New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
PARADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEDl-
CATION OF THE WASHINGTON ARCH.


a,sr,av in connection with the dedication Of the
Washington MEMORIAL Arch on April 80 The CID
zens of New-York will have an opportunity th'h
Of seeing the combined forces of the First ana sec
pnd brgades and he LIST Naval Battalion IN Hhe'
and of witnessing fine display Of citizen sodiery
T}rlgadierGeneral Louis Fitzgerald has Issued an
order in which he says
The brigade will parade in fudress uniform form o., on
Iuesoay Hpi 0 and the ist Naval Battalion by
His Excellency. the Commander--n-O mel hale ~,
,arvals AT $40 D. m on Ffth-ave facing east, the
right of the Second Brigade resting on fQrNTrSysC
Prcsde I w rest as follows: Ninth Eesimen,. on
Fifty-rst-st; ga RGgimsnJ on 9tS Regncni
on Sixty-iirst-st. IL; Regiment, on SNty-ioutftn-
on sSxtv-seventh-st: LIST Battery sixty ninth-st
and "a Battery. on Seventieth-st: L., ., tho ,of.
The Isl Naval Battalion is assigned to me ,, TiS
of the First Brigade and vii. form as ABOVE Wiz"
its right on Seventy -hrst-st. "a, .t, Cam,
Chief has passed its front W. mIye 10
place as soon the reviewing party mas P'SSeu Il"
rear .,,r,,,, will then form in column and escort
the ne coommander-in-C chief to the WASHINGTON Ne Ne
mortal Arch where it viii pass in reVlF we ic
dentalV take part in the ceremonies OF ut'IlCd.
After passing the Arch the troops VIII fe'"'" -
Squadron 4 will report to the, Adju'an'-'ienera
as escort 10 the Commandfr-ln-Cn mel, ,,.ad ., .
n M at the residence Of the brigade COMMANDER
Inspector-General Frederick c. McLewee viii
make the following inspections this week: MonidS'
10th Battalion Albany; TUESDAY st separate UNI
many Oneonta: Wednesday. SD Separate company
walton and Friday Goth Separate Company, BinS-
hamtOn. +,
There is no foundation for the report printed IN
number Of papers that the State camp "ou" Nv
onene6 Iune o and that the list Regiment would
he the first command TO take possession u 'ie
comn ground The adjutant- generals department
rcnor,s that nothing has yet been decided as to lAe
camn" Colonel Phisterer assistant adJutah'-seh-
eral saws he does not know where the report CIV
ing the date of opening originated
STATUS OF a MAJOR.
Adiutant-General McAlpin. in a letter to Major
Charles Harris I.uscomb. Of the 18th Regiment
,aotauv defines the status of a major only a
drn oficer There has been good deal Of dispute
over the oueson ever since the adoption OF the new
regulations by the National Guard and Tor the pUr-
nose of determining it. Major Luscomp WIO'e Ue"
oral NIcAlpn requesting ruling on it, the AuJu-
tant-General in his reply says. among other Things
Under the laws and regulations the colonel Is tie
supreme head of regiment ana majors COiiiIai, an
m9nding their battaons on drill when thelr pa pa
taIions are ordered to drill by the coioneI anu @sg
drills parades or actual duty under the coonei; ,
When a battalion is detached IRON d otor IS The
then the major has supreme coiIaau ~ reSa nizt
battalion in regiments is not permanent u
II Is prescribed that all administrative duties arr arr
TO be performed by the reglmtntai nrders issued
bv him and all On-commissioned stan oiiccrS "i
p9Tht e duties Of major in a BATTALION are simply
limited TO command the same on Grils or p pa nre
and performing such otner Even them to issue
orders TO their battalion; they are slhp! ~ ~,
sScn T deSendent commanders they held
TO accountability for public property
NEGROES WHO WANT AN ARMoRf'
Mich sunrise was expressed in National Guard
circles over the action of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il"
referring the petition of the Veteran Gudrd LOT "
arnorv TO the Armory Board. The Veteran "udiu
&c military organization having about 100 members
all negroes but it is not National Huaru co'''''
The Armory Board. which consists OF inc MdHoI'
Commissioners Barker and Brookneid' "eherd' ri,A
gerald and Colonel Seward. refused TO consider the
-I,oo,io, Tbo,- could take no other action in
,ho Itch, of the law which grants houses ana arno'
,os only TO organizations which nave recosh'%oA
standing in the National Guard.
Can,ajn Louis Wendell, of the LIST Battery. sent
a communication 10 the Armory Board last "eeh'
On which he told of the bad condition OF his arnory
rd ~ its useessness in time of riot or disturbance
He asked that a new and worthy haDtatloh De
erected for his battery and the subject was referred
70 committee consisting of General fl'zseraiu anu
Commissioners Barker and BrookneH.
,rovement is on foot among commanders OF resl-
roents 10 petlton the Park Commissioners to allow
the various regimental bands to play IN 'ehtrd.
Park during the concert season. HERETOFORE o"e
hand has been assigned to Central PARK 10 'he eA-
c,nsion Of all others. Some OF the bandfnasteis
think that the concerts would be just as good II
bnre we're rotation as far Central Park is con-
cerned and they say If the band selected Tor Centra
park is the best why not let it play once IN WINE
in one of the smaller parks FOR the behent oi tos
who do not or cannot go uptown
The Eth Regiment has published a roll OF the MEM
hors of that command now serving 70 whom the
Cross of Honor for long and faithful service mas
been awarded The roll gives also the oates OF en-
,,,r,or, Of the ia members who the decora-
ton Color Bearer Peter j. BREASTED j., VINO en-
listed June 2 ls45. heads the list. and the second
IN noint of seniority Is Major William H. klpp
who has served continuously since October Il
1851 The Oldest privates are Whitman >. Lent OF
the 9th Company, who enlisted November "a. 1861
and George W. Lewis. Of the same company VINO
has served since December 9, 1851
T., connection with the roll record Of the an
nual inspections is published showing the number
of men present at twentysix Inspections since lSz'
The record is as follows: 1876. "a; lbo 800; ls55
39S: ls4O Si9 1915. 1862; 1850 Al; 1851 1si 1860 sV
1861 $751; 1870 GS5: 1919. s39; 1880 So; ISL 1872; 1852
7,7: 1883 as: 1854 s26: 1850 92; 1885, &c., 1857, los
1855 1893: 1889 lO34; 1890 $780, 1891, 1O22 1882, l026
1888, 1892: 1894. 1853
At the review Of the sth Battalion. April 49, adj
mission TO the armory, Park-ave. and Ninety
fouth-st. will be by ticket only. Henry Lacke
stream and Jesse Collins have been appontee
colorbearers in place Of Serena honorS6y GS
have been made by the Sth Battalion for practice
at Creedmoor on May Major Chauncey an,
Sth Battalion Armory on the evening OF April "
SHOOTING AT A FAIR.
In the shooting contests during the recent fan
Of Company G. Sth Battalion. the team of three
match was won by Company X of the 18th Regi
ment, as follows
100 yds yds. Total
Lieutenant NJ L. O'Connor. ..........H - =
Sergeant William Boyle ..............H "a !
GeOrg Donovan - ~ =
Total ..................n IS -
team from Company r. OF the 18TH composed
OF Lieutenant Stebbins. Lieutenant Johnson an'
Sergeant Smith. was second with a total OF 1885, an'
one from Company G, of the 18th, composed o
Captain Setter Sergeant Wells and Corporal Bar
ringer was third with 1S7.
In the individual match the best scores wer
those OF: ,oo,. .oo, ~ -,