New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08
NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIRS.
CHANGES REGARDING WORK AT CREkpMoOf-
ORDERS FOR TIE STATE CAMP.

! ORDERS FOR TIE STATE CAMP.
There has been plenty OF news for the mem
bers OF the National Guard To talk about IN IHe WEN
lust passed. but probably the most interesting s "c
a. the most important, is the order which came iro'
Albany ir the early part of the week concerning te
rife practice at Crcedmoor the present season. i0
expectation has been that General whitock woud nave
surprise In store for the members OK tne g"a'u ""'
the orders from the Office OF the General Inspector Vi
| Rife Practice appeared and now that ''es nav
been issued that expectation appears to have Dec' III
a measure justified This order chnges in important
particulars the work which will be done at Creeuoor
as Will he seen BY the main points OF the order III
| question. 10, :.
Troops required or entitled to practice VIII DC
| hassifcd follows: 80
All who do APPEAR range Tor praoV'e VI"
| constitute the third class. -.
An pe.ont for practice without. reference for qualh
cation, In previous years VIII constitute the second class
and practice this class will be at one hundro ''u'
standing. n number target. score OF n''ee" vi "P
wards hi. distance Will qualify
The first class win consist u those who have quahcd
in the second class and the practice in this cass VIII DC
nj hundred Yards knccng or sitting, ana Az h'c"
hundred yards prone on number target Iho'c ','s
make fifteen q, hundred yards viii not shoot ~
three hundred yards.
OF thirty upwards, In the hrst c'ass' mau'
on day. will constitute maiksman, anu c"'''
| the maker to the State DECORATION
scoe OF iortytwo upva rd maze on inc S"o ''''
by a marl.sman at Ave hundred ard six hundred y'rds'
prone a numc TARGET, constitutes the 'narNS"'"
making IL sharpshootcr entities him To silver bSf'
Marksmen fail make twcrty TT h'e h"h"icu 'o'u'
| will shoot : hundred yards
On ranges where six hundred Yards cannot be obtained
which, must be certified Inspector OF ZINE rrac'
tcc. forty-two upwards IN t'i consecutive
shots at five hundred yards Will he required
Practice will begin with class fling In SOUNDS "huer
competent officer. Or duly dcsiehatca
instructor each firing point. the who'e uhucr 'c SUI
vision Of an inspector OF rife practice subject 10 ~
orders Of tho commanding officer present ana VIII Do o
,nud to the end by all present. without reference " ''
score, recorded rive consecutive shots Will be fco
at each distance. . e,xo, ,hrouo,
the REGULAR glasses and prohibited from shoouhH io
.co,d or HIGHER score in a class in which they nave AZ
| I'D nuauncd The record must stand upon the hrs'
aualIt' Ing 'eo onso made G .nbseaac" practice
| Additional practice nny BE- aiio""' 10 sueh 's a'
qualify at any distance. provided time VIII permit =,
r,c, enlisted man Will shoot with the rifle issued Nv
h state and brought hy him TO the RANGE, un'cS o''
"'o Ted imncrlect by an inspector OF rifle practice
and in such case he will shoot with The nearest az
proved piece In The ranks a., c.,,c Il, ranks will
| no taken up. Tho men VIII De- iorN'u III ~
| will fire ten round, as follows , ., oro
| r,c by squad lscctlon. platoon or co".'"'' ~
| hundred yard. standing. two rounds AZ Wv" -
nno,,c four rounds; three hundred yards
| hn.clinc. four rounds. ,,, .,oc,,, scorc in
,ts ,,,c;ico VIZ: fling in ranks. added l" inc w.
ccntace present AID practising oil the asr'e"' s, so,
- ,no orc,nly,,on les commissioned oh''iS' s'a' '
'" I musician. on the day OF practise. aud the sum
| -, divided by two determines the figure oil me''
| for ia .ar. - g., s,o,o {. rro
mated when ntnc In ranks. For firing In ranks 'hc'S
-, =, o...,o, without cxpcnse the State. wooien
| ,,. -, ,cct high iv twelve feet long. to when mo
,arcr target may - attached In the rear Oh inc ''"''
| thor. .horh hc a mound sufficient Tor safety ,
Front sicht Of pattern that may y. '''
! ,finr ia
Accordion but must not be permanently attached to the
flnc. =, o,.
Tho changes made by this order ere radical IN som.
! r..pects ard lust how they viii affect the Work OF
,h different ORGANIZATIONS at Crcedmoor, II VIII NC
impossible to tell until after the season Is wen ""u''
! way The sixth paragraph ha, caused more as
cus.ion than any OtAcr part OF the orucr. Inc '''
ol, that each man must make at least afcon points
nj the short ranges, it II thought VIII hhec' t"c ~
ING Of number OF number q organizations IN 'he
! matter Of rife practice at the end OF the season'
tn. order FOR the beginning ~ the season ~ inc
state con,p nj pcok-hill has been issued ~ was
| expected the military post viii be opcncu Oh 'u"o
L. The Goth Regiment will have the honor OF 'c'''s
the ball rclli"c and raising the st'tc ana '"on',
ar O., ihc parade ground. The 9th Regiment VIII
r,,,r ,h. c,th and viii go 10 Pccl,ki on June 20.
| Tho I'd battery, under command Of Captain David
wilson went +, Van CouItlandt Park Yesterday aicr-
| ncr where II will camp out over sunday ana DC
| I'm. pcctcd on Monday morning The camp was h""''S'
| in o.
| -ccond Lieutenant Flanagan went 70 the Park early
in thc dny and laid ont the camp ~ that everything
, t rr,dinc., for the men when they arrived there
iatcr IN the day. The BATTERY Will have a mounted
drill thI, morning and another this Afternoon y
number Of Invitations have been sent out ana crown
Il visitor, /, expected to witness the exercises 'S
afternoon.
Tho inspection OF the 22d Regiment at Van Court
landt Park Thursday afternoon was con'ldrtaOie Oh
= dl.nproutmcnt 10 the officers Of the regiment. III
con sequence of the comparatively small percentage OF
men present There were seventy absentecs as against
only twenty-five last year This condition Of AharS
wa, due largely II j. thought to the fact that the mon
had To be absent from business MI day In order 10
accompany thc regiment. The intention at first was
10 start for the Park In the afternoon. II that had
been done however there would not have been time for
drill before the inspection, and nj the last minute
Colonel Camp decided to order the men out for all
day. outside II the numerical strength the inspection
wa, II success, both 10 the members Of the regiment
and TO the inspecting ollccr. All the officers who are
e,u Fitzgerald the members Of his stan were there
m' aa was 6.,aS n1 G In '
| IL O'Clock. The regiment assembled fer inspection
at 80. and after the men had passed before the
there was a review. General Nct'rath then requested
Colonel Camp TO put the regiment through a short
drill In the new DIM regulation, and the request WAS
II course, complied with. After several movements
Inspecting officer, he asked for an exhibition In the
| extended order BY one Of the companies. Colonel
Camp chO-e company L. captain y. H. Ihurston, Tor
this important duty. General Mct;rath expressed him
self we'll pleased with the result OF the drill Of
Company T.. and said that he had made the
| quest ~ some 81 the organizations which he had III
ready In .pcccd and they unable 10 comply with
It. The regiment got back 20 IL, armOry shortly be-
fore Il O'Clock without mishap Of any kind. The
following table shows tie attendance In each company
-PRESENT--- ----ABSENT--
Oqscr. h s"n 4osr Officers. Men, s"l Total As ss
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