New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12

INTERNATIONAL COSKREY BUTT
General fitzgerald April B. On this evening VIM.
is known rs the Marion sims trophy Is to be presenter
10 the member Of the ambulance corps VINO passes
ia. best examination. The company 10 when thls
member belongs is to hold the trophy for one year.
aft,. which there will be- another competition Tor the
possession OF 1t for the next twelvemon'h. Inc
rrcimpnial stag will b. held on April 20. the same
committee como I'd OF Cap aims Thurston ard smith
and Lieutenant Trradwel. which hsd the affair OF last
year In charge will arrange this next one
From Tn. 9TH Regiment Gazette II IS learned
that the recent trip OF the regiment to washington
was tho sixth journey which that organization has
uai. 10 the ca al city The Gaze te' express cd the
hope that the sixth trip might be pleasanter than
any Of the others. But from the accounts OF the
wenthcr during Inauguration week It Is clear that
such not the
In the absence OF Captain Harper the Ninth Com
pany eth Regiment, went to Washington under the
command Of First Lieutenant H. G. Duval. Lieutenant
Duval Join d the regiment In 1870 and during bis
TWENTY-FIVE years OF service has missed only
rarnde. rs an indication OF how slowly promotion
comes In the regiment and how hard must work
10 win IT, this Is the first time he has ever been
In command Of his company.
Lieutenant olonel Mctoskry Butt, OF tie 10th
Regiment. whose portrait IS printed this week. is Of
the youngest officers in tie National Guard OF this
state holding responsible q position as that OF
varied and there is no doubt about his qualification for
tie place, or he would have received the I'M
qualified support OF Colonel Dowd In the cleo
ton. Lieutenant Colonel butt began his military
career where he was at the Troy Polytechnic Insti
tute, November L.. 166O. lie became a member Of
the 6th separate Company OF Troy, which has long
been known Of the best military organizations
In the State and has been known the Troy Citizens
Corps Being graduated from the institute as an en-
I'm ls- he Tn
fcrrcd to Company H. OF the eth Regiment on Feb
rIary % 1855, he commissioned second lieutenant
OF Company +, OF the 18th Regiment. few months
later was commissioned frstlieutenant Of Company
d. r,Sgning in November, 1887, on account Of III
health In the early part Of March. 1854. he returned
TO this city and recnlSted AS private In Company H.
In February, ISL Colonel Dowd, OF the 10th
Regiment. appointed him commissary OF substance,
with the rank Of hrSt lieutenant and since that time
no has taken an active part In every thing pertaining
TO the organization. whether In the direct line u Ms
commanding officer detailed Lieutenant Butt 10 take
charge Of the department OF instruction IN guard duty
Of the regiment. In this place he was so successful
that the regiment came away from camp with an en-
vinblr record. Lieutenant Butt was commendci Tor
his efforts a camp In orders issued by Colonel D0wd
on the board OF examination for non commissioned
officers and in the important duties devolving on him
in this position he has shown thorough acgnan,'.nce
In Buffalo Lieutenant Butt was detailed by Colonel
Dowd TO instruct the members OF the 4Ith Separate
Company IN guard duty. This company was under
the command OF Colonel Dowd in Camp No. 1. He
speaks highly Of the manner In which the members
of this company performed their duties. Dne OF tho
finest trophies for which the 18th Regiment hold com
petitions in rife shooting was presented u the regl-
m,nt by Lieutenant Colonel Butt and In other ways
new officer freely expresses pride In having the sup
port and friendship Of 50 able an officer rs Colonel
Extraordinarily hard to make the regiment among tho
best in the country.