New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-16
sYBARITIC HOME GUARDS.
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OPPOSITION TO TIE PROTECTED ARMORIEs IN DRooK
LYN-A LONG MILE FOR GREESPoDr COMPANY.
Efforts are making at Albany to induce the
Legislature 10 appropriate large OF money for the
erection or handsome and commodious structures to be
used armofies for the Brooklyn regiments The mem
beers and friends Of the military organizations are max
ing efforts % bring about that result, while tbs tax
payers and propery-Owners OF Kings County are CD
posing the movement. Each OF the regiments
separate building for It's USE the construction
whereof would Involve expense OF from s50OO) to
sa 900 for each edlicc While many Of the members OF
the ngs County Board Of Supervisors ana other in1u-
ential citizens uIe that the arnory now building in
Clermont1ye. capaciOus eruuzh accommodate all
the Brooklyn regiments, aud that the expenditure OF
10000, which Will 10 required 10 supply the regiments
with the quarters they desire, is extravagant
and unnecessary The building in ClermOnt-sVe.
Is nearly 200 feet square, and with the addition u
another story c0nld accommodate every regiment in
Brooklyn. The regiments might meet on different
nights for dril. and might cconpy separate company
rooms which 1t Is urged could eay be placed along the
sides Of the large drrooms BY the passage OF act
Of the Legslsturaof 1872 900 were appropriated for
the purchase OF the land and erection Of building for
the exclusive Of the 23d Regiment. The property In
ClermOntave. consisting OF IA lots OF ground, near
Myrtleave., purchased and the contract for the
building given out or the whole amount appro-
priated has been absorbed, and the armOry will be
the Legislature in providing separate building for the
2Jd Regiment induced the remaining military organize
tons apply for edces for their use and g members
OF company OF the 47th Regiment, who lived in Green
point and not disposed TO attend the armory
in Wiamsbufgh drill nights, applied 10
the last Legislature for an appropriation for
the erection OF company arTDory at Greenpont.
When it is oOnsidered that members Of the National
Guard, attending drill in New-YOrk, frequently live in
Brooklyn and Staten Island. the aosurdity
OF the demand Tor the building OF cOmpany's armOry
in GreenpOnt tie ground that the Tegmenta armory
was situated in Willisnsburgh, whence % men were
obliged to 90 mile from Greenpoint every week, will
be readily cOmprehcuded The stature, however,
induced appropriate $1,000 for the purpose. with in
sruetOns that disbursed undr the direction OF the
Brooklyn Board Of Supervisors. But the majority Of
the Board under tho leadership Supervisor Harman
fought the every STEP believing that there
was occasion for the building and that the expend
ure Of money for that purpose was unnecessary and
amounted profigaey in disbursement OF the public
funds. Finally the matter got into the courts upon
mandamus. but II went over from time to time In the
hope that the action the last Legislature would be
rescnded by the present one and at the beginning Of
the session OF the Legislature OF 1873 Supervisor Har
sent 20 a representative from Kings County the
COPY OF bill providing for the resembling OF the act
previous measure were Immediately informed or
the efforts making 20 inauce repeal They Immediately
OF the members OF the Assembly 90 Introduce bill
increasing the appropriation from $4,000 10 $1,000 The
bill WIS favOraby received and the chances III favor OK
It's passage stated - be strong.
The members, ocers, and friends OF the l4th Brook
lynl Regiment have also been actively urging Tor sOo
time Albany the passage OF bill which has already
been approved by the Assembly appropraung $1,000
the purchase OF Land ana the erection OF building
exclusive Of the l8th Regiment as armOry
and drrOOm. Friends also, OF the 23d, 18TH, 18th Reg
ments and the Naturalization are urging the passage OF
bills making appropriations for the erection or arnO RES
for their exclusive The action OF the Legislature IS
looked Brooklyn residents with great deal OF In
terest generally believed that the assignment OF
different buildings erected at great expense for the re
menIs unnecessary, aud that ample room Tor AL the
regiments might be provided in a single building, me
cost OF which would be little than that apprOpr
ated for a single regiment.