The New York herald., 1869-01-17


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The Eleventh and Twenty second are the. only
regiments Of the First division willing to compete
for the guidon. Discretion u the better part Of
valor'' with the most OF them. /.
Company e, Twelfth regiment, wants TO be transI
ferred to the Twenty second. Their late exhihItio
drill was certainly fne, but a. military automssond
are not necessarily the best soldiers they SHOULD NOT
let ambition run away with them. :;
At recent election In the Twenty-third regiment
Lieutenant H. II. Hogins was chosen as captain OF q
company and Sergeant william 8. Leaman wad
elected first lieutenant, vice Higgins, promoted
Colonel Rodney Q. Ward presided. At the annual
election OF this company the following civil
ofncers were chosen:-Chairman, Charles WI
Maxneld; vice Chairman, Robert p. Lyon; Record@
ing Secretary, George 7. Lane; Treasurer, Wiliam
b. Boorum; President Of Court Martial, Lieutenant
II. II. Hogins; Finance Committee, e. A. vaughn}
e. H. Greene, william N. Moore, Jonn g. Bergen, O.
A. Wessman; Committe on Recruits, Caleb W. Davis
Henry Taylor. f. A. Vaughn. The following wer4
appointed CLERK Of Court Martial, E. Fl. Greene,
Committee on Arms ana Uniforms, John K. Smith,
Robert p. Lyon, G. G. Gregory
court martial has been ordered, to consist Of
Major Joseph @. Harding, Of the brigade stan, fos
the trial Of delinquents in the howitzer battery OF
the Eleventh brigade. The court viii convene Is
the headquarters Of the battery, No. Court street,
Brooklyn, on Wednesday, January q, 1862 at eight
O'Clock p H.. and adjourn from time to time a. may
be necessary.
The new armory in Brooklyn, 2. D., has been COM
menced. The site is on the corner Of the Bushwck
Boulevard and Stagg street. II Is to be built In the
early English Gothic STYLE and Of Philadelphia brick
and Dorchester stone, resting upon granite base
four feet in height The drill room viii be upon the
first noor and win be 80 by M feet 35 feet In height,
III <nv.<ua ttSo nrrS
A correspondent Of an evening paper thus speaks
Of the armorv of the Forty-seventh Brooklyn reSs
ment:-The F0rtyseventh Armory Is o condemned
building The walls have parted some three or fou1
inches, and 1t only needs that the gap be fncreased
an inch two more to precipitate the large roof;
and turn the building into heap OF ruins. This
spring drills Of the regiment were suspended 4
month sooner than usual to avoid any danger. Nq
present Il Is in quite Condition. Ye
growing careless, the officers have ordereq
drills there for the winter. Last % night
who were drilled in the large room. We werl
marched around and around the room for two hours1
Of ice. Captain Lamb one OF our best builders, wa1
present during the drill, and when asked about the
building acknowledged that 1t was not thoroughly
safe. Mr. Editor, viii you please call attention 70
this matter In your columns, for II not attended tQ
Sody WV win wonder at n amournful dispensation Il
Divine Pr0vidence.n !.
AT . meeting Of Company 2, EIGHTH regiment n;
McIntire, held at the company rooms, Centre Mari
ket on Monday evening, January II, the annual rsj
read, showing handsome balance on hand ana tn9
company In nourtshiDg condition. An election for
were unanimously eiecied:-Lswis A. Myers, Prcsi.
dent; Henry Schonfelder, Vice President; E G. John}
sSn %a E9coRdng Taaps; ~ sle ysrs ss sh
meeting adjourned the members enjoyed themselves
sociaby together the remainder Of the evening. (.
quarters s prOmulgated:-First. Brigadier General
William II. Morris, Commissary General Of Ord!
termaster General and, for the time being, VIM ds
charge all the duties Of the Quartermaster GeneraN
o M receive m
BrIgader General George w. Palmer. late Acting
Assistant Qnartermaster General all public property
We have received the following regmental or,
des:-Tweifth regiment-so much Of paragraph
wing drill Of January 10, Is hereby counter-i
manded. Companies b K, a, G and Il wtl assem-,
Arsenal corner Seventh avenue and Th:rty-dfth
street. on Friday evening, 23th inst for battalion
O'Clock. T twenty n eighth
drills Of this command for drill and instruction, are
hereby ordered. ss folows:-Companies 2, ?. F.
the state Arsenal, In Portland avenue, on Friday
evening January q, 1862; Friday evening FebFoary
day. April %, 1862 Companies A, B. @. n ard win
assemble ct the same place. fully armed and equipped,
March IL 1883; Friday evening. S April D ises Line
on each occasion win be formed at eight O'Clock
r. NJ. precisely: nrst sergeants call at quarter to
eight O'Clock The field and star VIII be present az
all OF the above drills. The non-commis si0ned stan,
color guard, general guides, drum major and drum
Of the respective companies will report to the
adjutant at rst sergeants CALL at all OF the above
mentioned drills. Sec0nd-Commandants Of COM
panes win GILL and instruct their commands.
at least once q week until further notice.
Thfrd-Commandants Of companies will furnish the
adutant Of this regiment with o morning report
and . list or al absentees from any OF the above
mentioned drills within ten days after each drill.
Fourth-The field, stad, captains Of companies and
non-commissioned stan are hereby ordered TO fur
nish the adjutant OF this regiment with their full
name, place Of business and residence within two
weeks from date The commandanf OF this resy
ment again recommends careful study OF Upton'e
Tactics to the Officers as within snort time al
those officers who shall show any disqualification
for the positions which tney hold win be ordered bc
fore an examlHing board. The colonel or ,adjutanf
OF this command win at any time II asked give any
desired information which may assist them, but
strict discipline viii be enforced. For neglect OF any
part OF this order ofccrs will be subject TO court
martial, and nou-commissioned officers VIII be res
duced TO the ranKsl The iadjutant OF the Regiments
may be seen any evening at his residence, No "
state street: Brooklyn, where also all resmentai
papers may be sent
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