The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-27
THE TROUBLE IN TIE NINTH.
THE UNPUBLISHED HIsToDY OF IT'S
ORIGIN IND GROWTH.

Disappointing the Boys till He Made Them
Mad. How Col. Hart Got Use of Adju.
lans Snyder's Horse. Cooling then
Skins ON the Pavement In Vain
That the Ninth Regiment National
Guard, Of this State, is in serious plight,
every newspaper reader knows, but the
trouble is being made light of by many
people who pretend to know all about it,
and who really know nothing. When it is
announced that the difficulty will blow over
in day or two, a mistake is being made,
fara feeling of bitterness has been engen-
deted which nothing but s:blood" will
satisfy. A majority of the rank and file de-
mand the resignation of Col. Hart, Per-
haps afew of the men have personal axes to
grind, but there is no doubt of the fact
tlfAt they are standing by the officers in
the step the latter have taken.
Three companies meet in HoLoken. over
the City Hall, companies G, D, and f.
Company meets In Orange, and Company
Eon the Heights. With the exception OF
a lew men LII the latter company, the diff
ferent commands are prepared to make a
change. On Friday night the members of
Co. 9 visited the residence Of their captain,
Ramon Cook, on Eighth street, and, find
ing he was not at home, left note, stating
that they stood by the officers. Co. D. will
held meeting on Tuesday night, when an
expression viii be had. AS Lleut. Ruden-
bender, one of the officers accused of
drunkenness, belongs to this compsny, his
friends claim that the men will stand by
HIM.
The trouble between the Colonel aud the
regiment dates back a long time, but
no i'll feeling wsa expressed until the
anniversary of the battle of Yorktown, AS
one of the members of the regiment ex-
pressed it yesterday, eThe Colonel invited
all who wanted to go there to be at the
Fields in uniform at certain hour. We
were there, apd had the pleasure of sitting
around the curb until We were tired. Then
We started home, and found Colonel Hart
just starting out for the Fields.
Talking with another member of the
regiment, the reporter was informed that
the Colonel was profuse in promises, but
that few of them were carried out.
"a paper signed by 200 members of the
regiment, asking for shoulder knots, was
presented to the Colonel, and he promised
20 attend to the matter, but he hasn't as
yet
Another complaint was abaut the rifle
practice at Sea Girt during the encamp-
ment. The unqualified marksmen of the
Fifth and Ninth Regiments were notified TO
appear for rife practice, but it's claimed
that Colonel Hart kept bis men in camp to
attend the regimental drill, thereby depriv
ing some of his men of chance to secure
their first ssbars."
When the TATTLER saw Lieutenant Bu-
denbender yesterday, he emphatically de-
MEL having been seen drunk at the State
Camp, and said if there was any drLnxen-
ness, Col. Hart had share in it.
In connection with the Sea Grit encamp-
ment, pretty good story is told. 1t ap-
pears that Captain Snyder, of Orange,
Judge Advocate Of the regiment, took a
great fancy to a light horse in Hexamer's
stable, in Hoboken, and made replication
for it. The Colonel also wanted the ami
nal, but his subordinate secured it, and
carried it to Manasquan. Captain Snyder
had the pleasure of riding on the horse
oTce or twice, but it was promptly borrow
* by the Colonel, and was kept by him
during the week. However, the Captain
did not complain but watched the curyet-
ting of his animal with tears in his eyes.
CJlonel Parker, Brigade AdJutant, said
yesterday: "While we hear runlor of
trouble in the Ninth Regiment. nothing Of
fetal bag been received. General Steele
has all to say in the matter in case it
passes out of the hands of the regiment
but it is hardly likely that he will be COM
PEELED to adjust the difficulty. In any
event we will sustain commanding officers
until they are found unworthy"
A member Of Wadswnrth Post, G. A. r !
spoke highly of Col. Hart yesterday. He
said that the Colonel had seen but little
actual service, but was in all respects
good man.
"That there is no politics about it." said
a private in the armory yesterday, "may
be understood when you know that ma
jority Of our company are Republicans, Yet
we stand by the officers who are mainly
Democrats, because Col. Hart has SO often
made promises to us and then disappointed
u.s."