The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-01
MILITARY CHIT-CHAT.


II would appear that the result Of the Ninth regi
ment inspection has raised quite breeze In military
circles judging from the communications which
have been sent to the HERALD in reference 70 thu
matter. The writers OF these communications com
plain very bitterly as military men. that the In
spector General should have countenanced by bill
presence even though 1t was not of1cial, such I
fraud" AZ they claim The inspection was TIT
charge OF fraud against the Ninth Is based, accord
| Ing 70 them, on the fact that men VINO were mo-
bona Jade members OF the regiment were enabled
| thanks to the darkness which prevailed at thu
latter part Of the inspection, TO be counted
as members. Judging from the rumors that arr
| flying about concerning the inspection OF the
Ninth the complaints that come from all sides In the
First division concerning it, and many other things
In relation to 1t which have come to light, IL IL
pretty certain that the inspection was not what u
ought to have been. Il Ia fact beyond dispute that
| Major wentworth went through the farce OF In
speeding certain companies when It had become 700
| dark to be able to see the men whose names wero
called como to ''carry," or TO see WnsS ,aa
answered whom each mans name Was , Is.T"
dress aud their names allowed 10 20 uown ~ ,uo
lists part OF me strength Wee IN before mem
bers Of another regiment who got Into inc ranks 70
csens dress g. be musereG we're nSs rnIe bv
which ali regiments OF the First division should be
judged alike. There ls one Thing ABOUT Fhs spec,
SSo, as che grand total or men actually inspected,
are on,csl, and there y no way Of getting behind
s sSsris ,us4e0ISs them should ind out some
e Il n. o the e
inclined to push the question Of fraud to the bit ter
end n tss ma knows ,S quite ws
regiment on account Of that extra man who made
the Ninth topple over their es5 total and yet one OF
allowed himself to be mustered under the name Of
Crawford In one OF the companies Of the Ninth Just
r. 81 70 aK as Su
by the horns. Perhaps Lieutenant BarriDgton
might be able to draw up the necessary papers:
and again reiterated have alw avs been to certain
degree an expensive comedy for the States but there
fraud Is resorted TO to falsfy ofcial ngures II the
complaints against the Ninth be true the sooner the
parties who make them take me proper measures 70
the militia. II is not quite the thing Tor one regi-
ment to villify another through Jealousy 6y al sorts
the military code prescribes the remedy Who dares
face the musios
1t IS anneunced on pretty good authority taat
militia and that it WIN be the STANDBY Guard,n
which has been lately formed IN the Seventh ward:
Of veterans OF the late war, 1t should be
welcomed with open arms. Its colonel is
the Governors ssa ana one Of the best militia ON
GERS in the State. he viii, no doubt, make the COM
mand q ''CraCk" one IN short nIne, SINCE II mas
taken lts place in the division.
II Ia rumored that three regiments OF the Third
brigade have received secret orders TO be ready at
given signal on the IRE bells on election day to as
6emsle at their respective armOries The rumor
cannot be traced 10 any reliable source, but the I'M
PRECISION very strong In militia circles that the OF
fcerS Of few regiments know thing or TWO about
election worth Knowing What KIND OF Q shape The
enemy Is to present himself in Is mystery;
Company ID, Seventy-frst regiment, hold an cleo
ton wednesday TO dli the position OF captain Lieut.
tenant Joseph B. Coe Is said to be the coming man.
Joseph has been member or the regiment Tor SIX
years, and is military all over nom bus boot heels to
the peak OF his cap.
some rfteen hundred brand new Remington rifes
Is said, stored IN the state arsenal on Seventh
avenue Yesterday what are they intended for
The First company Of the Seventh regiment liz in
bad way somehow. II inspected ninety men last
year and only forty-dye this year, making the lowest
record Of ANY. other company IA the reg.
ever had are now officers in another regiment
One was courtnarialed and dismissed to please
the wnims Of one man, and the other, who was q
lieutenant colonel during the war IN the United
vate in the company through their disgust. There Is
nothing like good captain after all
Quartermaster Bob Weed has, they say, got his
eyes on a nag that can gallop over three brlgades
In TWO minutes. He intends to purchase the "hoss.n
but he swears he VIII never take him TO Phliadel-
phia, because nags VIII sit down III the streets there
In way that Is painful to good rider The "hoss''
Is not Bob.taIi.
Can somebody In the military line tell those who
ought to know. but DON'T that officers should not
breasts at Inspections. One officer last week had
his breast embazOned with nearly every reg1mental
pin In the First division Foolish people at distance
thought they were medals OF honor.