New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17
THE BUSY GUARDSMEN.
A NEW JUDGE.ADvOCATE.GE GENERAL Ap
POINTED.
THE CASE OF SAMUEL LEVON - INSPECTION
AND DINNERs-A NEW SWORD FOR

CAPTAIN BURNS.
Henry s. Van Duzen was, on Friday appointed
Judge advocate general OF the First Brigade, TO suo
coed stephen H. Olin who has been promoted, and is
now assistant adjutant-general. Mr. Van Duen is
lawyer at No. 81 Nassaust., and Is about hlrtyavs
years old. He has had any experience In decid-
ing ques lions Of military law than would naturally
como to a practising lawyer. This is the second tine
that Judge advocate general has been promoted to
be assistant adjhtant-generaL David b. williamson
who IS now dead the other one. He was retired
as brevet colonel, at MS request on May s. lisa,
and died not long afterwald
The returns from the different regiments Of the mum.
Der OF men, ETC., in the Brooklyn parade have not all
been sent in to General Fitzgerads Office yet and tie
failure OF the regiments he I'D and the 7lsp to dc 50
has caused considerable annoyance at Brigade Head
quarters.
The contest which has been causing q great deal Of
trouble in the o2d Regiment was definitely settled In
the supreme Court, where the case had been carried
Captain John p. Leo, president Of the delinquency
court Of the regiment, appointed samuel Levon as
MARSHAL to collect fines imposed by the court II sp
pears that Levon made himself obnoxious in some waJ
and Leo removed him. Levon refused to give up The
Office even after Judge Acknowledgement Clifford A II.
Bartlett had decided against him, and he carried the
case to the supreme Court. He asked Judge Andrew
for 4 mandamus compelling Captain Leo to reinstate
him. The motion opposed by Judge Advocate
Levon be compelled give security for costs, as 70
quired by the military code. Judge Andrews denc'
Ievon's motion aud granted the made by the judge
advoc ate general, Captain Leo has been upheld IN
the action he took This will undoubtedly settle 1e
case and remove the contention from the regiment,
result which probably peases nearly every man IN the
regiment except Mr. Levon.
The members of the Harlem company, B, Of the 7ls
Regiment are in luck. Their comfortable quarters In
Harlem were recently destroyed by fire, and several
hundred dollars worth Of property destroyed among
other things the Abeel trophy. The property was IN
sured for nearly It's entie value, and the Insurance
company has promptly paid over the money. so thai
the work already begun Of reng the old quarters
at one hundred and twenty ffthst and seventhaye.
general court martial has been ordered from head
quarters at Albany, and will convene at the 7ls
Regiment Armory on November D. at .. m. for The
trial of Private Mingey of Company f, god Regiment
The charge against Mr.. Mngey is INSTRUMENTATION.
The Governing Board of the United Service Cluk
gave a dinner to the fed officers OF the First Brigade
at the clubs rooms in Twenty eghth-st last night
Brigade Engineer Major Benjamin S. Church ha
retired 10 the supernumerary list at his own 70
quest
on account of the incomplete condition OF the 81
EeCtment Armory the Inspection OF that regiment has
again been postponed. II the work of finishing M
building proceeds as rapidly as It Il now hoped ns
it will the inspection will be held on December D.
The Inspection OF the 22d Regiment was held o.
Friday night and the attendance was 639 men ou
Of a total of G69 on the rolls. In CompaAs d. "
and there were 100 per of the men on the rO'H
present 49,, ,.A
ON Monday evening the inspection OF the l-u' ne
mont WAS held. There were $50 men present "A
Of 4 total strength of 665. Captain Charles D Dui
Of Company b, received a surprise when ne op0nn
his locker in the armory on Monday evening ~
found a splendid sword and belt hanging Oh 49,
II was sent to him by some flieslds ouisiue u ~
regiment Captain Burns is veteran ha'lns
in the service twenty years and IS one OF 'He law
ponular officers In the National Guard.
The eth Regiments annual inspection was aeA
tbe armory on Friday evening There mas oeeh
,rcat deal of rivalry between the I'D keslneh' "
Drooklyn and the 18th for the best percentage y" -
number of men present at the inspection ms Yes
The members OF the Brooklyn regiment put ior'n -,
hest efforts and succeeded IN having So'so pei a.
NJ their total strength present. The foS'c' " IA
9Th Regiment show that there are l,OiO men az ga
in the regiment and on Friday night there "eio -
men Old hand being 90.42 per cent OF the "hO" a
her Thus the New-York regiment beats '.,,
Rrookyn by a little less than per cent iH
co,npanv which is not full in the 'th hesH nn hi
Coni'a"y n There are but cighty-nine men ~ snl
rolls Of that company and the fact + sShe smnany
bat thse ~ the siN ab,entces were from ina s syes
Tie large number OF men present "sS 80 occasoa
for tbe : IA Regiment and their recofu on u ynitz5
IL said IN exceed any record made py any 49,
ORGANIZATION IN this STATE heretofore