The evening world., 1894-07-10
STATE CAVALRY'S NEW HOME.
Cornerstone Laying Of Troop As
Armory This Morning.
Mayor Giroy and Other ArmOry
Commissioners Present.

At 1870 o'clock this forenoon Mayor
Gi.roy laid the cornerstone Of the new
armory for Troop A before gathering
of cavalrymen in citizens dress. Com
missioner; T.. l.. Barker and Clerk f. j.
Bel, of the Arlnory Board; Capt Roe,
Of Troop a; Lieut.-Col. Smith. of the
Seventh Regiment, and small crowd
of citizens.
The cornerstone Is ton block Of
red granite, . - by feet in surface
and feet thick. 1t had bevelled edges
and bore the French Inscription "Boutez
en- Avant" which literally translated
means Push to the Front" OF Saddle
up! 10 the Front"
The programme was simple, the cere-
mony informal. Trumpeter A. l..
Braithw WALTZ :. sounded the Cavalry
barker Morgan. of the Church OF the
heavenly l.est, Chaplain of Troop A,
read short prayer; Boots and Sad
dies followed. and then Mayor Gilroy.
ped o. rcd mortar with steel trowel
a copper box. containing copies OF
The Evening Woriu' and other news
papers daily and weekly; the contra ct
Tor the arnory, minutes OF the Ariuory
Board history of the armory, and other
uGcuments; copper ana silver coins of
1874 lists of National Guard officers, the
Federal and State Constitutions, Troop
A March," postage stamps, i to 90 cents
of the present and the Columbian is-
sues; cloth and buttons of Troop A
uniform. carbine, and pistol cartridges.
pnhot"traphS, Of Gov. Flower. Mayor Gil
roy. commissioners Barker and DAILY,
OF he Armory Board and of Generals
tIn ri ana MSGrath, Major r. B. Nc
2. Bridgeman, II. G. Badgeley and
francis ialpn, and First Sergt. John
!; Holly, of Troop A, was deposited In
The Mayor spoke briefly, commencing
the building 10 the uses for which II
was intended, the protection and de-
of the peop:e of New York. y
The stable Cali' followed, DR.. Morgan
delivered a henediction, and Recall
WAS the signal Tor a dismissal OF the
gathering.
Troop a is tho only cavalry organiza
ton in the National Guard OF this
STATE. Its commander, Capt. Charles F.
to-day's occasion, because the troop has
| so recently returned from the State
Camp at Peekskill.
The new armory occupies the othel
Battalions armory stands. The latte
building. fronts on Park avenue from
Ninety fourth to Ninety-fifth street.
Madison avenue" Venue from 0R T ,aTn1 q
! Nincty-hfth street. Exclusive of tn
/ projecting towers and turrets, II Will
| have a frontage of col feet inches OF
! Madison avenue, and 10+ feet on eacl
street: backing up against the rear o
! the E!ghth's armory. 1t will have
concretei basement under the who'll
building, With a stable for 100 horses
Will be pistol range of 100 feet.
owing to the topography of the sit,
the ,Nne,y,hfth street sidewalk is on
level with the basement floor, while OF
Ninety-fourth street II Is nearly leve
with the first floor. The space abov,
the basement except what Is taken 70
entrance. stairways, doctors. quarter
master serGeants and armorer's quar-
tiers, will he devoted to the riding ring
used for cavalry tactics. drills an,
mounted athletics, with ample gailerie
for spectators.
The second and third stories will, b.
made in pavilions 80 feet wide and ex
tending along the north and south side
o. the armory while the space between
on the Madison avenue side, win be al
open court. In the south pavilion vii
b" the officers quarters. lockers, bat
and toilets, on the third floor viii be /
gymnasium.
In the north pavilion the second foo
VIII be occupied by meeting-room
cloak and IL iies' dressing rooms; In tn
third floor will be the troops kitchen an
tle living rooms OF the armorer.
The building viii be Of the Scottls
paroniGl style. in harmony with tn
Eightl Battalion ar,nory. In brick lai
IN red mortar and trimmed with LAX
superior sandstone and terra Gotta. TIL
main entrance will be on Madison avenue
The arnory Will cost $4,000