The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-14

Inspec'A don and Muster OF the First Df'snoe'


nspec'Aon and Muster or the First Df'snde'
N. c., q. N. Y. -.
me Fret brigade National Guard, comprising tne
Aecond. Twelfth ana Seventy-iirst regiments Oh M
fAntry was inspected and mustered yesterday ~
Tompkins square. Whoever suggested tiia. 'n0 On
tire brigade should Inspected ana musteeu On tne
same day perpetrated blunder OF no nttie mscniei.
General Ward, who commands the brigade snonid
selv know better than give his sanction to so ex
traordinary an arrangement IN the regular army
where officers and men are always available,
a seldom happens that q general officer
,ecu,res regiments summoned for inspection to
Ia nnder arms from the rising Of the sun
until the going down thereof. Men who are kept
standing for hours and hours without any apparent
reason viii not, II they are well disciplined, become
fnsubordinate or inpatient, but dissatisfaction
win show itself in inattention details drill and
indifference to orders. In the National Guard the
conditions or org anlzation are very different nom
what prevails in the regular army. Men who enlist
q the mil tia do at great personal inconvenience,
ana the drills parades necessary to their dsci
Pine are severe tax on their time. 1t should,
therefore bs the object OF the commanding officers
IN making arrangements for parades to meet the
convenience OF the members Of regiments 30 far as
may be consistent with discipline. The First brigade
was under arms yesterday from half-past six A. Nj.
until four aud SIX in the afternoon. me
Eeyenty-ilrst regiment assembled on the parade
ground AZ haipast nine, IN oDealence 70 oIueIs anu
Remained until all- past three, wnen Its turn came
Tor uispect0a and muster III must De salu 10 their
ccegt hat there was no Struggling no drunkenness,
ard that discipline was maintained throughout me
Twelfth was also held vel together ana seemed 70
be undor excellent control. The second regiment,
Dc NJ tie trst nsp eced and mustered, Was inarcAeu
OIL the ground early in Tie day.
The Appearance o. the several o. tns DIE
gade VAS On The Woe good; Inc ~, lWeas Geonei
lieutenant Coone Rockefeller, presented spienuiu
appearance. Inc former corps IS progressing ~
be Ifoaa 10 command The seventy first The Twelfth
nust credit AdJutant Murphy WIN good deal OF the
success the regiment has attained lie KNOWS LIS
Tie brigade having been formed In line the cere-
moay 81 review was commenced. Some mistakes
were certainly made but on the whole the manGu-
yIcs very creditaDy conducted. But one oiicer
mi lie first regiment JAILED to salute properly
those OF the Twelfth did very WELL aud two In the
second were strictly correct. There were some &C
eenhicitles of movement IN the evolutions OF tne
br maae, which may be remembered hereafter In
military notes. but need not now be enumerated.
I.o companies OF the twelfth were absent from IN
their absence and it an act Of injustice to the
regiment TO permit them TO be away. The 0fiicer
who permitted them TO absent themselves IRON IN
Bpecton with their regiment set an example tiat
Is is to be hoped, will not be followed by other COM
xnandlng officers OF the National Guard.
Duilns the regimental INSPECTIONS OF last week
there was a daily attendance OF policemen on the
parade ground, out on yesterday, when whole bri-
Gade was present, not O solitary hoy in blue" was
% be seen, and The small ragamuilns OF the neigh
borhood played base ball In the Of the troops
session Of the ground Machines from the Fire De-
fartmenr were crawling all over the square like
saails during tne morning and seriously mterfered
Win the movements Of the regiments.
Brgadicr General J. d. Liebenau reviewed the
troops and Brigade Major Glun, Inspector General
OF tie First brigade, mustered and inspected them.
Captain Byrne, Twelfth regiment acted as Lieu
tenant Colonel anu Major during the manGuvres OF
tGat regiment aud acquitted himself with credit
The muster rolls OF the Twelfth and Seventy-nrst
were clean, clear and explicit ana reflected much
IN an rfG
The following are The present and absent OF the bri
G0Qe:-