New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-22
MARCHING on BROOKLYN.
NEW-YORK CITY'S MILITIA ON HAND
BRIGHT AND EARLY.

TIT. NUMBER OF MEN IN THE FIELD-GENEhA-
M.LErR IN coMMAND-GOoD SHOWING BY
r,1f; OFFICERS AND MEN-HEADorAR-
TERs At THE HALL OF RECORDS.
Whom in the gray dawn OF drizzly. chill win
ters morn the various organizations conposhs
the First Brigade ~ G. 8 y. Y. which comprise
OH ~ tho state militia stationed IN this city and
county armed and equipped for active field ser
vice marched through the streets from thfir re-
spective armories their way 70 support t''
wearied Second Brigade in suppressing the ITO,
and disorder incident to the great street ral'roa"
strike in Brooklyn. early risers who saw them
feIt that at last the dogs OF had again been
let slip. The steady tramp of infantry Z" the re-
sounding but monotonous and unmeIou'ous ~
OF the drum: the noisy wheels OF artillery "'hpe'9
and caissons rumbling through the streets '"e
ringing sound OF iron-shod cavalry horses on ''l'
finty pavement and the changing sabres OF .he'
stalwart riders aroused the sleeping popuacc
wildly reminding the elder ones of the dark DAYS
of rebellion and giving to the younger ONES d
startling foretaste Of the dread preliminaries to
grim war It was gaa-day pageant. no irsp'i-
ing strains of military bands filed the air WIN
martial melody, as the citizen soldiery Uafnped
steadily through the thick fog and drenching rain
In simple columns OF tours. with no respiehdeh'
uniforms or nodding plumes. ana no at'eihp' "
displav perfect algnments Of full company fronts
extending from curb TO curb as on FESTIVE iva
sionS. Foot, horse and artillery all "oie pam
regulation fatigue uniform. while the trappings OF
the cavalry steeds were sombre and wholly WIN
ont ornament. Every had calm but deter
mined expression the converginG columns
marched, at quckstep. toward elevated ra''roau
stations Bridge and ferries to cross the narrow
river which separated them from the scene Oh
unhappy and deplorable strife in the other nail Oh
the Greater NewYork.
The brigade was called out by General LOUIS rltz-
gerald its commander. by order of the COMMANDER
in-chief of the State National Guard. Governor
Morton In response to Joint appeal by Mayor
Scheren of Brooklyn and Sherin PUTTING OF
Kings County. sunday when they became con-
WINGED that the local police and militia were uhape
TO maintain order and protect life. limo ana prop
ertv unaided General Fitzgeralds staff is as fol-
Lows: Lieutenant Colonel Stephen H. DIN. assistant
adjutant general: Major c. Lawrence Perkins. com
,nissarv of subsistence; Major Robert V Mckm.
surgeon; Major Paul Dana. ordnance officer; Major
Auglste T. Montant, inspector: Major David Crock
err Inspector Of rifle practice; Major Henry S Van
Duzer, judge-advocate: Major Avery ID. Andrews.
engineer: Major Francis r. Appleton, quartermas-
ter: Captain W. Emlen Roosevelt aide-de amp.
and Captain Oliver Hartman, jr aide-de-camp.
The latter is on the sck-list
The members Of the brigade responded 10 the call
arms with wonderful and highly commendabe
promptness. The order report for field duty was
not issued till $50 o'clock Sunday evening. but
long before daylight yesterday nearly Its entire
strength had reported to the armories. in widely
separated sections OF the city. ready for active
service. Following Is a table showing the organiza-
tions composing the brigade. their commanding
officers, the number OF names on their respective
rosters. the approximate number OF men tabout "
per cent of their maximum strength who reported
for and duty and the aggregate Of all: