New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-03
NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIRS.
COMPANY G's DUTCH THE REVIEW OF TIL
SEVENTH.

COMPANY G'S DUTCH THE REVIEW OF THE
SEVENTH.
The members OF the 9TH Regiment came ont In
spring costumes at the review Thursday evening
and 1t Is needless say that they made magnihceht
appearance when they were all assembled in the
armOry The crowd OF spectators also made 1lily as
brilliant an appearance the regiment dbl GER
tain amount OF satisfaction is derived from Watching
the 9TH Regiment at drill occasion OF this Kind
for the reason that the officers display much con
Gdcncc i'm handling their men, Any one could not
help observing this while the battalion drill was
in progress after the review Thursday evening wren
the drill floor was crowded u Its utmost capacity
The few slight errors which were made manly by
the men themselves in not correctly obeyng the com
mands were quickly corrected without the slightest
confusion resulting. The whole organization madc n
fine showing at the end OF Of hard work, ana
II wa, probably never in better condition than IL Is
to-day
The detail for the guarl follows: officer Of
the day. Captain George ". Rand officers % inc
guard Leuenants Harry NJ. Ncsbitt aud Frclenck
Van Lcnncp. The following were the ohcerS una
men who received crosses Of honor:
Gold bar TO cross Of honor. twenty years service
Colonel Daniel Appleton, Lcucnants Walter g. schuy-
Ter John w. McDougall and II. {. Du Val, private
John A. Hunt silver bar 10 cross CT honor hi'ech
years service Captain james Thorne Harper, Leu
tenant George II. Gould. Sercrants Edwin G. Kay ana
y. MalOn BcckWitll ana Iil'atc bporSc - ""H'"s'
Cross Of honor In bronze ten years 'ervice-llcu-
tenants Charles F. Bcmcnt AM Harry +. Httel Ser
s,ants Alfred VI. llearn. Frank Koch Charles Il.
Conf ri and Francis c. Hartman, COrp0rals John H.
Cummings. icnIy II. Arthur and Clemens F. Muller
rrlvatcs Robert f. Morrison, August Bertrand James
spies Horace f. Fox, Edward c. schoonmaher, Allan
d. Dcderick John a. Livingston, Robert .. Holt jr.
and Miles c. Palmer. Captain George b. Rhoads has
qualified the year for the cross OF honor III goid
with the figure - in briliiants, twenty-five years
service and II presented TO him last evening
The following drummcrs received thc field muse ans
long service medal In bronze George Coyer AMI George
x. MCGOWAN.
The twenty -fclrh annual reunion and dinner oil 'le
Veteran Association Of the list Regiment. in com
mcmoration Of the departure OF the regiment ior te
war in l.Gl will take place on Thursday April ~
at Hotel Lincoln, at Broadway and Fifty -secondst.
Tie dinner promises to be one o! the best the as
,oca,ion ha, Ind. II Will be the thirty first ami
ycrsary OF the regiments departure
Company D. Of the 9Th Regiment. will give an invita-
! ton dance at the armOry tomorrow evening Inc
closing dnll Of the viii BE- held at ocIooh'
and dancing will begin at . 80 o'clock
Company q. Of the 9Th Regiment, closed the arm
season by winning additional laurls In the shape oil
tl., Abel Trophy on the armory range, on NedI's'
DAY evening 80 doubt the benign influence OF the
| . putch " ON Mondny evening had something 70 90
with III, victory. 81 any rate. such an chloyaDie
affair ~ that ought certainly 10 have Influence III
sumo direction. Ancr attending one of these Affairs
the lrs class variety shows Al the city theatres nave
IN charm, for the members Of uhe 9Th Regiment
on this particular occasion the company assembled
some time before midnight, and after mrtaklhG OK
the god things spread the table the entertainments
NJ the evening Was begun with short speech by
Captain james c. Abrams. lie congratulated the
comfany ON tho good work which had been doAe
during the drill season and read letter from Colonel
If..I Tho ,.n,
va, kept from the cnt trainment by Illness. Colonel
Atpl.,on nl.o sIokc highly In his letter OF the work
accomplished by the company In the new drill reGla
lions and said good many more pleasant tmhs'
about the officers and men. The letter was received
with the company cheer.
Lieutenant CJlonc George Moore Smith ana num-
l.,r OF other officer, were called for speeches. IL
wa, surprising with what complete manimy they all
acknowledged that they fully anxious as tbs
nrdiedcr Wa, 10 so what 30 appear from n door
to which they pointed significantly and ttc speeches
were short accordingly. Finally that door opened
und Mr Ballaniluc the hnmonst. appeared. lie Ell
iertan,,l the company for come time. Mr. EallnhtOc
tod story Of military discipline, which VIII appeal
strongly I, every one who hn, Ind anything 10 do with
a soldiers nfc The tale was put In the mouth OF a
son Of the Emerald Isle who WIS feeling particularly
good naturcd. IL VII, told IN dialect which the
writer will not attempt 10 Initiate.
In Russia according T. this story they did not hhvc
telegraph lines but In their places they had smic, Of
signal stations renchng the continent In order
10 send a message IT flashed with flags from one
station TO the other until 1t roacnd It's destination
one morning the mau In tower No. oversight
himself two or three hours. When he did
wake IN IL was several hours after .he time hc
was supposed to be on duty. He realized
the fact that he had dls griccd himself aud that 10
would lie hanged when hi, offence was discovered
lie decided that he would not snfcr the disgrace re
IA, ,tn.u In
90, ont piece of rope and hanged himself ont Of the
window The man IN the next tower. lo0klng Though
a telescope saw the hanging from tower No. l.
and he decided Immediately mat an order had gone
selves This wac where the beautiful discipline OF
the Russian army came m The lnnn IN tower No. NJ,
nan to hang themselves. proceeded To put rope
around his neck md s,ring himself up out1lde hls
tower The man IN the next tower thought tn same
thing when he saw the In tower No hanging
outside and when hc inspector cane aroma rn ,eM
men in all the towers extending over 3oo or 'oo
mllc-. hanging outside 49,. ,,. cos,,o cou,auv
entertained the company With few r,e,n'u IONS
Harry Gfoll. from The Trip to Chinatown moc FH%
id to saw mill and the company gave sn an v eAfe
lent imitation Of crowd Of enthusiastic men noxe
VAS The next entertainer The darkoy boy, me al,
nouncng Of whose name sounded IKE nS r,,u nsoc y
lean heroes, danced next Miss Lucy DawSo n
dancing pleased the cornpany 80 VEL ,r cs rcnriy
cheers for The entertainment committee: c,.,
,nong those present Lici"nantt plohel
Gcoryr Moore smith. Captain J. C. Abrams. captain
r,nd Lieutenant Dcwson. Lieutenant Mc''TcVy,
First sergeant Ernest A. Wolf, NJ i. Ransom ana
The drill season In all the city armorlcs either
closed the we,SI lust passed or Will close ms Wrh'
inc newt affair Of importance will be the INSPECTIONS,
most Of which viii be held In Van Colrnnd irfk ot
da;cs already announced In The Tribune, AFTER inat
win com. the shooting Crcrdmoor ana the dcprmc
~ fcy city organizations for tn, state camp IN
or and rho Goth Regiments the only ones WHICH
90 o. rcekshl from this city the present year.
M AID OF THE PEABODY HOME.