New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-28
RELIEVED FROM COMMAND.
COLONEL EDDY, OF THE Attn REGIMENT.
SURPRISES THE STATE CAMP.
MAJOR WILLIAM t. PETTIGREw no LONGER THE

MAJOR WILLIAM Il. NJ LcNpr'' A-'
HEAD OF THE FIRST BATTALION.
PeekskI, June o7.-Thc most sensational occur
since the state Camp Of instruction was opeieu
happened to-day. The men had just been re'ahe"
from battalion drill. The drill had been rather
ragged especially the part OF the FIRST ha'uno".
Immediately after the parade dismissed Coioiei
Eddy OF the 47th Regiment. issued an order renewing
Major william Il. Petigrew from the command vi
the First battalion and further duty Lieutenant
Colonel william II. Hubble assigned to the COM
mand OF the battalion. Colonel EDDY dlSuhc'N
STATED that the for this action was lncompeecs
on the part Of Major Pettigrew
The sunset parade saturday night was poorly
executed owing to errors on the part Of the First
battalion. These charged to the com
mandant. This morning the same BATTALION "rniou
even worse than on saturday Colonel Eddy was
exasperatcd, but said nothing until the men M"
been dismissed The order then Issued
Major P,ttigrew has been a member OF The 4'n
Regiment since 1865. For fourteen years he was
coptoin and first Lieutenant OF Company &. on
OctG,er 10. 1890, he was elected major. Ills reco'u
has been excellent.
The men in camp started in to double dnty
to-day to make up for yesterdays inactivity. no'n
men ana officers said they wouli rather URN "''
day than have such an experience as they hau s'.
telday repeated. There WIS an extra drill 'h's al
ern0On, which relieved the men oil one uu'y WIN"
had been unfulGled yesterday.
Colonel Eddy Is still In command OF the post ~
General Porter has not returned. The de'achme"'
Of the First Battery from NewYork CITY, which has
been detailed for camp duty for stay OF ulree
weeks, Is working hard to make record
Colonel Eddy did not Ike to admit that incompe-
cncy was the only cause for the removal OF Major
Priiigrew from his command. He dd not KNOW
whether Major Pettigrew would oier his resignation
not. A., colonel
Tcrsonally ! regret exceedingly" the colonel
said that such step should have to be taken, pt
rs an officer believe II necessary Tor the eooo vi e
service and the welfare OF the battalion"
The action OF Colonel Eddy, commanding the 4'th
Regiment In relieving Major william r. Pet'lsrew
from the command of the First Battalion and fur
Their duty at the state Camp was not unexpec'ea
by the members OF the Attn Regiment. IL Is saio
that II was thought that Colonel Eddy would tame
this step some time ago.
A reporter last evening saw several members Vi
the regiment who did not go to camp. but they were
not inclined to talk the matter. one OF the msh
officials the regiment, however. declared that mucn
dissatisfaction was felt by the state officers at the
manner In which Major Pettigrew led the men III
drill. At drill aud review some Tune ago 'ne
majors manner of drill excited the disgust OF Coiohei
Eddy and General Thomas II. McGrath, Inspector OF
rifle practice Had Major Pettgrew kept bis wits
about him he would be all right, but his manner OF
conducting drills bad. The fact Is he was not
able to fill the place on this account
"On one occasion IN the armory," h. continued, he
marched the men four five times around WITHOUT
necessity, and then brought them to halt In TINS
way the files would become all tangled up, ana ne
would he at loss TO straighten them out. This sort
OF thing has happened several times. 81 have known
cases. he added. where the major was compelled
to appeal TO officers under him to help him ont OF
his difficulty.
"When the oonmani vas called out on Monday
night to form In their respective streets Major
Pcitlgrew waa missing. Colonel Frederick PhlsterV'
Assistant Adjuant- 6, neral the Governors stan,
turned Colonel Eddy and asked Why the major
was not at his post at the end oil til" line
i guess liz Is about somewhere repl'u 'oiohi
Eddy. go ~ III, -,o,,
Phistcrcr: this /, his place
Major pettigrew soon appeared. and when asked
where he had been replied that he had been engaged i
| and could not leave. That seeHed 10 anger Colonel
Phisterer and may have had something TO do with
TIE action Of cone Eday f e Te'ns be- m Blamed
for his action Some one back Of him, no doubt,
ordered it, M.
Practice OF the 18th Regiment. when spoken to last
night regarding the action Of Colonel Eddy, said mat
he sorry Major Ptttigrcw did not resign ions
ago. H. Is an exceedingly nervous man. ana
having strong voice ii was Difficult at inns ,i'c ior
command. Mr.. Brown expressed much sympathy Tor
Major pcttlgrcw is superintendent Of Appleton &
cos big printing house at lewe, st. ana Kent ave-.
lIookk ana popular among all MS aclaintah's,
who have the deepest feeling OF regret for him. III"
has seldom absent from hi- post since his enlist
mcnt in The am Regiment in $50. when he entered
Major Pcttlgrcw was NJ his home last evening
hv Tribune reporter. and said that tn" err~is IN ye
to-day, dri OF the First battalion overlooked
bv him in con.equsncc OF his having lost his eye
siassas on the field and he sighted II was
b S,,nlo 5%r III" lie 70 onghr cSo"" Eddy acti'
was more severe than the occasion demanded lie
aId that he had intended to reSicn In October next
and was Inclined In view OF this intention 10 let the
matter rest. lie could not say whether he would re-
sign before October or not.