New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-19
CITY GUARDSMEN START.
A READY RESPONSE TO DU1Y'S CALL

n1T 18TH I'D, 9Th AND T1ef NEW-hShA AMI
,yrB AND Esd REGIMENTS OF BROOKLYN
GET AWAY FOR BUFFALO.
Tho real gravity Of the great switchmens strike
4 Runalo was forcibly brought home to New
yorkers yesterday, when many Of the citys
militia were ordered out and started OF for
Runalo The summons had not been unexpected,
md the officers had been getting their men ready
beforehand They responded nobly to the call
md several of the regiments turned out more men
than they generally get together for parades or
dr,lls showing that the guardsnen OF Ncw-fork
were not merely playing mt sol'ilerlng. Inc
effects of the ordering cut Of the troops were
felt everywhere In the homes OF the men 10
wss of course, fclt most deeply. There IL pro-
duced anxiety and sorrow But Offices, work
shone and all lines Of business were anecteo
mere or less by the absence of one or more men
Farlv in the morning New-york awoke to scenes
that looked like war Around the armores OF
departing regiments there thronged great crowds,
and among them many crying women. the
nothers wives and sisters or swecthearts OF the
.r Cheering crowds lined the sidewalks when
the soldiers fell in line. and the Grahd 'en'rai
Station where most Of them boarded the cars for
BufYalo. was full of people who wanted to get a
cnnnse at the men who were going of TO where
meet made the start of the soldiers different kind
of q departure from one 20 PcekSklll to summer
camp. There was an unpleasant suggestlveness
in the preparations of the surgeons for active
and hard hospital service and somehow the beat
ns of the drums had sinister sound
Those who could not see the soldiers
of clustered around the bulletin boards
in front of the newspaper Offices, and as orders
70 start regiment after regiment came ont, the
excitement grew, and people spread the news as
they met each other News from Buffalo was
eagerly looked for, and everything that sounded
like drum was a signal for general rush to the
direction whence it came. The armorles OF ths
regiments that waiting for marching
orders or transportation facilities were turned
into warlike camps last night. Floors. benches,
chairs and tables were utilized, and men VINO
would have grumbled at crumplcd sheet at
home slept cheerfully on the floor Scntrics
stood on guard on the street, and they were be-
siesed by eager inquircrs.
The following regiments started for Buffalo
Yesterday: 18th, 22d, 9th and list New-York,
and 18th and 23d of Brooklyn. Brigadier- General
Louis Fitzgerald, commanding the LIST Br-
cade. who has been absent since the beginning Of
the strike, arrived in town last night and took
charge.
THE 18th STARTS FIRST.
There were $50 men of the 18th on hand,
comprising Companies A, B, F, G, II and l, when
the special pulled out Of the station at ii CLOCK
Five hundred men had been ordered out, but 80
of them were either out Of the city or where
orders could not reach them promptly. The last
$50 got out Of town, however. later in the day.
and there are now 800 men Of the 18th at
Buffalo. Colonel Hcman Dowd is in command
of this regiment.
ALI the regiments of the First Brigade had
taken precautions have several men from each
company on hand at the armorles, 20 that In
case Of call their comrades could at once ne
warned, and carly as a. m. more
than t,vo-thirds of the different companies were
at the 9th and 22d armories. Colonel Dowd
and several of his officers remained on duty all
Wednesday night at the armory at SiNty-i'rs'st'
and Ninth-ave.> The Colonel expected to receive
orders 20 move, and many members of his com
mand had been warned TO be within reach
Accordingly when the order TO assemble did
come messengers were at once sent out, and the
men were most prompt in responding, and the
regiment was ready TO move by o'clock. About
that time the Colonel received the order from
General Porter, which commanded them TO pro-
coed to Buffalo and await orders. Eacn man
was told to provide himself with sixty rounds
of ball cartridge. and to take blanket, overcoat
and sufficient clothing for weeks stay Inc
order in reference 10 ball cartridges" was made
emphatic. and when the Colonel asked if
any blank cartridges would be taken, he said
emphatcally
mo sir There will be no sham battles this
Trip II there is to be any shooting, 1t VIII DC
the real kind 1t is to he hoped, however, that
the,c will not be a bullet fired by any of my men.
| do not anticipate any serious trouble.
ID nAtoA nf N
18th is as follows: IIeman Dowd' colonel :;
Robert Seward major: J. NJ. Wainwright. adju-
rant: Edward r. Powers ouartermaster McCaskey
Butt. commissary: DR.. Nelson II. Henry, surgeon
DR.. Charles l.. Lindley, assistant surgeon, and
John McCauley. inspector of rifle practice The
CAPTAINS of the different companies of the 18th
are: COMPANY A, Edward C. Smith; Company b.
Charles L. Burns: Company f, William H..
Murphy: Company G., William II. Kirby; Com
many II. Washington Content, and Company l. j.
Nelson Borland. 4,
g. THE TWENTY SECOND GOES NEXT
The 22d Regiment was the next TO get away.
General Porter's order had the effect OF making
things lively for the boys at the armoTy, AZ
Sixty-seventh-st and Ninth-ave. and there was
the same hustle and haste to get things IN reaol-
ness for departure there was at the izth heei
mont Armory. By some mistake. General Por-
,crs order was not received by Lleutenaht-
Colonel King; who spent the night at the armory'
until a. m. yesterday. lie had warned MS
men. however, 10 be in readiness for marching
orders. and he had 500 men at the Grand Centra'
Station in less than a half hour after the I2.h
pulled out The 500 started at ! 80, on uain
especially made up for them.
The orders read to the boys Of the 22d were
similar TO those read 10 the members OF 'he
18th. and every man with his sixty ROUNDS OF
hall cartridges was given to understand that inc
trip he was about TO take not to be hoii'
day affair
DEPARTURE OF THE SEVENTY FIRST
At the 7lst Regiment Armory the men were