New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-20
MORE GUARDSMEN FOLLOW.
SOME CAVALRY AND MANY sTRAGGLERs.
TIE REGIMENTS LEFT AT HOME STILL HOLDING
THEMSELVES IN READINESS TO MOVE
AT SHORT NOTICE.

| REGIMENTS LEbT Al HOslI' Oh
THEMSELVES IN READINESS TO MOVE
At SHORT NOTICE.
M moro regiments were ordered 10 report for DUTY
nj Buffalo Yesterday, but every train winch ~it wv
end 6rn,r,l station for the scene of the strike
carred twenty thirty or more Natohnl guhIus"ei'.
The men were from the 9th, 18th, 13t 3D. ia ana
fist regiments They hnd been ordered out with tile
es OF the command the day before, Out haa not Dec
able 10 report promptly for duty. iestetuay Tue!
were on the way 10 join their comrades In" ihalo'l
of the str,rrlers were from the list and a3d regi
m-nts. This 10Th was the first 10 be ordered out.
but not more than 400 Of the 600 In that command
started Thursday morning the special tran which
was made ND for them at the Grand Central station,
and men belonging 10 Colonel DowdS csmnaha haVo
been leaving the city in little sqiaas on e"r' sPccH
and regular train that has left the Grand central
station since Thursday noon some Of the nih''a'neh
said that there were others VINO "o"'u ho' '"i' io'
Buffalo until to-day.
A number OF cavalrymen will arrive Mt Buffalo to
day ON the morning train Of yesterday which let
New York the Newl DIRK Central Tor BUFFALO, there
we're twelve cavarymen from Troop A. the ohv cavalry
organization In the National Gnard OF this State They
reached the Grand Central Station about O'CLOCK and
they mounted on horses that were cohs"erapN
more spirited than tho animals which Mt present are
pulling along the surface cars OF the Thirdsve ROAD
special attached TO the train for s horses
but they made the most serious ob1ec tios to walking
over the plank and into the car doors. When their
owners urged them to walk up the PLANK thry pulled
on the bits, shook their heads. backed ana turned
around rose ON their launches. and altogether made It
extremely unpleasant for the troopers. Each man
carries sabre carbInc, revolver and forty rounds
OF ammunition. With all these army equipments
strapped to tlem 1t no easy task to manage the
unruly horses but they finally succeeded In getting the
animals into the
A large crowd gathered to see the tuSse De'""eh
horses and their riders, and the cavalry men were
guyed7 considerably by loquacons men ana women
who present, but they accepted the SITUATION
phosOphically.
. General Louis Fitzgerald commander Of the First
Brigade and his staff at the house OF Colonel
stephen II. DIN, chief Of staff Mt No. 1875 East Nine
teenthst. General Fitzgerald was ont OF town when
the first call for troops was made, but came 10 the
city Immediately arriving Thursday morning lie
had received no further orders Whatsoever up 10 ~
O'Clock last night and had simply called his stan 10
gcther TO bc ready In OF an emergency. -Four
regiments OF the First Brigade tho 9th 18th, 2"d and
lst are at Buffalo aud two OF the Second Brigade
the 18th and I'D. General f1tzgersih sad Hs'
evening that no had no idea whether any more regi
mcnts would be called out or whether lie would be
ORDERED 10 take the field himself.
At III o'clock last night forty eight men Of the 18th
Regiment started from RrOoklyn for Buffalo, under
command Of Lieutenant George W. Hunt, who had
received orders Colonel Austen 10 bring the late
men along soon Ne possible At tho armorlcs OF
the 18th and 47th Regiments only few men r.
manned yesterday, but the orders 10 be In readiness
TO leave ,the city were sui In force. General Mo
Iecr said he did not think that more men would
be called for from brooklyn
The members OF the 7fh Regiment continued TO show
undated interest In the situation AT Buffalo YESTERDAY
During the afternoon the members gathered D. tho
COMPANY rooms aud corridors and waited for further
Information. Adjutant Laudon said tfrt no further
orders had been received aud the situation was praco
cally the same on Wednesday. Lieutenant C10ncl
George Moore smith was In the armory all day, ana
mary OF the officers OF the regiment kept him com
papy The spirit Of the members OF tho regiment may
be judged by the fart that when those who we're ont
Of town told 10 hold themselves In readiness more
than $50 Of them promptly responded As the even
Ing approached the company rooms 1lied up and music
and song Goatcd on the air. In one room company
was singing "Tara-ra-boom de- ay,' al. the way they
came IN on the chorus great Colonel Appleton j.
travelling in North Dakota
Guards were posted at po entrance ~ the Goth
Regimen armory yesterday. and none were allowed
To enter except those having business with the
regiment. AdJutant Murphy said that no further order'
had been received The men about the armory
expressed Impotence at the prospects Of whiting longer
aud were anxious TO receive more definite orders.
The readiness Of the men In the regiment 10 respond
To call to arms was shown when forty I'VE men
In one company voluntarily reported at the armory OH
Thursday night. one Of the members who has been
SICK for six w,-ks left his bed and reported himself
ready 10 ~ Yesterday. one VI the officers said that
900 men could be assembled by sounding a buglc-
call from one Of the windows. The following order
was posted yesterday
headquarters, Goth Regiment, First Brigade ~
g. s. y. Y, New York. August Il. 1897.
"Oricrs No rs: Pursuant 10 orders received from
General Headquartcrs state OF NcwYork, this rcsi-
ment will hold Itself In readiness To assemble Ia
heavy marching order, State service UNIFORM black
helmets and caps. knap'ackS, With ovcrcoais rolled
thereon cnn'cen and havcrsack.
q" IIy order 81 Colonel Cavnnagh.
JOHN MURPHY First Lieutenant and Adjuanf'
The sth Regiment received no further orders.
Many Of the In and around the building
during the day and eager 10 receive marching
orders and be relieved from the suspense OF waiting
Adjutant Wentworth, who spending his vacation
at Etreld, Conn, when tho notice came ~ hold tho
regiment In readiness. iritstcd at the dcay and
his sentiments wero heartily indorsed by tho men In
the ranks An amusing incident happened early
yesterday morning st the a~mory. A nischlcvous
private carried largo plank ont on the drillroom
1cOr In the carly morning hours and allowed II 10 fall
fat on the floor The crash followed by tho soupd
OF the bugle and not content with this he blew the
assembly" The men In the armory came jumping
down the stairs, dressing they came, and there
was much laughter when the joke was discovered.
At the armory Of the LIST Battery Sergeant Jansen
said that further orders had been received, and
the were waiting patiently for something 10 de-
velop Everything wss In excellent order, and ready
To move Instantly. A detail Of men remain at tho
armory Ut all hours
Ilcutenants Flanagan and Campbell Of the I'd
further orers had been received but they ready
10 start at any time for Buffalo.