The New York herald., 1869-10-04
MILITARY NOTES.

Now that the regular drills have been already
begun by Tie various regiments 1t may not he OUT of
place to nentlon acertan circumstance which may in
some degree enect not only change in the drill OF one
regiment, but in al those commands winch take it as
pattern to go by. The circumstance that 1t has
been decided, or 1t is about to be decided by the
Seventh regiment officers that the rate swrtness
OF each motion in the manual OF arms, with the
exception OF the motions relative to the cartridge
the rammer and the liking and unnxing OF the bayo-
net be fixed at the sixty and half part Of
a minute. 1t may be that this slow time VIII be
beneficial in some respects, ana that the motions
will be more accurately observed than IL they were
executed in quicker time; but Upton IN his tactics
evidently does not take this view of the case, for he
1xes the rate at the ninetien part Of minute, and
this rate is strictly adhered to by the battalion OF
West Point cadets, Which have the reputation Of
being the most perfectly drilled organization in the
Union However, trial OF slower rate Will do no
harm.
The First division Will parade Tor review by the
Commander-lnChier on "Wednesday, the 9th inst
The troops viii be formed In depoyed line on Fifth
avenue the right resting Waverey places the
brigddes III their numerical order from right to left,
WIN WIN Tue rrss m orgaae oI cavary on tne leit the
Two O'Clock +. NJ, as tle base OF the formation each
OF the other brgades In their turn forming on the
left OF Tue preceding one. Hist3xcelency the Com
will begin the review ct three O'Clock
L. NJ precisely.
The following changes have taken place in the
Thirteenth reglment:-Promoted--L Colo
ne Thomas 5. DakiL TO be colonel; Major Frederick
a. Mason, TO be lieutenant colonel; Captain Philip
H. Briggs, to be MAJOR; Second Lieutenant Ava w
Powell, Company G. 10 be captain same company
Sergeant John Pedronceili Company Q, to be second
lieutenant. Appointed-Samuel Richards, to be first
lieutenant ana adjutant; Abraham Van Nostrand to
be lrst lieutenant and quartermastcr.
some buayb0dy VINO has nothing better to do than
to get up what he chooses to call s'rumors, about
this that and the other regiment in the militia, has
Ninth regiment. lie rumors 1t that Adjutant Alien
Is to resign. and that there great deal OF trouble
among the officers OF the command. There is no
foundation whatever for either OF these Grundysms.
The Ninth Is III good spirits and condition, and can
take care OF itsell, despite the efforts the croakers
ore making to ignore its good name.
Lieutenant Henry s. Steele, Seventh regiment, has
resigned, and an election will shortly be had In his
company to III hs place.
The following officers have been lately elected In
the Sixth Recommendation @. Oinger, to be captain,
Company X; William Kopp, first lieutenant. same;
Z. Adler second Lieutenant, Company A; Charles
R,ecae, second lieutenant, Company d. The officers
nesday FOR theoretical Instruction
uap y m az heny flsener M o. The First regiment cav
on the charge OF iunorfcerAke :, conducp and
olignofance OF duty preferred by Major Madden,
car, cd me same regiment It 10 to be hoped that tins
court martial VIII be carried out as 1t should
aS0Srn sas ds Without @ doing s0' anything nySS 20
to serve certain papers on the accused
according &C to law The KrenDle court martial went
nav nave gone before it. II those who prefer charges
ana Ret court martial formed do not know what to
DO 10 mako their actions legal they shoud turn their
minds 70 something they can understand. Tne mn
lory ai,yo, o G,e court martals that held In the
W ,nh Hs'a us nowadays are as 30 many farces TO
ue iau4neu Nv Ano Tor which no one seems to have
the sgntest respect ana this because technicality
regns supreme "a tnelr councils ana common sense
can find no place. what is worth doinU NJ ali -
worth dong we'll - ~ -
Captain Charles NJ. schIsnelin, Company II Ninth
regiment In special order, Congratulated the man.
bcrs on their soldery bearing and good conduct ss
exhibited during the last drlI season. aud hopes that