New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28
NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIRS.
AN INTERESTING wEEK-THE ATHLETIC sITUA-
TON.

a which Adlutant General Porter WAS present anu
made speech which is Of Interest 10 all Na'ohal
Guardsmen He expressed himself strongly In favor OF
the proposed scheme for forming National Gnard attn
letc association which would be under the supervision
Of the state authorities, The General believes. as most
National Guard officers do. that In the matter OF ath-
leics the National Guard shoud not only be free from
entangllng alliances with such organizations as 'Ho
Amateur Athletic Union. but II should he the leader
The leaders Of the 9TH Regiment were asked to take
the first steps In forming such an association but re-
fused saying that they would prefer to have some one
else take the Initiative Their feelings can be readily
understood In this matter although the opinion Oh
those outside the regiment is that the 1th Regiment
men would not meet the opposition which they expect
In fact ii is matter for regret that they have CON
sldered II necessary decline to undertake the task
Closely following the remarks OF General Porter came
the announcement that the 9TH Regiment Athletic Asso-
citation Ind Withdrawn from the Amateur Athktc
Union. The members Of the 9TH Regiment Athletic
Association known to be strongly In favor OF the
proposed association which shall be under the control
and auspices OF the State. and the withdrawal IL taken
to mean that the 9TH Regiment in favor OF and
will support the movement. From a practical
discussion Of the whole which has now extended
over period Of two years it Is firmly believed By those
who have talcr an Interest In the matter. and this
practically means every member Of the National Guard
In the State that the scheme Is entirely practicable.
and that II can be made the most conspicuous assoca-
ton In the country.
THE authorities who neglect this opportunity to
do something for the citizen soldiers for which they
viii be remembered for long time to come, do not
fully appreciate their Chances Is the way prominent
officer put II the other day. NewY0rls has an oppor-
tunty to take the head in this matter but III her
authorities put II of much longer there is strong
probability that some other state will take this honor
to herself There are great opportunities for turning
Crecdmoor into pleasure ground which Will attract
thousands OF visitors instead Of being practically de-
serted by everybody except the soldiers themselves
when anything IS going in which the National
Guard is 10 take part
The first feature OF the week, In point OF time
nj least from social point Of view. was the reception
OF the I'd Battery on the evening OF washington's
Blrthday EngadicrG General Louis Fitzgerald re-
viewed The battery, and the novel ceremony OF hrng
a salute Of eleven guns to the reviewing omcer on
his arrival nj the hail was witnessed. General fiI-
gerald and hi, full staf present and reviewed
the battery while Harry Allen, the bugler. had the
task Of making music all 20 himself The guns
which were fired consisted merely OF primers. Inc
ceremony all the way through reflected great credit
on Capian Wilson'S command. After the rcvcw there
WAS a military march. The march was conducted by
Lieutenant ". l.. Flanagan. The Reception Com-
mttcc wa composed Of Captain David Wilson, Lieu
tenant, g. +. Pasco b. Farqular, W. ~ cable, W. L.
Flanagan AND Dr. Ramon Guiteras. on the Honorary
Committee were Generals Josiah Porter, Louis fltz
Dr-th Major g. w Mclean, Major Michael Auer'
Major ". Wcsley Chew. Major Wallace +. Randolph
L. = 4: Captain J. ". Dillcnback, l. = A. Lieu
tenant Robert H. Patterson L. >. A. captain
Lorenzo + Baker and Captain Louis Wendell Among
tho quests we're General Louis fitzgerald and his
entire staff General u. u. Wyllc, General y NJ
yannn. Colonels Thomas H. sloan and j. Roppert'
General T.. briggs. Captain p. 8 TIldcn, Of the sth
Regiment; Colonel william seward. Colonel r. b.
pnud Captains Lorirpn, walton. Adlu'ant Decher|
Conmls,ary Pratt DR.. Doty aud Dr. thompson vi
the 9th Regiment Colonel T. " Greene Lieutenant
colonel Dcnnlson captain Francis Ward, beutehah's
poos and Francis, OF the fist Regiment Colohci
ravocogh Lieutenant Colonel Moren. MINOR Dufy.
,ctu,apt Murphy. Captains Mccarthy, Coleman
and leonnrd and Qunrtermaster ward, of inc QUA
Regiment: Captain Louis Wendell hcutehahh u1ii'~
Enrlcnan Boccker ara schmidt and sergeant Johh w.
Jansen OF the LIT Battery; Captains Ihur'ton, Cor
cI,on Ilusscy md Adutnnt Hart, Of the I'D Resi-
,nc,t The old Guard wns out In full force, mar
hailed by AdIntnnt J. X. Hoaghnd, and Including
rnu,,,ns " H. White Mead saunders, Il. +. Barry
and SCOT: Lieucnants wyatt, james ,. Wenmah' bu
ward Moore sergeant Major lamill 0uarterna>'er
sergeant g. H. Van Meas. screeants EDWARD ennders"h
schuylcr Gerard E. II. Cmman. IheOdore Az MeiNh
and Lieutenant w. T.. Whitfield and william ~
NcCo.ber The Army was represented by Major
V d Middleton from Governors Island, Captain
I " pilcnbacII and Lieutenant w. II. Van Ness, from
Fort Hamilton Captain III. W. Hubbcl aud Lieutenant
Robert II. Patterson. from Fort Wadsworth.
From the Nnvy were Lieutenant q. A. Calhoun,
J. A. H. Nickc, II. X. Usher, Elliott, q. II. Kearney'
H. NJ Dumlougl. ". J. scers. ID. H. J.. Van WedKh
and d. II. J. Eabln from the Vermont, Lieutenant N
T. spcycr, ard III brother officers nom the Minnesota,
Ensign W &. Brown. Ensign Is. H. French, CHIEF Engl-
ucer ,;e igc W Mngee, Commander A. IL. Mccormack,
Captnin q. W. summer Surgcan J. + kccney, Lieu
tenant e.. VI. ". Wlusl0w Ensign H. .. Bitrr'
Surgeon ~ j. Blackv )od, Surgeon X A'hb1dge'
Ensign II. A. Field, surgeon v Is. Aibeares aud lay.
master George w. simpson. The Naval Reserve OF
New York state was under the leadership OF Lieutenant
commander Miller, Adutant Kent and Leu onant eter-
lee.
Tho United Service Club represented by "cIer'i
g. H. Mckibben. Colonel ,. NJ. swift. Major J. b'
Hughes. Colonel Bomiord Captain William M'o'oi'
Captain Perremond. Captain lIeubcrer ana ,"p'"'A
Jones. .,.. ., a., Sergaant
W r Mcconnell and George VI. Potter Inc guests
badges handsome Affairs being o d s'i, re in
the cap ornament, cro~s-cannon, etc. ana "eTc IA
keeping with the entertainment - , .,o ,,,o.r
Ih- incident Of the most importance oi thc w. 's
nom "a military point of view, was undouo'e vr, t"'
affair 1th Regiment on "eahc ng ,nenrrd
| in publIc in the new drill regulations and IL was
consequently, not only nm important social a,i, o,
of great Interest to Natona uua,usinen @ SiyScd
| This civ and Bruoklyn The REGIMENT was olN'ue"
ihio three battalion, With the following Officers co,,
ns Acknowledgment S,a W,o h. k pc adu sS
| Ur,i lieutenant Walter > Wilson, ana sergeant
| mnlor Sergeant John V. Black. - , ,, u. Cor
ssacnnd battalion Companies A. d. f. and n com
mandinc officer Captain Don Alonzo Pollard aalnul.
first Lieutenant II. C. Du Val, ana sergeant ""j''
| sergeant Robert VI. Dunn. . - :, 800, NJ. co,,
imrd bataion-C Companies +, q, II anu W s,, I'm
mandiug officer. Captain James e. A9ri.s
Iirst Lieutenant John b. Holland ana sergcahthaJo'
| Sergeant Lous f. Nannier "a 49,, ..o,s y, Aha
1lc arnory WAS crowded win the lrcmus VI r to
| regiment and thy witnessed m eyceeuhsH nno
spectacle. General Emmons Clark reviewed ulS rcSa
nent In line OF MASSES. after when tneIe was !" pn a.,
| In limo About OlO marksni;ns badges were ais
triiifrd next after which there were a Few mamouvlcs
I'm platoon movements The whole ahar whs SuaSeSs
from every organization In this city ana br3ohiy
were present. Cappa's band gave cohSclt =" .,o
on THURSDAY morning :he officers gave supper 10
| General Clark. ,, 49,. - ,u -,
Tammany Hall on Wednesday evening aud those VINO