New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
DOINGS OF THE MILITIA.
REGIMENTS CROWDED QUARTERS
| NO ELECTION OF OFFICERS IN THE 18TH kE0l
MENr YET-THE QUESTION OF HON

ORARY MEMBERSHIP
| Thre Is one more day for the marKsneh VI ."'
| 7th Regiment 10 60 10 Creedinoor-eioo"o" ~
| At present Company has qualified ll0 men, 'o
| pany B 1l6, and Company /. ia men. Inc per
centage of difference in the three companies Is less
than l per cent however the contest OF lucsuaS
will be both sharp and interesting. The preliminary
nspection of the regiment will be held on IhursuaS
! evening.
If sny evidence were needed prove the tnadequacy
Of the present quarters Of the Goth Regiment thoSe VINO
| had the misfortune be in the arnory on lhuisudS
evening, at the annual Inspection OF the re2hneh''
| could give testimony sufficient 10 prove 'no lao'
| hevond ouestion There were about 500 men In the
| drtllroom which according 10 the officers, is the
| largest number of men that has turned out lor u"
spection in years. The crOwding In the almof9 was
almost unbearabe. The line OF men EXTENDED atouIiu
| the four sides OF the hall, and then two companies
were obliged form in end. across the hall IN
spector- General Barber probably appreciated the u
Guilty under which the regiment was laborlne Whoh
he tried TO get around 10 inspect the men. Inc III
spection was unsatisfactory TO the Inspector-"eh-
era and to the officers OF the regiment on account Oh
the great crowding. The Inspector could not get
around to inspect the men properly and the men
could not appear at their best for the same ressoh'
Colonel Cavanagh is the senior colonel in the First
Brigade now and the officers gave him dinner at inc
Sinclair House on Tuesday evening.
There was talk at the close Of last season OF not
holding the state camp at PeeksBll next summer 80
that the grounds there could be put in better condition,
but It IS now thought that all Of the work necessary
can be done by June of next year, so that the dit
ferent organizations can go TO Peeksklll as usual
1t was intended at one time 10 pough
nm the parade grounds and arrange the tents
so that the camp would hold two regiments at once
instead Of one then every organization IN the n'ae
could 90 there for week every year instead OF
once in two years. That project has also been gwen
up. however, for next year, at least
The Military Association will meet In Albany IN
January and the matter Of honorary membership Will
nrobably be taken up Just how 1t will be sought
10 settle the matter has not yet been decided but IL
| is thought that petition viii be presented TO the
Adjutant- General asking MIN 10 use his influence ID
getting the code which prohibits honorary member
| ship, amended
The sth Regiment IS stl in as unsettled con
| dition as ever. The men assembled in the new
srmory on Wednesday to 60 to the Brooklyn parade
| but everything in the armory is still in CONFUSION
The regiments inspection occurs on November ~
and Colonel Scott has therefore had temporary gas
| fixtures put in, that he could ger ready ior uhe
| coming of the Inspector General The contract lot
uniting in the chandeliers not awarded until a
| few days ago and the man who received 1t mas
sixty DAYS to do the work. there is not much prob
| ability that the Armory Board will accept the build
ing before December 1 at the earliest
The 10Th Regiment is st without a Lieutenant
! ColoneI and Major and there appears 10 be no
probability that the places viii be flied ia the neal
future The officers have left the matter of selecting
| men for the offices entirely in Colonel Barbers
| hands and he says that he has one in view yet
The officers say that they men 10 fill the pat rs
| who know more about military affairs than ne
present captains do and every one who Is acquainted
| with the officers of the 18th Regiment knows that to
| find such men will be an extremely difficult task
The 18th Regiment has long been the top of rho
list In the matter of marhsmen but this year 1t had
| 10 give way TO other regiments. and the officers III
| tend to stimulate the nters; I'm rifle practice this
winter so that the regiment regain its old place
| at the head of the list next year Al the November
| meeting of the Board of Officers the matter will DC
| discussed, and some sort Of annOry marksman'
badge VIII be adopted The regulations will be more
stringent than they Creedmoor and IL will he
more difficult TO get and retain badge. The plar
which 1t is exported will be adopted is that when a
man makes certain he shall receive badge
but to retain IT the following year he make The
| regulation score, whatever It is. The rule I'm mos
Of the regiments al present Is that marksndn shat
| get a badge every year that he qualities. AM
shall keep all his old ones. The 10th Regiment has
| one of the best armOiy rife ranges in the city
| The Grand Army Of the Republic is taking hold
! Of the Grant Monument matter in earnest. and The
following paragraph appear in order issued by the
| COMMUNICATIVE hief Russell A. Algcr, in the lacI
| part Of the week;
| The Grant Memorial Committee desire TO close
| the subscription books for hat fund The LIST day
| OF December next. I'm order that immediate steps
NAV be taken for the erection of the proposed mOnI
ment Is. therefore earnestly desired that all posts
I'm the Grand Army OF the Republic. who have not
contributed 10 this object send in their contributions
at once John Taylor, Quartermaser General Phla-
| delphia"