The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29
NATIONAL GUARD DIFFICULTIES


NATIONAL GUARD DIFFICULTIES.
The Quarrel About the Centre Street
Armory-Orders and C0unter-Orders-
indignation Meeting OF the Omcers
OF tho Ninety-sixth Regtment-Thc
Eleventh Regiment ON tho Warpath.
The unseemly disputes between the Ninety-sixth
and Eleventh regiments, N. @. 8. N. Y, have at.
tracted good deal Of attention in the community
and been the cause OF much regret generally, es-
pecialy among the admirers OF citizen s0diery,
who wish to see the militia completely Ill the OBJ
ject Of its organizatiOn-that OF proving itself
bulwark to the nation and showing an example Of
discipline and obedience worthy of imitation.
A meeting Of the officers Of the regiment was
held in the house Of the chief of the regiment, No.
100 Delaney street. Colonel Stauf declined tossay
anything to reporter of the HERALD about its
proceedings, maintaining that it was only q pri-
vate gathering Of few friends. It, however,
transpred that the reunion was being verified for
the purpose OF sending delegation to Albany to
confer with the .Commander-in- Chief. Colonel
Stauf and some Of his officers consider themselves
as having been badly treated and ''lied against"
they think that the orders recently is-
good osr Hno arg
very much tncensed against Major General Shaler,
qsny having disobeyed any orders received through
OF their having taken forcible possession Of the
Centre street Armory ts untrue. Neither is IT
for the purpose Of retaining possession at all haz
ards. Colonel Stauf, Lieutenant Colonel Hemmer
q
the 18th inst. asking their corps to vacate the
IN DISPUTE they at the same time Sp
for them. This was not done, and as the Ninety
sixth had no place TO march to they were unable
to leave their new billet in Centre street.
The following of1cial documents that have been
handed IN for publication will give the reader an
idea Of the correspondence passed between the
several military authorities concerning this mat
teri
GENERAL oRprRs-No. g.
BaaPs NEW Yos4 Dsc s is
ton
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Cconei sr1TF, Communicating Ninety sixth Regiment,
Upon assembling the regiment General Funk was
on the ground to review and inspect II, ana subse-
the regiment marched TO the new armory. This
from Supervisor Kehr. The General put the reet-
ment In possession of the new armory. The follow
ing u the Order:-
HEADQUARTERS SECOND Bn1c1Ds, FIasr DrylsoH.
msSi so Vii
ea q e. sa q said
He WIN cause the State and county property in the
81 @ r. be Ssc
n nsS e an fns
p:ance with this order writing the headquarters
'D0D. 's s Bf,gssier General AUGUSTUS FUNK
GEO. I. SIXTH, Lieutenant Colonel and A. O.
Colonel stauf received the following order on
the l4tn lnst:-
HEADQUARTERS FIRST Dlyls1os N, q, N.Y.
COLONEL am directed to furnish for your nforma.
ton and suidanSe the teow,ns copy Of the res9uOns
the 18th ns relating to the occupancy of the Centre
hst xImoIy By ne Ninety s1sS issi%sns without any
sa 70 sH.sa Sc standing
nfst s SspsSy s
TO remove the Ninetysxth regiment from the Centre
sonfotmits with the spirit Of the second resolution
s ss s
action thereon in writing these headquarters on
or before the re- Sss} e. oo
IL SGlcps ATPHSw srAU' commanding Ninety sixth
1t viii be seen by the foregoing order that i've
clear days were allowed to the Ninety-sixth reRi-
the day in which the order should have been com
piled with Colonel Stauf addressed the following
oficial communication to Lieutenant Colonel Carl
HEADQUARTERS NINETY sxrH Rnc'r. n. G. sN:Y.,l
Lieutenant Colonel CARL JussEN, 4. a. Il 9. First
SssoEII in receipt Ct your
tns s S-s. Il the Major
VIC FIST u!VsiOn 10 cause my regiment 70
ing me to vacate the without delay, &C. In
swer have to say that am unable to vacate the
ory having no other to occupy. and being responsible
.s 5 xsis hsy
well the necessity Of obeying the orders my superior
because Of Is imp cssbiify the Major General com
mandng win give me the order TO stack my arms and
responsibility and loss will at once obey / would
respectfully call his attention the fact that
return TO the armony lately occupied by the
having been condemned BY the Inspector General state
years and unsafe for military as the lease has expired
and reoccupancy on my part would bind me and make
me responsible for the payment OF its rent which he
certainly cannot mean BY his order.
remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant
Colonel commanding 9eth regiment Infantry n g. S. NY
The armorer Of the Ninety-sixth regiment states
that when Colonel Jussen knocked at the door for
admittance there were no persons IN the armOry
but himself and son, who Is q drummer In the
same corps. He says that he is still in possession
OF the new armory, but will have to vacate 1t, to-
gether with all the property OF the regiment pub
lie and private, on Monday next
Just at this moment the martial sound Of ap-
preaching drums was heard. Presently 1t was as
certained that the music emanated from com.
pany or more OF the Eleventh regiment, who beat
the aIdewalk). This seemed like bravado and
was calculated to produce o breach of the peace,
especially as some OF those who were in the pro-
cession used insulting language at passing the
house OF Colonel Stauf
Both regiments are composed principally OF
Germans.