers named IT, Much dissatisfaction prevailed
among the men al the price set upon their horses in
many cases not being within $50 500 dollars Of the
price actually paid tho day before by the The
| appraisers argued tina. they had nothing to do with
what was paid fol the HORSE they judged by what
they could purchase them themselves for. The
| average value Of the animals was about $40 the
highest price being $3.50, and tho lowest $50 In each
case $2S and upwards was owed for the equipments
made part Of the government for the purpose Of
know ing what TO pay these they should lose
their horse by being killed or captured tho horse in all
| cases being the property Of the rider. The
| inspection not finished until late IN
the afternoon, and tho consequence that
their necesssres, such blankets pals, curryeombs,
and forage for their horses those things being fur
nished until the mastering in has taken place.
An immense crowd collected In the vicinity and IL
was with the greatest difficulty that the police, assisted
by some Of the troopers could keep the people back.
There was no however being the
greatest good humor. Lager bier was in immense de.
mand and from the length OF time the mon were Kept
waiting, they imbibed rather too much OF them
sitting rather uneasily In their saddles, the horses
were often blamed when the fault actually lay with the
riders An escort was in waiting TO accompany them
the boat but they wanted and they returned to
| their homes. The company numbers hundred men,
| and is Offered as follows
Captain, G. W Sauer Lieutenant, NJ Baust; Acting
| Quartcrmaster, Rosenbatt Veterinary Surgeon, s.
Born Quariernaster Sergeant, n. Cope; Orderly Ser
| geant, Joseph SmNh.
| BERDAN's REGIMENT OF sHARPsHooTERs-lNTEREsT
| ING EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS AT wEEHAw
KEN.
This corps OF riheen was some time since accepted by
the government and in the interval the selection Of the
| men has been proceeding with considerable activity
Colonel Berdan, who is of the BEST not the best
marksman in the United States has restricted the quail
acatons for joining to the following terms:-The cand
date (who is allowed to his rihe) before being
enrolled tested as to his Skill and required shoot
with precision enough to put ten consecutive baAs within
average distance of five inches from centre of tar
| get, placed at tho distance Of six hundred
feet The range of each shot is measured
from the centre point of the target to the centre of
tho bullet hole and the sum total Of these distances
not exceed fifty inches. This precision is impeatvely
required, and person is accepted into the regiment who
cannot fulfil all that Is set forth above. Upon this point
Colonel Berdan is decided and Of even small
fraction of an inch beyond the limits prescribed dsqua
hes the applicant. The regiment is being recruited from
oil the States, and will number 300 The Governor
Of each State charged with the selection and enrolment
Of the but in Missouri where the gubernatorial de-
parmcnt is rather confusion Frank Blair is to raise
and command the quota that State The number so far
recruited in New York State does not exceed seventy
very few OF whom are from city. An agent is
stationed at Albany for the examination of iidates
there, and Go mel Bcrdans Secretary Mr. Smith Brown
ID the agent IN New York His targets grounds are
located on the heights back of Wcehawkcn, where for
few days past the examination Of candidates has going
on Yesterday some twenty five thirty SWISS rifemen
from the city and vicinity proceeded the grounds and
tried their skill Many of them have already seen active
service on the Alps, at the Crmea and in the last Italian
campaign but whether on account Of their dsuse of fire
arms while engaged in business in New York. other
reasons their craftsmanship did not come up
to the required standard The shooting of course
was excellent and seldom equaled but Colonel erdan
exacts the very creme de la of SKILL of them
had confidence enough in his abilities submit himself to
the rigid test. The weapons used were generally
Of exquisite workmanship, and many Of them
plants have been made that the requirements are too
STRICT and that such precise shooting could not be made
by the Colonel himself To stop these grumblcrs Colonel
Berdan while Oh the grounds Monday afternoon lei
surely took up rife and put ten balls in target at
total distance Of eleven and half inches from the centre
pail Colonel Berdan is at present in New York. He has
teegraphed to Secretary Cameron for a mastering
regiment will be rendczvoused at Weehawken prepara
atory to their departure for the war The drill
wl not De according to the usual manual inasmuch
the men are intended to depoy small SQUADS on tho
Held or battle and mancuvre at will picking of com
manders, officers and arlerists Of the enemy code
OF signals will be adopted among the each
other of the approach of cavalry-the only efrec.
tive branch of the service in cutting up r,nelnen.
The men will also be drilled to load and Gre In |
lying, sitting and other pastures, and to make
their weapons effective possible at range of from Ave
hundred to a thousand yards The uniform will be of |
green throughout for summer and gray for winter with.
out any appendices Of brass buttons plates that might
serve TO make the men targets. The uniforms are in.
tended TO SO assmulae To the coors of TO rem
der the men almost ipdscerua6e the enemy thus per
mttng them without any risk themselves TO an
poach and pick of their fees Colonel Bcrdan Is dev,sng
model for an improved rife which, when
VIII be supplied TO those of the regiment preerrne them
TO their own private arms II expected that the men
will be encamped at Weehawken in the Of next
week.
TIE EXCELSIOR BRIGADE
Is quartered at Camp Scott, Staten Island Five reg
men's regularly compose the brigade one left for
the seat Of war yesterday leaving present bu, four
regiments the island Two of these four regiments
take their departure this wednesday, morning each
consisting Of 046 men Tho remainder will cave as |
soon as they arc prov with all their necessares The
whele brigade consists OF about 500 men
In our list Of officers of the First regiment Sickes'
brgafe the Sergeant Majors appeared as William
Ray instead Of William Kay
THE CLINTON RIFLES
This fine corps of riaemcn, under the command Of
CooneIJ Page fast preparing for the seat of war