The sun., 1878-01-29
N.iTTON.iL GUiRD DISCIPLINE.
Members OF the seventy -Hrst st egiment Flung
Into Ludlow street Jaii.

Tho summary arrest yesterday by n Gov
crnment Marshal OF Mr.. Lloyd i. Montgomery
~ tho Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr..
Hugh +. Farrell Of IL Dcy street. Mr.. II. W.
Mcintyre Of the Astur llOusc. and Alexander
McSorlcy. all members OF the Sevcnty-irst
Regiment. and their detention In Ludlow street
Jail. created considerable feeling among men,
bers NJ tho regiment. who assembled outside
the Jail to see their friends.
Tx-Judxc Jones and Mr.. Bushnell. the pris-
onors' lawyers. explained that the arrests came
of the dismemberment of Company A. the COM
pany refusing to comply with the order with
out hearing Col Vose promulgated an order
in March. 1876 consolidating Company
A. and distributing its members through the
regiment This act wns interpreted 10y tho
mcmbers Of Company \ ~ an expression OF
the Colonel's personal feelings against Capt.
Ernest \. Des Marrts. The members openly
expressed their dissatisfaction. and almost
every member refused Ia serve. j. {. Siarcl,
was arrested To test the casc. the charge against
him being non-srrvice and non payment OF
dues The case WIS taken before Judge Dono-
hue. and his Honor nprointcd his clerk, Mr.;
Sincmir,,ns ,ns referee. 1t was then, understood
that until decision wns rendered no, further
steps should he taken, and the arrests that were
made yesterday are viewed as arbitrary.
time bccn deiinquent in nm money and | put up
To the Adiutant OF the State. and Capt. Des
TO make a report To- Col. Vosc. the company was
ordered to be consolidated.
Col. Nosc regretted that for the good of the
regiment he had been compelled To- take the
step. Company A was originally formed OF the
Old Light Guard and tho regiment was proud
of IL.
Capt. Ernest A. Dcs StGrets is a member Of the
Stock TX change, and has his office nj G6 Broad
way. He said; When the militia were formed
into the National Guard Of New York and inde-
pendent companies were formed into regiments.
the Old Light Nuaru was attached to Company
of the Seventv-ilrst. giving them the right OF
the line. In 1871 Capt. Dss Marets was trans
frrrcd from the Thirty-sceeuth. and. as senior
CAPTAIN. was by priority elected to the command
OF Company 4 OF tho Seventy-nrst. This created
Intense Jealousy among tina CAPITA ms OF the
regiment Can't nes Marets had been in the
service since 1868. rather than cause any
ill-ieeling in the regiment h" offered
20 take command Of the Color Company.
but Brigadier Gen. Rockerfeller would not
permit his waving his seniority. and ordered
him 10 take command Of his company. Then
the opposition grew greater. aud the occas ton
was seized 10 make Il Il personal matter. Col.
Nose pressed the subject. and il wound up with
an order from headquarters consolidating the
company and virtually retiring the Captain.
Company claim thnt the order was not prop
er.y issued. and they Were never legally con-
soidatsd. The members OF the company who
were arrested felt greatly aggrieved. as they
have never. by word or act. so they aver. dis
obeyed the orders Of their superior officers. but
were merely acting in obedience 70 law- They
are all ready 10 pay their dues when they are
certain that the disbandmcnt OF the crack COM
pany OF the regiment IL certain.