New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04
THEY WANT A CHANGE.
MORO TROUBLE BREAKS OUT IN THE
9th BATTALION.
FIVE CAPTAINS OUT OF SIX ASK FOR THE AP-
PoINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT-CoLoNEA 'A"h'
MORAN As NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


poINrMENT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES
MORAN As COMMANDER RESTORATION
TO REGIMENTAL RANK DESIRED.
There is trouble again in the 69th Battalion ana
those who pretend 10 know all about it think that
when the storm is the 6eth will either nave De
come a regiment or 1t will have been wiped out en-
tirely The storm has been brewing more man year
bu: IT would probably have remained fanny al
fair and he fighting might have AL taken pace III
the armory but for the brooklyn strike Inc an
1agonlsm 70 the commander OF the battalion Major
Edward Duffy has been more pronounced since
then |, NAV be remembered tina; when the b9'H
battalion was ordered 20 Brooklyn Lieutenant-Coo-
ne! George Moore Smith Of the I'm regiment Wa
placed in command Some o; the officers OF the o'''
looked upon THIS lack ~ confidence on ''e
part OF the Commander-n-C MET IN Major Duhy ana
+hev Thought tia, they as officers under him. would
suffer by the slight to their commander since '"ei
rumors have been circulated 70 the effect that Lieu
tenant Colonel Smith would oe chosen coH''''d"uer
Of the battalion and although the rumorS were
denied they continued - come up AGAIN ana II was
evident that some of the members OF me o9ih BAT
,alion wanted = change. This theory was estao-
,,ehed hevoud a doubt by the action OF I'VE % me
six captains of the command. who on las' "e"leS-
day united in an official request 10 the Governor 10
Mace Ijeutenant-C olone James Moran in command
az the battalion. with a View to lis TeoFHliii|@lo'
I'D i,s restoration 10 a regimcntal command.
Tho captairs who signed the document, which mas
been forwarded to headquarters AZ Albany 'h'oush
the Brigade Commander. are William oesnohi'
Thomas f Lynch. John McCauIeH' Chares heaF
and Edward T. McCrystal
C,n,aio desmond enlisted as a private in Com
,onv d Of the 69th Regiment. on April 2 1872. He
was made sergeant December 10. 1919; quartermas-
,or-sereeant January 49, 1873: discharged and re-
enlisted July S. 1854; first lieutenant Of Company d
.Iune 10 1885, and captain September d. 1897.
CAPTAIN Lynch. of Company Is, enlisted IN Com
o Otfl ID second lieutenant
February 25 1889 and became captain CT company
X September II. 1891
The captain Of Company A. John McCauley' en-
listed in the company which he has connahued
since February L. 1892 in ISL IN lss2 ne was mace
ouartern,aster- sergeant. He was discharged rep
ruarv q 1851 re-enlised and became first lieutenant
three months later.
CAPTAIN Charles Heay enlisted in 1856. and about
a wear later was made corporal of Company l. He
became sergeant April 10, 1885, second lieutenant
February H. 1891. and captain January j. 1873
Captain Edward 7. McCrysial. of Company b. mas
the following record: Private. Company !. March
o. 1881; corporal. September 90 ISL sergeant Au-
gust Is. 1883; second Lieutenant, Company N. June
l6 1884, and captain ot Company Il, June H. 1874
Lieutenant Colonel James Moran whose name the
cantains propose as commander. made super
nunerary from the 18th Regiment in December
1885, at the time the regiment was reduced TO
battalion. He enlisted private in 1862 became
second lieutenant in 1870 and adjutani IN lS'' lie
held that position until March L. 1893 When ne was
elected licutenant-colOnel
A friend of Colonel Moran said Yesterday; Duffy
and Moran candidates for the colonelcy OF tie
regiment and when IL became evident That DuHy
could not be elected 400 men were muStereh ou'
of the service and the command was reIuSc' ~
battalion with Duffy as commahder' O'o .i.2,Ts
the 6sth Battalion viii not discuss me pd hs
of the captains on the ground that II Wou'G ,, I
wrong to DO 50 before the question has been pup
lshed officially but it has not been denied tha' '"e
request has gone forward
POLITICS A DETRIMENT TO THE REGIMENT
\ prominent member of the National Guard re-
calls the fact that The alleged political lean
ings of Major Duly have done much TO orihg
about the present state Of affairs Last july,
said. the commander OF the fI:St ~ i1i I'm ~
asked the captains Of the C9;h what IN theM opr,
ion would be the best course 10 pursue WIN re-
f gar t IS ' compaes under captain " j. oNen
and Captain I. VI. DAILY be musteied ln'Q 'nt t S,
the colonel of the regiment We were toid' ne
continued that the General agreed to me GopUS,i
r3r 0 ugs f IF Moran were elected colonel
the Goth would cease to be Of use as a Democratic
machine, blocked the game !. o,,a, ",uh
Nshed an address TO David B. Hill as leader OF the
Democratic party. few weeks before the las. a. ~
Kept the 9Th Regiment out Of it's field Of ssei
ness by making il subservent 10 the rule OF pon-
ticians, but Mr.. Hill paid no attention to the mat
SAID TO HAVE BEEN A TAMMANY TRICK.
1t was also stated that about the end Of August
1894 there were two companies on the armory moor
ready to be mustered into service. The Inspector
General was there. and so were the surgeons ana
at the last moment telegrapAic orper Caiir
from Governor Flower from Fire Island counter
manding the muster-n order, and TINS aGt was
also looked upon As Trick played OH '"e '''n -
Tammany. 49,. . - , r,...a,io,
The quar-. els OF the G9ih Regiment and Battahon
have been NUMEROUS and bitter and SOM guarus
men have long been of the opinion that ule CON-
mand should be disbanded, claiming That me IN
terna srifes are OF such nature that legislation
cannot wipe them cut , >..,-., C,..ar,
Of the sCventy-One majors in the NatlondI T1diu
NJ The State Of New-Ycrk Edward Duffy Is the
senior He ranks No. with commission SO Ist ed
March IS 1870. The register shows that he SnnStti
in Company G June 3. 1861 was elected fH ,a
lieutenant March "a. 1871, major FEBRUARY Il"
1s75: honoraby discharged February l. DO, rem
listed and made major March IS. lSN OF the ten
officers of the battalion who rank az captain OF
higher nine were born in Ireland. Inc one cH-
cepton IS Assistant-Surgeon George Nhiam NoI-
Inns who was born in Ncw-Nork