New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03

of the regiment have lost much valuable time dur
ing the last twelve months. Now" he added
when feel that no extra duties will be i'm
posed and that Will be called upon to
sacrifice no time. comes this Atlanta question.
| think 1t would be an injustice to the men and
a needless expenditure OF State funds which might
be put to better use and know that l voice the
opinion of 80 per cent Of the 7th Regiment"
General NJ o. Terry. the Surgeon-General on
Governor Mortons staff requires funds for
the proper management of his important depart
ment and II extra funds are 10 be appropriated for
National Guard purposes that would be a good
place to put them The requirements Of the depart
ment are many. but the actual needs and the plans
FOR reforms will not be known in full until Major
Bendelrs Committee has had It's meeting and has
made its report to General Terry. 1t will undoubt-
eddy echo the sentiments of the Surgeon-General
and ask the State for liberal extra appropriation.
THE BICYCLE COMPANY.
Sergeant staubach's bicycle company mus
tered in by General McLewee last Wednesday, 1t
is the first company OF the kind in the National
Guard 1t has a membership of forty, all expert
wheemen The company has made arrangements
for century run to-day to Norwalk. Conn The
itinerary Is as follows: Leave armory. Ninety
fourth-st. and Park-ave. a. m: Bronxdale 6:i5;
I.archmont S: Hillside Park. s15; stamford, 1880;
arrive at Norwalk II 80. Dinner Will be taken at
Norwalk. and stamford viii be reached at ! p; m
SIDE 'I Park 2so: White Plains, si Tarrytown, 49,
lOnkers 5i5, and arrive at the armory at 6.4o D. m
First Lieutenant OConnor. OF Company +, or the
sth Battalion has resigned his commission,
The fac, that tine Armory Board has decided no, TO
renew the lease OF the famshacke building now
used by the 9Th Regiment as an armory shows that
a good prospect Of the 9th soon being housed
in its new home. The building in West Fourteenth
St is going forward steadily. and IL Is hoped that
Colonel Seward may preside at the house-w warming
time next April.
The prize rifle which was 10 be given TO the
company OF the 9th Regiment which showed the
greatest Increase In percentage OF experts was won
by Company A.
next Wednesday evening at Wendel.s Assembly
Rooms Company AS reception viii take place 1t
the armory Thanksgiving eve.
The following nOn-cOmmissoned officers were ap-
pointed In Company r. 22d Regiment: Sergeant Ca
Afghan as qusrtermaster. Corporal O'Keefe as SER
geant, Private Miller as corporal, Private Dorrance
AZ corporal. and Private Carter as corporal
The following the new officers OF the ath-
letlc association Of the lith Regiment: President.
Quartermaster Frederick Stevens. vice-preslden,.
Sergeant Major John Cooper: treasurer, Sergeant
Colonel Michel, OF the l4th Regiment. spoke 10
the boys OF School No Is. Brooklyn. last Tuesday
on the subject. DUTY OF the Young American to
His Country" The coone1s tax interested the com
ing men deeply, ard the lecture will probably be
reneatef in another school.
The drum majors meeting. which took place at
the 69th Regiment armory last week, adopted reso-
lutions advocating n change In the rank OF drum
major They want the field music placed on the
footing OF company to have its own men, and not
enlisted men from the various companies.
RUMORs OF ELECTIONS
Although no elections have been ordered In the
Goth Regiment. rumors as to possible majors and
Northumberland are again atioat and the i'm