New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-07
CAPT COLEMAN WON'T RESIGN.
INSTEAD, lie WILL HAVE HIS CoMPANi
GIVE AN EXIuBITItN DILL.
HE EXPECTS THUS TO SHOW us AffiOAEN'i
TIE GOVERNOR WILL NOE AfFOiNA
TIE 0oTH's GEO MEL.

THE ogTII's Geo MEL.
co,.oi, ,,,,o, co,o-,,p of Company f. 6sth Reg
,r,1n, hos ,bror, dawn the GAUNTLET to Inspector
General Thomas W. Nicer ath. General McGrath
renorted tina, the best ser vice captain Coleman
could do TO the regiment wo, Nd be 10 resign. zap
tain Coleman has rctoTted BY ordering an eN'ipi'
ton drill for Monday evening next u "hcn IL
invites the public generally. the newspaper repre-
scntatives in particular. and the nspector-"enera
70 be wishes 70 see what first class company can
do on the drill floor. A Tribune reporter met cap
tain Coleman at the arrcry last night.
"rhe general impression SCENE to be that you
would be hiding your face in sha u'e 'o-is"'' S''
the reporter
81 have seen too much service ID be scared by
little thing like that" replied the oiicei' win
smile mo sir: not much" he oOntinued. land
have ordered an exhibition drill 'br next Monday
night to which everybody interest I'd is invited es
necjallv the press | will show lem what me
drill frst-class company can per orm.
Generally the tone Of General A.cGraih's report
was not a surprise to the officers Of the regiment
He expressed himself with consid Tahle spirit on
the night he made the Inspection 'diu mars" '''
cisms were expected
An Tho talk about the possibility OF the GOV
ernors appointing colonel to take 'prGihd Oh 'ne
regiment is nonsense. The Governor mas apsoiu'eiS
no power TO appoint such an officer I'm til the resi
n,ent has proved itself unable to elect colonel
The new Military Code Is specific ana cear Oh ''''
point II says. Section No. SO:
..Exccpt as otherwise provided in thls chaptei'
field officers Of regiments and batoilions' not q
mart of n regiment shall be chosen b! the heid ana
company troop or battery officers OF their respective
regiments or battaiions No person shall be ehgio'e
10 the Office of colonel who has not served AT ieds'
three years either in the National Guard or in the
regular or volunteer forces Of the United states,
or three years in the aggregate. III TWO UT ioie VI
such branches of the military serve, a, &, cos.
Section No. 81 provides ior pro 'eui''s' ia W
IF a vacancy exists in the oftce OF any nelI 10
regiment. tho commanding officer OF me prie hm
TO which such rcgime3t or na,,ion h servod on
the field and company officers n sucn re ,ldi
or battalion fo an ee ecu, s 20 I Van take pace
and shall yre' ide or designate some other proper
Section 10 Sc provides for a case where there is
.The of,Icer causing the notice to be given for
any election shall attend or designate other proper
officers to end at the time and piace o, no nv
nsh scSon H r 1se 1r and prsde
at ana may, for sufficient reason adjourn tne
san from 0 cn ms To the Vacancy may be ed BY the
COMMANDMENT, h'ef. II the oihcer cau Using IN, ,s
by him, shah n OF attend tie meeting for the cleo
ton then the officer OF the highest rank present
The pny case in witch the Governor appoint
field officers as provided by the military code OK
ment. battalion or company. which is not wei
enough organize 70 hold an election This is
covered by Section No. Y. as follows:
The Governor as Commander in-Chief Of tho
National Guard nd Of the militia IS authorized and
necossp ~ to commence or complete any organlzq
ton created under this chaper bu; rot sufficiently
organized Tor IN election -
order an election les absolutely in the hands OF
Acknowledgement Louis FitzGcrad. Neither u"
Governor nor his representative the Adjutan, Gen
cral. has any jurisdiction until ate ne third
meeting at which there is failure to eiec-
colonel