New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
TWO NEW COMPANIES FOR THE tyTH
BATTALION PRACTICE AT
CREEDNOOR

Camp orders have been issued at last. and the
various commands are no longer in doubt as TO
when they wIl be expected to go 10 Peekskill. or
who their camp companions Will be. As already an
nounced. the 7th Regimen will open camp on June
% and will take its own band The State band Will
be at the camp from June 20 until camp closes
lhe 9Th REGIMENT will follow the 1th. and Will
have as associates the following separate COM
panies: The l4th Captain Robert r. Iompkins.
Kingston; the 18th, Captain Francis burdette Var
ring. Poughk epse; the 18th. Captain H. NJ. Z.
Vedder. Catskill. and the 18th. Captain Joseph ii.
Remmer. Jtca.
on July the list Regiment. colonel F. Y.
Greene will take possession. and with II VIII be
the following separate companies The list captain
Horatio T. Witherstine. Mohawk; the seth. Captain
Austin A. Yates, Albany, and the 4Otn captain
Frank Chapman. Ogdensburg. The 18th Regiment
Colonel Herman Dowd. will have camp alone. from
July 10 to % and will be followed 10y the AN Hegi
ment. Colonel George c. Fox. OF }uiiao ne 't'n
will have as amp comrades the Nh Batthh"h' Nh
tor Henry Cnaunce:. j.. From July = 10 August
g. the camp will be occupied by the "a Regiment
Colonel John f. Camp. ard the c9;h Battalion Lieu
tenant Colonel George Moore Smith FROM AueNS'
to August 10 the camp viii b. given over 10 the
artillery During that time the following COM
mands will be encamped there: Isl Battery zap
:an Louis Wendell "a Battery captain D"F" WIZ
son: 5ih Battery. captain Aln'rcn i. HaNeS' syn
cuse and 9Th Battery. Captain Laurel L. Olms'ead
PinghamtOn
The payment Of the troops at m" camp VIII De
under the supervision OF Brgader-General James
NJ. Varnum. Paymaster General. ana the heu''"'
service viii be IN charge Of Brigadiei-Genera Mar
shall q Terry surgeon General of the safe
Samuel Edwin Milliken. who has served III the
National Guard since September Is. 1896. has re
signed a. assistant surgeon Of the 20 Battery.
The 7tb Regimen, d.d good work al the 'rcedmoor
ranges last week. ON Monday Companies ana
nractised each having 100 per cent on the ground
fniin l. and
Tuesday \ and q on Wednesday. ana Ii ana OIL
Thursday For the last five years Company + has
had 100 per cent at Creedmoor ana has established
record which has not been eauall,d 10y any "'Her
company in the National Guard The . pohoh"-
trophy which goes TO the company making me BEST
figure of merit VOlleN firing and having the BEST
attendance the range was won pN company r.
with Company b good second.
Every officer in the 7th Regiment signed petl-
lion asking Adjutant Charles \. Appleton 10 r.
consider his resignation. but. as announced IN Inc
Tribune some timr ago, Adintant Appetons bu'r
ness engagements would not permit him 10 CIV"
the office the attention which I, required. George
/ Weaver the new adju,ant, is a popular on'ei'
lie was commissioned battalion adJutant on o''o"'
8 1898 Private IL. II. Smith has been elected i"h''
corporal of Company i. The veterans OF inc 81"
Regiment viii hold memorial services on May 20 at
The 7th Regiments monument In central f'fN' ne
ceremonies at the monument VIII take pace ."
noon.
ouartcrmastcr II. g. Edabock has presented !"
the sth Battalion a perpetual trophy 70 De n''" ~
the company making the best record al ''''""''"'
Arrangements have been finished for battalion mp
10 Fort WadSworih May ~ Lieutenant "r"'h
H. Baker IT,. OF Company G. VIII be IN 'omm"nu
COMPANY II received the veterans prize for 'ho
highest figure of merit at 'rc"dmoor on May o. "'"
CAPTAIN Isaac Freeman won the prize Tor h"N'"s
the highest aggregate score at three ranges or
pora Stern received the prize Tor making INV "'''
score OF the enlisted men.
At the inspection of the 18th Regiment by hils'-
der-C;cneral r. c. McTewcc. Captain George ha'h
bone Dyer of Company g. had an unpleasant 'N-
porence Corporal 4. r. Henderson appeared !"
the ranks with torn and un,ldy coat anu WIG"
reprimanded for his careless made threat 10
strike hs captain. The Will be court
martialled. General MrI.cwee was assisted al Inc
inspection by Colonel ]. q. Greene ana Major Lee
There were forty-seven absentees
The following promotions in tho 9th Regiment
bava been officially announced: Private Charles H.
Pfeifrer. of Company X, TO be CORPORAL corpora,
Hector Claisse to be quartermasier sergeant. ana
Private Charles w. Seward OF Company IT, 10 he
CORPORAL. The officers have adopted the p'acH
leather leggns. The vacant second heutenancy IN
Company X will probably &c 10 Private Terry Oh
Company G, 22d Regiment
Charles H. Luscomb the junior major OF the Elm
Regiment, has been elected Observation-Disclosures by
an almost unanimous vote, TO succeed -eu'ena"'-
Colonel w. l.. X. Watson. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ''"s-
comb born in Massdcnusst'S' anu HhH "'c'
member of the National Guard since June, lN'''
when he Joined Company ID. 21l regiment me
senior major of the 18th Regiment, George o. CoHh-
ran who is a son-n-sw OF Colonel David r. Aus
,sn and who was at one time \ candidate for the
lieutenant colonelcy, received no votes
At the election for major OF the 18th Regiment
Captain George Lewis Gillon received sixteen votes
10 five cast for Captain j. l." }. Haggstron' Of
Company c. Major Gillon enlisted in Company d.
esd Regiment on November is 1855. and became
second lieutenant in the l4th Regiment in 1882 lie
was commissioned captain of Company | on August
a. 1895.
The shooting Of the 22d Regiment at Creedmoor
continues improve, as Will be seen by the loho"
ing results for three years: