New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-10
N.iTTON.IL GUARD AFFAIRS.
A SENSATION FOR THE REGIMESTs-FATE OF
THE C9rII AND 9TH.

| THE CJII AND 9TH
The National Guard Of this State has not had
! such SHAKING up In many years as ii received on
Thursday night in the shape OF the orders reducing
the C9th and the Sth regiments TO battalion each.
| Everybody who knows anything about it seems to
| think that Governor Flower did the thing which
was least expected II spite OF this fact however,
the general sentiment seems TO be that. all things
considered probably he found the best solution
which 1t was possible find to straghten out the
tangle In which these two organizations had H.
VOWED them selves.
In the Goth Regin.ent 1t had simply come to n
question Of which should succeed to the command
Of the regiment Colonel Moran or Major
Duffy No matter which one Of these officers was
deposeG bitter feelings and keen dlsappointments
were sure to follow 1t was equally true that DOLE
officers could remain in the regiment and leave
the ORGANIZATION any hope OF maintaining Its ex-
istencc Tie house was divided against ITSELF ana
its fall was inevitable.
Because Of these facts. the rumcr gained cur
rency that the Governor would appoint some out
side officer command the regiment But lhcro
was an insuperablc obstacle in the way or MS
eGoptirg this course The conmanler-n-chci had
absolutely no power appoint officer to M the
vacanc;. In the first instance. The regiment Ihns'
first 20 through all throes OF three meetings al
which attempts must be made TO elect coo"e'
before the Governor had any appoint.ve power
Whether or not TIE regiment would ever nave
survived such trial az this Is serious question.
The Moran-DuTy factions were bitterly Opposed 10
each other, and whatever the result might nave
been there would undoubtedly have been chhrReS
and countcrcharges which would nave kept ''e
regiment in constant turmoil. One faction must DC
got rid Of the Adtutant- General and his advisers
evidently decided. and that faction was on the
Moran side OF the house, matters turned out
Duffy and man. of his friends are politcians
closely allied with Tammauy Hall. What effect
tina. fact had on the general result only those on
the inside can tell. But a slight Analysis OF VI"
situation shows that much worse things might
have happened TO the regiment In the first place.
Captain stephen F. Ryan. Of Company o. Is the
captain who court-ma rtialed not long ago anu
fined $50 for serious offence. Company Is was
commanded by Captain Paul Leonard THIS COM
pany was the one which had so much trouble about
n year ago when Captain Leonard was elected.
He was extremely unpopular at the time. and one
night either he or one by his authority called
in the police to keep order while a company meet
ing was in progress Captain Leonard AT mat 'ih'
plainly demonstrated tina; he was unable to control
the men under him Companies T. and r, when
were commanded by Captains Coleman and Moru-
mer have been harshly criticised at inspections
for the last two years and were generally concecei
70 be in a poor condition The trouble with Com
pany II seemed to be that all the officers were
Moran
Lieutenant Colonel Moran himself has made MN
self extremely unpleasant to the other o''c.Ts OF
the regiment by his dictatorel manners. Ih'se
are the plain unvarnished facts and Tor that fea-
son the action Of the Acknowledgement Is thought
by those in neutral positions. TO be about TIE oest
which could have been taken under the c'rcu'h-
stances.
Some doubt seems TO have arisen as to just how
and by whom the affairs OF the regiment are 10 De
wound ur The order reducing the regiment, printed
IN full below, Is somewhat vague on one or TWO
points. This Is the order;
"The Ge,h Regiment is hereby reduced TO pat
talon. which shall be known as the 99ih batnhoh.
and shall consist Of Companies 4. c. ID. ana H. OF
IN, regiment The companies named viii retain
their present letter designations
Major Edward Duffy. Gsth Regiment. IS assigned
to command the Goth Battalion.
"Couranies T. f. F. G. and ". 69th Regiment,
are hereby dsbandcd. AMI the enlisted men thereoi
and the non-commissioned stan officers oi "e
regiment honorably discharged.
1.-THE field and staff officers of the CJth Regiment
Claior Duffy excepted). and the commissioned on
GERS of the companies disbanded are. IN accor'
ance with Section 81 Of the Military Code rehucrci
supernumerary, and will report their aou'e'Se'
The commanding officer Of the 6sih EeSnent
panes and the non-commlssioned stan ohiGvis 80, ~
be forwarded to the Adiutant,General re w aSo
cred to the enlisted men discharged In ACCORDANCE
this order on ls app sasd T BY @
entitled thereto before the Slst ny oI Jahnay
M repimentai books and records and the books
and records of the dsbanded companies to be Tor
"The Commanding officer OF the GSth Regiment
and all officers rendered ny tbeT
charge or possession and furnish duplicate In,
voices thereof to Major Edward Duffy VINO WI"
rcceItt In duplicate therefor.
The coth 3attalion will be quartcred IN the armory
provided for the Csth Kssmsnt ana Ma ~ sae
and county property therein, ana rom sucn Prop
Ply his command with proper ana complete lni-
forms arms and equipments ana report ne surplus
Mc Denis G Mccarthy supernumerary. late
18th Regiment is assigned to duty WIN NE I;h a,
.arhn tcommandIng officer Of the lst brigade is
,ha rped with the execution Of this order"
The action Of the Adiutant-Gcneral In reference /
to the 18th Regiment was ey yen mgr o, aurH has
nave been rimors that some radical measures would
taken with The sh 1Ts eveTy nnc d y ,bn n a
icers OF the regiment. The Board OF oihcers vert
far not Sns ago n ne 50 publishing such re-
ports That the regimen was In DAD cohdiiloh
Very one outside OF the Organization conceded In
lrmory four years age 1t seemed TO retrosrade;,
were dlsbanded are not far to seek. Company II
vas commanded by Captain Wilton a. c2rne,!
Il orders He was the officer also who was mixed
"a N .ne of Police Captain ershoa Company
was commanded until recently by Captain Andrew
sentence of court-nartal for taking substitutes
o camp and making false returns. captain GeorR-
IRE also charges hanging over him similar to
hose pressed against Captain Oates. His case
g a sad one because ne Is Ill that he Is not
expected TO live. and for this reason ne has not
)een tried.
The fact was pointed out to Colonel Scott long
lgo that he could resign then with honor u HIM
elf. He was warned that II he insisted on holding
N he might bring disgrace upon himself. and that
: exactly what he has done.
Major Henry Chauncy IT, who takes command
e the battalion. Is yong. energetic officer and
plendid soldier. Too much cannot be said in his
avor but he has big task on his hands In
rganizng what Is left OF the regiment
TIE election CO Captain Clinton ii. Smith as
unor major OF the list Regiment meets with
General approval. although he mad. and probably
et has. some energetic enemies In the regiment.
lie warmly opposed the election Of Major Francis
bout a year ago. and the friends Of that officer
the compliment when Captain Smith was
candidate Company BIS loss will be the regi-
nent's gain.
There seems to have been slight misunderstand-