The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-02
VoLUME TWO rs OUT.
1t IL Part or the acknowledgements Report
for 1898. and seems Not to BE Popular.

Volume Two OF the Adjutant-G eneral's report
for 1893 IS out. II came out just before election,
perhaps with the intention Of making all who
should see il repent anu vote the other way. II
80 il seems To have succeeded.
Published volumes from the " Old Man" 80
Major-Gen. Josiah Porter is usually called I'M
o~ficiallyI generally are received gladly by the
officers Of the National Guard. They gather
around the Sergeant-major, who issues the
hooks, like the letters around HuInpty Dumpty,
and often application is made for u second copy
of the volume in process of issue.
But there l. no such demand for Volume Two
of the .Adjutant-General's report for 1893.
some seventy volumes were received at a regi-
mental headquarters the other evening. and up
10 date only four COPIES have been taken; and
rccs.pted. reposing on the table, whereit it stilliies.
This apathy 10 Volume Two Is due 70 tbs
volume. not 10 the responsible author. II h a
auarto volume OF 1895 pages. and weighs three
pounds; and its contents consist. except Tor the
IIls Pas and % Fs sas foiRts erim St th Of t caySlr Se' SeI;
York Volunteers, To some persons the book will
be OF value, but, 20 the unfortunates who did not
belong to the First. Second. Third, or Fourth
Regiment OF cavalry, New York Volunteers, a
pcrusal OF the dictionary will be exciting com
OF course, there are stray facts OF value, for
none OF Gen. POrters writings can be wholly
First Regiment John Abel is the hrst man, there
i, a John, Kane 10 keep him eomPany, and
Henry Abba leads the Second Regiment; but
DOnAt ZOhler deserted, though his name tails OF
the list frederick ADrie anu Mlclhel LlillutF-
man mark the alphabetical limits OF the Third
Cavalry, and Jeremias w. Abels and George
ZublieT hold the Fourth Cavalry in place.
August NAnalaka, Fourth New York Cavalry,
l. horne also as FTanAlike, NeTmaleke, and
Nunalska; William Taberman TejOices over his
recovery from wounds as Fabelman. lahleman-
and IablemAnn; Breess Nellis Of the Third car.
be- found as Miles ID. Breeze, II one likes that
name better. Patrick Flannigan OF the Second
enlisted Aug. 5, 1861; mustered IN as Corpngal
Aug. 81. 1861; captured At Liberty Mills, Va,
sept. -. 1863; admitted 10 hospital Nov. u,
richmond, Va; died ~ starvation Feb. is,
1854. on Belle Isle, RichmonL. James Fish Of
the same regiment enlisted Aug. IL, 1851 cap
tured al Louisa Court House May =, 1853; re-
leased al City Point May IA. 1861; captured at
Wsrrenton, Va, Oct III confined az Rich
mond Oct. %; sent to AndersonNlle March %.
1854; died there Oct. IL, 1854. William ErdmAn.
second New York Cavalry, enlisted IS private
sept. Q, 1864. aud on Nov, so, 1864, was com;
mfssioped chaplain. samuel {. SPrague enlisted
in the First on July rs. 1861. and WIS mustered
IN as First Lieutenant the same day on sept. 10
1851, was appointed regimental AdlntAnI and
returned TO his company Oct. 10, 1865 ana on
March s., 1868, was dismissed as q deserteT.
These are only samples taken az random, New
YORK state tuTLed out some thirty regiments OF
cavalry. seventeen Tcglmentsof artlllerg, t0rty-
four independent or separate battcTtea ahd l3t
m OF infantry. Al tue rate OF Tour Y
the volume. the Adiuiant GeneraIs report Will
extend 70 more than sixty Volumes q hefarS
that will compare faysrably with the ofhci4l
records OF the Iebellion. NheFeoi series 4, Vol
une As, part IL hAs reesnuy been Issued