The New York herald., 1877-10-24
ARMORIES NEEDED.
REGIMENTS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WITHOUT
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERs-wHY THEiI

REGIMENTS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WITHOUT
PERMANENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THEIR
LEASES HAVE NOT BEEN RENEWED.
The Board OF Aldermen have been importuned
during the past six months by different regiments OF
the National Guard for armories and drilrooms in
which permanent headquarters could be established,
NJ some oil the organizations referred to are only
temporarily quartcred aud are at the mercy Of their
landlords because they have no leases The conse-
quonce Ia that tho Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth regi-
ments and Washington Gray troop are In state Of
great anxiety, as they lear eJectment without mo-
ment's notice. Battery is in q similar condition.
II is rumored that tho armory Of the Eighth reg-
ment Is leased by the owner to . manufacturing
company which will take possession soon. Thon the
Eighth will havc no quarters to remove TO- The
Mayor, Aldermen and Comptroller, who have the
matter OF leases In charge, have been accused OF
neglect Of duty. They, however, claim that their
ana on that account they have refused to pay the
exorbant demanded by the owners Of this class
Colonel Jusseu. Of the First Division Headquarters
said leases had been executed for armores Tor
the Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth regmenls. or for the
Washington Grays or Battery X u the artillery. The
latter regiment quartered IN tho state Arsenal
ut seventh avenue and Thirty NTH street. They
made application for armory, but their request has
not been acted upon by the Common Council The
rooms they now occupy are needed Dy the State au-
thorlties as The State has place TO It's
guns. The arsenal has just been thoroughly
equipped. In regard 10 the Ninth regiment Colonel
Jussen said that they stil retained thor OLD Quarters
He undersl that there had been reasonable offer
made by tho owners o the buiding but dlu not know
whether had been accepted or not The Washington
Gray Troop is now located IN the same building
with the Twelfth regiment ct Forty-iourtn
street and Broadway. Inc lease OF that building
had been declared VOID and the rent mad not been
pad. This was the with several other armVries
had becn Tor year or more so that the owners
could eject the occupants at any time The Board OF
Aldermen were required by law 10 PROVIDE quarters
for these organ The Mayor, Comptroller aud
one u The Tax Commissioners constitute comms-
sion ior the settlement OF Old armory claims
wnY LKAsEs WE'RE NOT RExEwED
Alderman Twomey, of the Committee on County
Affairs, which has charge OF TINS subject. on oens
Quckt,oped as 10 tho omission OF the Board Of Alder
men 10 provide quarters Tor the regiments, rcpiied
that reason they had not renewed the leases OF
some OF the arnorics was because the rents asked
werc exorbitant There had been great deal OF
abuse In this matter aud the committee were deter
mined TO stop this extravaganza They had desired the
own OF the various buildinge 10 make reductions
in rcn but this had not been done and the CON-
mtlee dd not iecl authorized 70 take up 1--WE or ten
ysars lease IT such prices had bcen de:
manded. The troops did not care about removing
from their old quarters, ana the property owners
seemed TO think that the matter might be adjusted
The State gave only $3.50 year to each regiment
for all expenses. Mr. Twomey thought the State
should provide the for them, the CITY had
been At too great an expense for alreadyneary
4000 900 IN The last lew years. Tho commission ap-
pointed settle the matter ot leases declared most Of
them void oi the high rents aud tho prop
erty owners had not been paid IN some time.
Deputy Comptroller storrs SAID that the armories
Were leased unuOI CnuptcT 500 LAWS VI Aoto, wHiou
provides ior the rental OF property Tor such purposes
H. however armory had been leased alter the budget
for tho year had been made up tue owners would
have wait for their money until the appropriations
came In Tor the next year. This was the case with
armory OF the First troop OF cavalry, Nos. and
IL West Thirteenth street, which had been engaged at
rental OF $1,000 year, and the armory ol the
Twenty seventh regiment Morrisana hall, ut $3.50
year. The following leases also declared good
Seventy first regiment Broadway, sixth avenue anu
Thrty-htn street. at 1000; Twenty-second Four
teenth street, between Sixth ana seventh avenues,
$4,000, and Fifth regiment, Nos l39 10 143 West
third street, ST. 500 There lett I dispute
the armory OF the Twelfth regiment, Broadway and
street, where the Washington Grays are
temporarily quartersd; that OF the Ninth regiment
Twenty-sxt III street, seventh avenue, the
moros OF Eighth, Seventh, sixtynintn and Elcv-
anth regiments.