New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
NEUS From THE ARMORIES.
INDOOR DRILL AND REvIEw-cNsTRuCIlVE IN
spECTION FIGUETS.

INDOOR DRILL AND REvIEw-cNsTRCC1lNE IN
spECTIoN FIGUHTs
The ID Battalion Of the 18Th Regiment. commahueu
! BY Captain George &. Cochran. gave an eAno'''on
drill review and reception at The armory III hanson
Place on Wednesday evening. IL WAS ihe iiS' i"'
drill NJ the season. Colonel David +. Austih re-
,.,,,od ,bo battalion The work was conceded TO be
well done By military men. Col0pci cochran y az
nreen, ,he leading candidate for major. To succeed
Major william Cary .aneer. but the contest has been
deferred until after dhc weeks tour OF camp o''N at
Pccbsk1l, which begins on July D. Inc ho'h'ni''"o
committee never reached a unanimous dccSio'''o"s"
Can,aIn Cochran in the lead. There being sew
c-Il vacancies in the board OF officers owing to com
missions having been DELAYED. Colonel Austin lhhhs
II ONLY fair that the election be put off, 80 as 10 give
the new officers chance to have voice In the seec
! ,ion Of a new major. II is not unlikely that the
whole summer will pass before the regiment has
major.
In speaking OF the percentage OF attendance nade
by the 32d Regiment Inspection. the error was
made last week In this column of cedting to Inc ga
Regiment the highest percentage In the second Brigade
The 18Th Regiment was overlooked In the cacultlol
II made the best record of attendance, having ooo
men present and seventeen absent ont OF o'ii ol
G2G Its percentage 97.2s. while that OF the ''-d
was only 1884. The membership OF dhe latter le'i
from 434 to 4O3 during the month preceding inSp'c-
ton That IS. thrtyonc members were weeded ont
so high. In the same month the 4'dh Regiment ioS'
twenty-seven out OF II membership Of 5s4. and the
o3d twelve ont Of n membership OF '7f'
The 18Th Regiment gaLcd seventeen men ana inc
14tl two during the month.
4 veteran Of the 18th Regiment mas prepared
table showing the number Of men present at inspec-
tons since 1868. Tie figures give opportunity
for interesting study of the gradual Improvement in
the attendance In 1-C;j. 30 men were present to
1913 absent In 1864. the figures were 3ld to 1873; In
1865, 3l5 TO 131 and In 1eo6, 81: to l'' Inc per-
ccutore WIS the worst ever made In 1867, Wien iO7
men were present and .SJ men absent. The next
wear the condition Of things improved. though the
membership had decreased over 10. Then ''5' men
were present to rs absent. There was gradual
decrease In absences and slight decrease in number,
M 10 I-72 when only siAtyonc stayed away. ana
40 we're present. \ year later lbs men were
absent and $50 present. The attendance was gen
orally letter until Isl, when ;hc number OF absences
again increased. reaching loo out II 1il members
Never since lssG when there were 3O5 present to
III absent have the absences been more thin wv
In 1880 the record was 90 TO 90. and last year
Al. 10 42 The regiment has several times been
larger a, from l,oS TO 1890, 1173, 1-ol ISL
1-.o and I-G7 but never have there been 80 many
present at inspection rs this year. ana 10 "'''''
how much the regiment has been wcedcd oGt' 1t mas
never had 80 few absences once there were Only
COS members and I'm l-74 the number was reduced to
400
The members Of the c,d Regiment Will 60 to creed
moor tween June - and 81.
Company X, 18th Regiment, under captain 'hficS
II Inscomb will have instruction In guard duty on Inc
evening Of Nav 20. The company VIII go TO prospect
Park for instruction In guard and post duty on
June g. II Is possible that the whole lst lattinoh
will 90 with them.
The question Of bands AT the Decoration Day parade
Is still an open one The union demands = a man
and siG for the leader The guard ,mcn saw that
this Is outrageous for what + practically ONLY hail
a days work. and offer 3i man and fl2 for the
leader. Last year the same contest resulted ~
parade without bands and the elect Of fl. drum
and buec corps pleased some Of the Offices that
they are anxious that the regiments take the same
course on tho question rs they did lat war.
II the colonel, both the First and >ccond lhmdcs
stick together they Will b. able t. hold thcmsclvrs de
pendent ~ the union. n any regiment surr"nd'r II
/, likely that all Will. There VIII De- meeting Of tn"
colonies Of the Second Brigade t. consider the subject
in "A few days.
First Sergeant Carroll, on Wednesday night
elected second lieutenant Of Company q. 47th K"ei-
Company X f7th Regiment. will elect first leu
frnant on Nav % second Lieutenant NcIutcl"Du
Is the only candidate
The I'D Regiment viii listen 10 Tho annual ser
mon bv it, chaplain. the Rev Dr. Price Collier at ia"
Unitarian Church Of the saviour, In l1crrcpJ t st. ti
afternoon.