New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
NATIONAL Guard Affairs.
TIE Compile ALTON ABOUT NEW ARMoRIES-CJL
CAVAN.GH'S FAREWELL ADDKESS-lTEMS OF
rxTFpr~T IN THE ODD REGIMENT.

TIE compile ALTON ABOUT NEW ARMoRIEs-coL.
CAvAyAGH's FAREWELL ADDREss-ITEMs OF
INTEREST IN THE 23D REGIMENT
Brigadicr-General Fitzgerald ought not 10 hia
II difficult TO reply to the communication OF the
Armorv BOARD asking him for information as to
what ORGANIZATIONS are in present need OF armores'
The 9th Regiment certainly ought 70 have ne"
home All the other ORGANIZATIONS in TINS clly are
I'm a better condition in this respect than Coiohe
Sewards command 1t is pity the members OF
the Armory Board do not ray a visit to the nome
or the 9Th in West Twenty-sxth-st., and see--and
sme-for themselves what kind OF place the
men have to put up with. II Is wonder III iae1
that the regiment has been able TO exist at all
The board laid over the 9th Regiment armorS Via'-
ter on Thursday pending the receipt OF rep!
from the resolution calling on General Fitzgerald
for Information.
OF course the whole question was raised by TIE
disbandment OF half the companies in the 9Th ana
69th regiments In view of the fac; that the stA
Battalion consists only or TOUR shaH CUM
panies and the Goth Battalion OF only I'VE COM
panles none of which are OF the maximum strength
the hoard evidently thought some OF consolida-
ton ought 10 be made in the matter or arnories'
The two battaons might easily occupy the spa
clous armory built for the Sth Regiment All ga
animation might show that the armory OF the o'h
Is large enough TO accommodate the BIN BattaHon
and the 9th Regiment. This armory Is supposed
10 be big enough for one full regiment OF loo men,
and there are not that many men In Doth these
organizations. Whatever IS done 1t ought 10 ,p Se
done WIN IA ve a OF which II has Occupied so long
The affairs Of the 69th Battalion are sun III a
somewhat unsettled condition ana IL s Jus1l ppsVe
bic that some more drastic measures WI, Nh dnrn
be taken before the organizaon settles GTTn
In assuming command OF the BATTALION mas isSue'
the following ORDER ,,, ,u h 90
follows: Company c. Monday; Company l. TUESDAY,
Company -. Wedr esday; Company A. Ihursuay'
'' companes viii be formed promptly o'clock,
and all commissioned and non-commlssi9nn oiheers
must be In their places during roll-call =.
Each company will be formed into squads no OF
seven men ana "a co S connanH formaton
THE first half hour Of each drill shall be- until
further orders by squads under 'heir Respective
"commandan,s of companies Will give their per-
ments and uniforms. and will be held strictly re-
sponsble or any NEGLECT in this Partic1a aTnr,rv
is hereby detailed acting adjutant Of the battal.
ion and Will be o6eysd and rspects sree address,
to the regiment in which he speaks feeiingy Oh his
an S %s 'e Of he he
says IF placed on the retired list, az my own
request; therefore addressing officially for the
last time regiment so historic ana that love 50
we'll -,... ., ,u,a,s ,uoh moro
will he written derogaory ard otherwise about this
! command but it should be borne In mind that this
lions that no other command could be placed In
| ana live; yet prospered When | assumed COM no
| m al
regiment was at It's lowest ebb and in ramshackle
EXCUSE for armoy: under my MANAGEMENT d T., II
largest in the state and new armory in sight;
"fhereforc. [ have felt for long time that the
my OF office that vas fairly entitled led 10 ,,e
rest and was anxious for H. ] sincerely nope me 6re
| under my successors in office.
My entrance to the regiment was as a H Vsry
every position in it from private up to colonel so
| With IL has become, | might say, the
can my feelings when say for the last time-fare-
CAPTAIN ]. Jones Goblin OF Company G., list
| Regiment handed In his resignation on last Mon
day evening Captain Goblin was fined $50 not long
NAN Under the legal age without the consent of his
parents or guardian. Captain Goblin denied abso-
Of he the Officers of the regiment in
pathy with Captain Goblin because the man o VINO
, To get out and he made these charges against
captain Goblin for the purpose Of accomplishing 'na'
Colonel Partridge. Of the 23d Regiment has de-
the 0gs for d Myer a Company
Private w. Butler, Company G; Priyate COM M
Private w. T. Hardness Company H Private j.
Emerson. Company l. Private j. q. wall |om-
Captain Willard L. candee. OF the ed Regmeo;
resigned and has been honS 6o WAS married
by Colonel Partridge to ssmg Second "a
Company 3 the ssd receives the prize
soSans at IN 20 t fG set sas Gsss gre w
rG d or ass . OF tSs
for the present year. and It shows thn.
been sr %sSi Pss OF BE
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