Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-19
A REGIMENT 1NpK1s1oNEp.

commanded by Gen. Augustus Funk,
composed of the Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh,
Eighty fourth, and Ninety-sixth regi-
ments of infantry, and the Third regi-
ment of cavalry, went to Prospect park
yesterday fm a field day. Before the
formation for brigade drill the regi-
ments were drilled separately. The
Eleventh regiment is commanded by
Col. Frederick Vilmar, who is not po-
pular with his men. At command to
shoulder arms, Frederick Cramer of L
Company refused to obey. The colonel
looked at him and said "Obey the
command" whereupon Cramer stepped
in front of the line and replied "Who
are you You're no colonel ; you're a
jackass."
The colonel instantly ordered the ad-
iutant to place him under arrest, and
the drill was resumed. Soon afterward
the regiment was dismissed for lunch,
for which half an hour was given. In
the interval the captain of I Company,
at the request of his men, applied to the
colonel for Cramer's release. 1t was re-
fused. The line was then reformed,
and the colonel commanded "atten-
ton" upon which Company I mutinied
and demanded that their comrade be re-
turned to his place in the line. The
colonel reported the fact to Gen. Funk,
and under his instructions company
of the Ninety-sixth regiment was detail
ed to arrest the insubordinates, and
they were marched to the guard house.
just previous to the arrest the regiment,
though refusing to obey a command to
march off to take post, had grounded
arms in obedience to an order from Col.
Vilmar. After the company was march
ed off, the Third regiment of cavalry
filed in between the men and their
arms. The company officers of the
Eleventh were then ordered to the front
and addressed by Gen. Funk, who told
them to go home and wait for further
orders.
The officers conferred with the men,
and said their arms should be restored
if they kept quit, but they refused to
be pacifed, and vehemently declared
that they should not shoulder their
muskets again under Vilmar's COM
mands. The Eighty-fourth was then
sent by Gen. Funk to assist the cavalry
in arresting the entire body, which had
marched out in the morning three hun
bred strong. They quit the park at one
o'clock, and were five hours in making
the route back. They were first taken
to the Ludlow street Jail, but Warden
Tracy said he had no room for so many
prisoners. From there they were es-
oo,toJ 30 4I,o a,,,o1a1 - yThitn onI Fin,
streets, and locked up under guard OF
E Company, Eighty-fourth regiment.
When the arsenal was reached the pri-
soners had dwindled down to one hun
bred and six, and about thirty more
escaped from the building in the even
ing.
Gen. Funk teiegraphed from Brook
Ign to Superintendent of Police Matsell
for assistance when the regiment arriv-
ed in the city. Forty policemen met
them at the South ferry. On the march
up Broadway the prisoners made no at
tempt to break away, but on the route
through Brooklyn they could not be re-
strained. Many escaped by jumping
fences and lodging through Railways.
The guards were thoroughly exercised
in chasing the fugitives Three of them
were wounded. Christopher Zirichel
resisted and was stabbed in the rig hi
breast. The injury is serious. The
stabbing was seen by his wife, who
stood on the sidewalk. Henry Kleir
was stabbed in the arm, and Martin
Kolb in the left shoulder. Corpora
Cent? was sunstruck.
A number of the mutineers are moi
members of the regiment having turned
out yesterday at the request of theil
friends who are members, merely to fill
up the ranks. All but twelve members
of Company 1 escaped. They were
lodged in the Ludlow street Jail. Bri
gade Quartermaster A. i. George, Al
his own expense, supplied the prison
ers in the arsenal with food and coffee.
Gen. Funk telegraphed to Albany, to
the Adjutant- General of the state, bu
having received no answer at ten o'clock
went by the eleven o'clock train to con
fer with the Governor, as he does no
know what to do with the men.
At ten o'clock, by request of the Gen
eral, Inspector Walling sent out ORDER
for eight policemen to relieve the mill
tary on guard. This number will b,
kept there until the Governor decides
what disposition to make of the mutt
neers.
The line officers of the regiment wert
all placed under arrest on the field
General Funk says the trouble ha
been brewing for long time, arising
from the opposition to Colonel Vilmar
and that the company officers have aidet
and allotted the men in their course
This disaffection it is said was intensi-
fed yesterday by the fact that Will,
other regiments were permitted to rid
to the park in the cars, the Eleventh
was compelled to walk.
The guns of the regiment and tn
colors were brought over in truck ant
delivered at brigade headquarters
whence General Funk will direct thei
disposition after receiving orders from
Albany.
The Roman Catholic church has en-
tered upon a crusade against Freema
masons, So say the newspapers. w
think not. There are great many Ro
man Catholics in tho p,vstic hrotba,