New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
Aggregate. Inspected. Per Cen
.--Inclualng the D th and pa seParate Companies

t-inciGdins the I7tn separate Company.
Ont of the total OF 3 3O4 officers and men in the
s,x regiments and three separate companies, 634
,rere MOI mustered The highest per cent of attend
ance was shown by the 23d-9l 7-lO-and the low
est bv the l1th-7Oi2 The members OF the Z3d
were particularly fortunate III having lhelr lhsDcc-
tion ana muster on The Fourth which, being legal
holiday ailo.ded an opportunity Tor very lu
turnout. In explanation Oi the lact lhat tle 1li1
made the poorest exhibit as to numbers II should
be ated that the regiment Is LARGELY composed OF
lahoring-men, who were not allowed Dy Ihen eln
pin PiI1b = 1onrs of duty during the encampnent were
nc llows; 23d Regiment, Jry to July : 12th,
July s-l4; IL Ii. July l4-19 S'h Regiment and
2d and ! lth separate Companies July ia; 4lh
Regiment and / 7tb separate Company, July Z4-ZJ; ;
22d. July 20 TO August /.
turn commandants of The post. were Colonel Rod
nev & Ward 22d; Colonel ;. '. X. Cruger, lZth (;
Colonel Frederick UHbckant, llth; Colonel George
d. scott Sth ; Colonel /. '. Iuttle, 47th; Colonel
The he money paid the several regiments and sep
arate companies lOr their respective tours OF duiy
is AS follows: 23d, 5000; lZth, SZ,339; lltI
S25I9 80; Sth S2732; "a separate Company
1858: l1th separate Company, %2o3 90; 4Ih,
81 800 80 ; 18th SEPARATE Company, 500 % I'd
81 Og4 80: total, $2l ,447 80 To these figures
sboud be added the regular salaries OF officers III
the military department OF the state ana the pay
of special employ es during the encanpment.
Excellent work has been done at the rifle range
the best record having been made by the I'D
which qualified seventy officers and men as marks
men. The 23d had no opportunity tor practice
the range not being completed III time. The names
of marksmen who have qualified and the scores OF
voiley anu HE firing OF eacd regiment have already
been published III HE lKIBUNE.
The success OF the opening season is IN no sIuail
degree due 10 lhe admirable cOnduct of the several
denartInents personally supervised by members OF
Governor COrnells stal lie fui Inst OF these Oncers
and their stalls /, as fOioWs MaJoI-UtheIaI rred-
erick townsend d,AuJutdnt-Generai;COO Ohelf fedtTcA
Pnisterer Acting Assistant AOJutant-UeDcrdl. loSt
Adiutsnt: BrigadIer-(ieneTal Robert Shaw OnVer,
Inspector General Colonel i. /. hodenDougn, As
eistant inspector. General Br9adel OencId ~ d.
,i..f nf Aft.u aStf
General and Acting COmInlssaiy y-GeucTal OF sub
sIstence L,eutenant-COlonel Wlnheid u. Bur
ton, Ordnance Department, assistant TO
General Nyie; Brgadler-o'eneral Jacob
". HOysraGt, Paymasler-Oeneral; Colonel
William q. Reid Assistant Paymaster-iener
BngadIer-Gencrh a. I. barnes, General Inspector
nj bJHe Practice Colonel Joseph o. story Assist
ant General Inspector OF Rifle Practice; Lleuten-
ant-COlonel Charles h. Oryls' Assistant General IN
snrctor OF Ride Practice; Surgeon Joseph ID.
Brcaut list Regiment, Post Surgeon; Hospital
steward Julius imgaId, 7lst Regiment Eosl
Hospital steward LOUIS Nihuhoi'%' Oon'iac'or
Adiutanr- General Ownsend enlisted IN the miiIta
when fIfIeen years OF age, as private nc suoso-
ouently and Oy RAPID promotions, became cohiIahu-
ant OF MS company, Oi regiment aud OI a oHgaue.
lie was Auiutant- General of the state from 1901 10
1861 under Governors King ana Morgan. lie went
10 the war as colonel 0t the ID New lOrk Noiuh
teers AID In less than SIX weeks was commissioner
as major IN the regular service lie was hIsI major
Of a battalion of the 18TH Infantry, trI then
to which rank lac was promo ed in 1864. lie re-
NAMED IN the service tl 1868, having been made
breyet hcuIenant-cOlOnel, colonel and brIgader-
general IN the regular service. In 1850 he was
agaIn made AdjutaDi-Gcneral at the beginning Of
Governor LOrnelPs administration. General
Townsend said TO the correspondent
OF IHR Tribune before leaving this place. that he
INTENDED to prepare 6Iil for presentation 10 the
next Legislature providing Tor the purchase of the
sic OF The camp here lor permanent use lie is OF
lie opinion that the tours OF duty should not be
les tnan ten days for each regiment, and this
rmnIon is shared by all the military men
VINO have carefully studied the results Of
tbe first enealnpment. General Townsend proposes
~ inclvde I'm hls bill provision for the appoint
menI of a permanent commandant OF the post ana
also for the appointment detailing OF pernia-
nent staff OF instructors. whose duty shail Do 10 III
xlruct the officers as well as 10 supervise