New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIRS.

REGULARS AND MILITIAMEN IN cAMP-THE I'd
BATTERY AT VAN CORTLANDT PARK TO-DAY.
Most OF the artillery organizations Of the State
will return their homes this morning. II they
have not already arrived, after an extremely suc-
cessful week at the State camp. The National
Guardsmen have had the benefit all the week OF
watching the regulars at drill az we'll as having
had an opportunity OF catching on to the minor
points of a batteryman's life In the field This 10
an advantage which the infan,rymen In the Ma
tional Guard OF this State at least seldom enjoy.
Several propositions have been made in the last
two or three years looking TO an encdmpment COM
posed Of both mtamen snd regulars, but nothing
has come Of It, In fact, the officers In both the
Army and National Guard are not unit in their
views or this subject Some Of them think com.
binatlon encampments are beneficial, and others
believe the contrary.
At any rate. the citizen soldiers made good i'm
preston at Peekskill this year, in comparison with
the regulars. Some OF them made long marches.
going to and coming from the camp. The members
~ the 81 Battery under command OF Captain
Wilson started from Peeksk on Friday, arriving
at Sing Sing that evening. and gong INTO camp.
on Saturday the battery marched 10 Van 'orta"'t
Park and the men pitched their tents on srouhd
which is perfectly familiar 10 them. To-day they
will have drill in the park and VIII return 10
heir armory either tonight or early tomorrow
morning. ..
Although the season which closed at the otats
c,un Yesterday has been an ON year, in one
,o,se nj the word II has been an extremely inter-
o,,,rg one nevertheless. The flower OF the guards
wan from the interior OF the State have been seen
,hore and they have received warm praise from
every one who has seen them 1t has become
raguar thing now to send Army officers to National
Guard encampments az instructors and critics. ana
Tho bsneat OF their presence cannot help being feit
Tho n-actice brings the citizen soldiers ana those
,ybo make the art OF both a business and .
r,foss,ou into closer relations and to better I'M
,ars,andnx with each other. II the time should
,or cons again when II might be necessary for the
two organizations to pull together for common
cause this association in camp would De OF ines
TINA bic value to them.
10th Army and National Guard officers nave COM
mented on this subject considerably since the prac'
,,ce became so general II is killing the old an
t,sonisrn which formerly caused Army omcers 10
cav sarca site things about tin soldiers and dudes
Al the same time the mtiamen mold the regulars
IN higher esteem In consequence OF the better ac-
ouantarc. I, seems only necessary TO have eacn
know the other thoroughly to establish perfect mar
mony between them. . .,, - I'm A., .
somewhat chaotic condition. No one seems to
know anything definite about VIVA; Governor Flower
proposes to do and the coinnandern-cnier u wi
something is done the sooner the organization VIII
he mn on a thoroughly sound basis again ~
present the house Is divided. and the uinerehs
parts cannot work well tosetner a,,ovsd n Rhode
The officers OF the tn Regiment enJo!eu . U, .rr
island clambake at tie place OF Edmund nemps
near Long Branch. on Friday. The company ~.
We're Mr. Kemp is OF the best-known veistsns
NJ the regiment and was the donor OF the NsrSS
Tronhy which has been the object o. ~ ~ss
spirited contests on the armory rine '""s