New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-11
NATIONAL GCARD AFFAIRS.
CONSIDERABLE EXTRA DUTY THIS YEAE-THE
NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION TO MEET
HERE OK TUESDAY.

XATIoNAL GUARD ASSOCIATION TO MEET
HERE on TUESDAY.
The members Of the National Guard OF this city
hate been called upon to perform good deal Of uu'!
in tho year which Is drawing 10 close. In addluoh
10 the regular affairs including the pnrados on Dec"ra
,lon Da, and other holidays. all the regiments w"r"
ordered 10 Van Corandt Park for Inspection This
required the mon 70 take full day AWAY from business
Then came the extra tour Of duty for 400 or nor"
mon n the State Camp and following quickly after
that came the labor troubles at Bufaio. Niihm
short time the entire First brigade Will he called ont
10 celebrate the arrival Of Columbus I'm the New World
Those outside Of the National Guard cannot realize
TIM embarrassment 20 which the citizen soldiers are
sometimes put 10 got away from business 10 attend
70 his extra duty In spite Of the law which prohibits
an ernployer from discharrng man on account OF
his absence 10 perform military duty, many men can
testify that the law Is evaded In various ways ana
that not few men the loss 81 their positions TO
M, fact that they were away from work more than
suited their employers I'm attending 10 THIS duty.
street paradcs among the things whieu the rank
and nle dctcst above all other things. and to be re-
uoved OF this would tighten the duties OF the men
more than probably any other one step which could
no token The people like 10 watch tho soldiers on
parsdr however and the probabilities are that II VIII
bc long time before the militia Is relieved from these
show paradcs.
Tho feeling Of mutual admiration and good feeling
which fOStered between thc NcgulH ErrI"y ""''''
and the members OF the National Guard II this 'ate
at the State Camp ut PccIsldll. In the summer Just
pas, f. commented Indirectly In the report which
Lieutenant French hiss made on the seasons work
Lieutenant French the officer who WAS detailed
by the War Department to act as Inspector OF IN"
camp. one OF the things which attracted his attrn
lion was the fact that when lot OF new troops arrived
each week tho officers aud mon seemed to BE- more
or less afraid Of Colonel Bates and Lieutenant Hardin
tod IA uct uS
This feeling the inspector observed. wore of after the
first day or So when the men learned that the Army
officers were there 10 act rs Instructors ana not as
critics The men entered heartily into the work laid
out bv the Instructors Lieutenant French says and
improved rapidly under the tuition Of the regulars.
The comments on all sides among National Guard
officers have been that the policy pursued the last
season has done more than anything which has hap
prned IN n long time to bring the regulars and the
citizen soldiers closer together TIE members Of the
National ClIrd have learned that all the Army officers
arc not carpng critics Of the National Guard rs a
few Of them unfortunately are. The Army officers
who were In camp have been taught that men who do
military duty only Incidentally to their regular voca
lions In fc are able TO perform that duty In manner
Of which no regular need be ashamed when the
occasion requires Thus a mutual regard sprung up
which has already borr good fruit In this report made
by Lieutenant French.
citation changed AT the last session from Albany
TO this city, and the convention Will DO called to order
OF the I'D Regiment arm0ry on Tuesday. Several
matters OF more or less Importance VIII come up.
Possibly the question Of REDUCING the MAXIMUM
strength OF COMPANIES from lo3 to 50 VIII again be
discussed. II Il Is the session promises to be an
exceedingly lively one The proposed change VIII be b,
the SEPARATE companies but by two or three regiments
In this city at least, The association can only make
recommendations ut any rate and its suggestions may
or may not be acted upon.
The state and brigade matches at Crcedmoor on
September 2s the matters OF prime interest at
this end OF the State just now Ncw'York sent team