New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02

ELECTION Is THE orH
Colonel idd,'. ac.lon So ,ummarly relieving Major
Pctigrcw from coidupnd q, fle state Camp lat week
and tins d-cfndag him I'm ho cy,- of DOT onli III .'
present at camp bui ~ the public generally. has beer
heartily condemned The lr' g. painted ont that
Colonel EDDY has known Major tticrow long cron a.
20 that hc should ic able 10 tell whether or not h'
was competent 10 peri un the work required oi hiu
In camp. He We, no doubt aware ~ MAJOR Priii
Crews poor oyceight and weak Nerves before The
regiment went 10 camp. and ~ De- not. me- might
have approached th" maj iu different way. II
on affairs being explained 'o him in manly way
Major Pcttigrcw then refused Z, make way tpr some
else. the action taken might have been Justified
The objection has been made To aus argument tina
probably Colonel EDDY d,llhcd 10 approach hi- junior
officer on 20 delicate subject II cm hardly he
possbl, that Colonel Eddy takes such view Of the
matter tha'. but II be- doc 4 would that II
he hac the courage to disgrace inJor Pcirsrw il
the WAY he did h- certainly ought 10 have been
brave enough t. take The other and allow
Major Pct'igrw TO - quietly. some Of th" reports
which have come frlm camp have credited General
Porter with the responsibility for the summary ac-
lion. Thi, story hardly be believed but If It Is
true. It certainty docs not reflect credit uprn him.
y Lively election for additional major Of the
G9ih Regiment wa- held AT the arnofy on Last Mon
day evening. It resulted IN the election Of Captain
Denis G. McCarfhy There were several candidates,
Dif we oiN ONff no were III Inc rae" III Il we're
Captain Hugh omln and Adjutant John Murphy
besides Captain Mccarthy II required hy" ballots
to select the candidate. After three md been taken,
General fitzgerald, who pre- ld'd at the election.
thought that the chances for an election that night
were slim. Captain Coleman made extremely
short ana effective speech however, in which h" snid
that lie hoped another ballot would be- iakcn and he
Thought II that WI, done the election would surely
follow Til, WAS understood by the friend, OF Cap
tain Coleman 10 b. announcement Of hi, with
drlwal and h. asked bis friends vote for captain
Mccarthy when the next ballot being taken They
did not follow his Instructions. however. the re-
had sixteen votes out of thirty, which Just
enough TO elect him. The new major has been IN
the o9th Regiment since 1-GG. aud be- has been
through All .lhc grades Of commissioned and com
nls'"n'd olhccr, up 10 10, present ranL.
Aicr the election was over Colonel CaNanash made
speech chompiimenting the regiment on the fact mat
although There such strong feeling over the ''c
ton ih"r" had not been The slightest irub" 81 any
kind. General Fzpcrald also made speech. sd j."
declared nat b" lad alvay. found the G.th one 0i
the BEST disciplined organizations in the National
Guarc ana ne had not expected any tsoIho Whatever
Colonel CaNannrh then proposed three cheers Tor
"Our beloved General and they were given.
tn" couri-mnral which recently TIED 'ap"ln
Cohn' OF the list Il, giment. met at the ga keSi-
mcnt Armory ga Wednesday evening and hard the
testimony In the case Of Captain A. ". corner Of
the eth Reemcnt. who Is charged with di>ob'dienc"
OF oroerS when the regiment waa having street drin
In Harlem not Ions ago. The charges were made BY