New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
NITTONiT GT1RD AFFifHS.
CEREBRAL FITZGERALp's ACTION REGARDING THf
cgvH SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS

CEREBRAL FITZGERALDs ACTION REGARDING THE
9th SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
Alhl,ant-6encral Porter has accepted an invita-
ton T., review the 7th Regiment and present the
mark smcn's badges and long-serVice medals. The
ceremony VIII take place at The armory on the
evening 81 February %. and large number OF IN
yitailous - the affair Will be sent out.
Tine action Of General Fitzgerald IN disappearing
the applicniions 81 the old companies OF the Goth
Regiment for reinstatement Is bitter disippoint-
m,nt t. the members OF those companies. They
h,ve their own crolullty answer for their feel
iu,s however 40 ono outside Of the regiment ever
thought FOR Il monont that these companies would
be- taken back on any such basis "a the one pro-
,,4. In fact the officers OF the present battalion
ala not expect II. II would b. hard 10 say what
Induced the men t. believe that any such action
woIld b. taken under existing conditions. They
must have believed that Governor Flower was SIM
ply making an extremely biz "blun' when lie dis
banded the compan!ss II they thought that he would
tax. them back again ami place the regiment In ex-
ncflv the zane position IL occupied when he found
r. necessary take such radical measures. The old
officers or som" II them. have continually assured
the men, however. that they were all 10 be taken
into the fold again and the men have believed the
stories.
There. does not seem to be a shadow OF doub;
nLJut what the decision of the commander n-chief
Will be- General Fitzgerald recommended that the
companies be disbdnlel. and Tho suggestion was
oauucnici that the companies be- not taken back.
ANA undoubtedly his suggestion VIII he acted upon
AGAIN. Affairs In the regiment Will probably remain
,r Nv vetoed ont AMI for@ottrn and then there viii
be- some chance II 1t reorganization entirely DIFF
fcrsnt lines from th0se proposed at present !,
g2I Regiment. which i commanded by Captain y.
T.. Thurstor. has resigned lie WAS the senior first
Ueutrnnnt in m. regiment and has been a member
Of Company T. for nearly eleven years. His retire
mcnt IS due t. en,in1ss cnsagemsnts' .,.,
liz. /.
brown the Harlem Company" held It's annual
dinner at the Hotel savoy on Thursday evening.
Nearly every member Of the company was present
and several Invited guests passed pleasant evening.
The members ~ tie l2ih Regiment Athletic Asso-
citation are making cNtcnsiv" arrangements for the
complimentary stag " which Is To be given ut the
Lyceum Opera House. In East Thirty fourth-st. on
next Friday evening. outside OF the athletic games
this is the biggest affair in the shape of an enter
tanment that this association has ever attempted.
The entertaining VIII be done entirely by profess
SIGNALS. but unlike most affairs Of this kind 1t Will
begin IN the evening instead OF the morning, a
dutch or stag usually gets under full Roadway
some where near midnight. but the members OF the
l2th Regiment Athletic Association are novices. so
far this sort OF an entertainment is concerned.
they decided to have II early
The athletic games of Troop \ will take place ut
the armJry ON next Friday evening. They Will he
enough to see them The space for spectators Is ex-
trcm"ly small however. and 80 only limited num-
Der OF tickets be disposed Of The last drill pre-
paratory FOR the games Will be held on Tuesday
evening. and no doubt the armory viii be almost
evening OF the games Captain Roe hopes be in
the new armory at Nncty-fourth-st. and Madison
not only nave u much larger space IN when TO dis
play their feats Of strength and skill but the room
The members Of the 9th Regiment have about COM
pleted arrangements for big minstrel show at the
Colonel Greene and the other officers Of the 22l
Regiment have about given up any hope which they
new armory before the close OF the present drill
lays with the work that II the regiment gets COM
fortaby quartered In the new home for next seasons