New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-15
FOLLOWING THE DRUM.
THE SUMNER SEASON IN DRILL ROOMS.
PREPARING IN THE ARMoRIEs FOR OUTDOOR
XoRk-CuANGES IN TILE REGIMENTs.

W0Rk-CHANGES IN THE REGIMENTS.
Everything is in readiness for the departure
list Regiment for Richmond and the Bull Run battle
Geld next Friday. cscoit!ng the surviving veterans ~
the command who part in the first campaign OF
War for the Union. Among thoss who viii accompany
the regimen, General Louis Fitzgerald and COioncls
MELVIN and McGath, OF the Governors stat The
nr;nory Of the LIST Virginia Regiment will be occupied
BY the visitors while in Richmond. AMI they will be
reviewed there by Governor Fitzhugh Lee Colonel
Frederick HOPPER entirely recovered from the IN
iuries caused by fall of drilling
stan az Durlaads riding school, and VIII command
OF the regiment this trip. lie has been actively
engaged since his return from brief visit his
in Vermont in experimenting the preparations for the
departure Of the regiment IL Is fully equipped and wei
drilled and will doubtless give good account Of itself
on expedition which viii memorable In It's annals
The regiment Is proud OF it's record in Bull Fun
campaign
The 18th Regiment <72 men on its rolls ana ia
receiving many applications Tor membership good
class Of souag mch The regiment VIII 70 grow
doubtless until It reaches It's old position National
Guard The certainty Of having armory in the near
future ard the excellent discipline maintained by Colonel
Scott are the causes OF the marked Improvement this
command
Firing blank cartridges with Calling guns on Sunday is
amusement that tho OF the Cd Battery are not
likely TO Indulge In again very sOoD Their conduct in
this respect has aroused Of Indignation among
residents in the vicinity Of their armry No such pas
times are INDUCED in in other military organizations
city, and II they were they would soon be stopped
The NewYorS Hussars. whose application for member
ship in the National Guard Is the Aduan
General, has now sixty members. They wear snowy
uniform and present fine appearance when In line. The
officers Captain H. II. Balch lieutenant H. s
ls'lln; second Lieutenant Frank lIalpn and
Morgan chaplain. Among the nOnc0mmis stoned officers
Is < f. Schuyle- formerly member OF the 9Th Regiment
Captain Ferdinand p. Earle, OF the Battery noted
for his charities The I'ailc Guild whose headquarters
arc in EaFes Hotel Centre and Canal sts dispenses
Ice free ior sick children daily.
Lieutenant IL Snt Of y
nled temporarily the command Of Company L list
Regiment after the resignation Of Captain Barry has
taken 5000 care Of the interests Of the latter company He
Is regarded as an excellent officer lie enlisted I'm Com.
pauy B, eth Regiment. as "a private in June 1881 On
March 10 lss7, he made second lieutenant OF Com.
2any B. 7lst Regiment and first cuenans since
October 1s.
ouartermaster Sergeant Robert Z Broen f. has been
appointed sergeant major Of the sh Regiment Quarter
master Sergeant Joseph Hcarn Company F has been
appointed sergeant standard bearer and George D. Scott
H. has been appointed Quarermaster sergeant of the
regiment
The 18Th Regiment. Colonel David E. Austen will 20
to the State Camp at Peekski next Saturday and week
later VIII be rele-ed by the 18th Regiment Colonel George
D. Scott which will remain there until August l. Both
commands have been drilling actively for this tour Of
duty and well prepared FOR It,
Livery member Of the Goth Regiment who failed to
for duty with the command occasion
Of rs departure for the State Camp and has no valid
excuse, will be fined So The same fne will be imposei
Tor each dcy Of absence from camp present week
In Company c, eth Regiment William Eckcnfelder has
been elected sergeant and T. j. McCauey. c. Morton and
Edward Fellows have been made corporas
Frst Sergeant Michael j. Brennan and ouarterrnaster
Sergeant Patrick OTarrel Of Company A. Regiment
have received their and upon the
sctlye discharge Of the duties positions
Thomas j. Con;rey and Christopher Morganweek have
been appointed coIposais Company G, Regiment
Corporal C. Bruhl has been made sergent in Company
il. ana Theodore Brown and II. Finkiesein have been
made corporals in that company
Lett General Guide Lawrence Dolan. Of the Goth
REGIMENT; Sergeant Patrick Clark, Of Company B. Ser
gcant James 5 Cogan, Of Company G and corporals
Patrick McArdle and John Lynch, Of Company A. and
Daniel O'ConnOr, Of Company G, have received
warrants.
IianA Kcck who has been elected second lieutenant
Of Company c. list Regiment has gained good record
in Company b. eth Regiment OF which he has been
time member First Sergeant Peter II. Hawley
has been elected first Lieutenant Of Company D.
J. c. o'Brcn AMI Frederick Williams have been made
sofseants Company F, sth Regiment Charles b.
S'ockler has beer promoted to the position OF corporal
OF Company B. Sergeant Louis Haubenestel has been
appointed OF Company I. Private
Charles Chapel Of Company F. has been honor7bly dis
CHARGED Of the expiration Of his OF service
The officers and men Of the 9th Regiment greatly
pleased with the success Of expedition Gettys
burg battlefield and Colonel Seward is praised for his
management Of the details Of the trip. Tho be.
hayed s.eEdidly throughout
QuarteTmas;er George L. Wentworth will continue
be Acting Aaluant Of the 9Th Regiment until after the
from camp when permanent adiuant VIII be ap
pointed. Lieutenant Wentworth fills the position ad
mirably
Corporal William II. Lux OF Company F, 22d Regiment
left that command to take the position OF first ser
geant Of Talmage7 company Of the 18th Regiment
Corporal William A. Coles, Of Company D, 22d Regiment
has been honorably discharged
First Lieutenant c. II. Dc Vine has been busly en-
gagged or preparing the recruits Of Company
sh Regmen; FOR camp duty. There are sixteen in
the class and he drills them once week. Corporal
Bor-chcrs and Private Kcnnedy Of this company have
been elected sergeants Pryates Monroe, Mackin AMI
Collins have been made coFporals Since January thirty
s!x men have joined the company.
Austin l. Pressinger is business Of the thriv
Ing eth Regiment Gazette Association and g. L. Hoffman
IS secretary and The Gazette IS lively
chronicle Of the doinss Of the regiment
leave Of absence months has been granted to
Lieutenant Joseph l. Meyer, OF Company G, 9Th RegL
uent lie will spend his vacation in Europe.
Colonel Emmons CLARK, Of the 9TH Regiment, is the
senior colonel Of the National Guard this State and
Lieutenant Colonel George Smith, command
is the second senior lieutenant colonel.
IL Is officially announced in orders from the head
quarters Of the fist Regiment that the designations Of
Captain James Z. Place Of Company G, and First Lieu
tenant William Brooke, Of Company c. have been accepted
ana they have been honorably discharged
There 54s the rolls OF the 22d Regi
ncnt The 9Th numbers 1887 and the LIST Battery III
mon. OF the eth Regiment COO men have qualified
marksmen.
on rcgimenta practice day Of the list Regiment
az CIeeimoor, Company qualified more than any
other This is Of the best drilled companies
in the command
Corporal Lloyd w. Francis, son Of Captain Augustus T.
Francis OF Company c. list Regiment, who recently
elected sergesn: Of that company, and passed the
lining board with great credit received his warrant
and has entered upon the active discharge Of HIS duties
Only those members mcmbcFs-eect OF the 7th Reg
uent who have finished in event at Of the last
Tour fegnental games eligible for admission 10 the
Association Of Athletes the eth Regiment" which
recently organized The officers OF the association are as
follows President Gerald Schuyler first vice president
Harry l. bloomfield; second vice president. Robert J
hazet corresponding secretary Austin r. Pressinger
recording Charles p Bos;wick and treasurer
Charles L. Jacquen over ninety per Of the quail
lhed athletes OF the regiment members OF the associa
ton Many Of them will enter for the games In De- |
ceHber In order 10 DO cassed active athletes" which
Is necessary In order 70 retain their membership.
First Sergeant Walter L. Royal OF Company C, fist |