New-York tribune., 1895-07-21
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
ACTS AFFECTING THE MILITIA WHICH
WERE PASSED By THE LAST
LEGISLATURE

of regiment, which Us as 1olloWs'
4 regiment Of infantry. cavalry or artiIery , sia
cons;s Of not less than eight nor more than Twelve
r,.panies troops batteries one colonel one % neu
to consist of on reg mental ana two battaEon auJu
tants. reeimental and two na,ano nacb of the
grade a. first lieutenant: ona inspector o; re p.aI
tlce c grade Of captain ore surgeon CT ;h he Grade
of major. two assistant surgeons eacn % % cat,tsin
OF captain; one chaplain OF the g grace ins,rr "i of
some regious denominations one regimen,al and
two battalion sergeant-majors. one resinen'"i % nna
commlssary sergeant one ordnance sergeant one one
regimenai and two battalion hosp'ah e drum or
and two color bearers. each OF lhe s'""e "a
sergeant. .oors nv hat,
teries there shall be additional officers anu M hon ons
officers as ba,,aiion os
each the grade Of first lieutenant anu one ,ar var
mastersargeant and one battalion hospital steward
But should a regiment be reduced peioW tne nun. M
dsbandment or otherwise the commander r-in-chef
shall place on the list OF supernumeraif III onS
one battalion sergeant ma jor battalion quarter
master-sergeant and one battalion hospital Stew "
shall be reduced to the ranks or discnargeu. % m
the discretion of the commanding officer 10 no ,b beg
ment of more than five hundred snis,eo e an sd
may he appointed by the commander az az" f
dional inspector of rife practice of the grace OF
first lieutenant
NATIONAL GUARD LEGISLATION.
Aside from the amendments to the military code
and the creating of a commission TO select an i'm
laws that concerned the National Guard. An ap-
propration Of 5000 was made TO reimburse llosa
County for its disbursements connected WIN '"e
Iehigh Valley Railroad strike in the year lesZ pu'
nothing was done regarding the claims OF Erie
County for disbursements in the same strike. An
enabling act was passed allowing the Board OF
Claims TO hear audit and determine the claims
for COMPENSATION Tor work and labor done ana
performed and materials furnished in manufactuf-
ing and repairing artillery uniforms Tor the ooth
and 18th regiments of the National Guard upon
order or direction of the commanding oihcers OF
sucb organizations remaining unpaid. and to award
such sums therefor as shall be just and reasonable,
not exceeding the total amount or szV"; also an
enabling act relative to the claim OF Henry r.
Paetzger deceased. for compensation for WORK ana
labor done and materials furnished IN manulac'ur-
Ing and repairing military uniforms for the ON
Infantry Regiment the award not exceed $4,000.
An appropriation OF $500 was made 10 pay the
debts of the 1st Separate Naval Division lately
locates at Rochester; and 5000 was APPROPRIATED
for she erection of boathouse for the Second d.
,.son of the Naval Militia in the county or Mon
roe The Penal Code was amended so that secret
fraternal societies well the National Guard
may have music at funerals on Sunday
The Governor refused to sign bill to provide
and maintain nautical school for the state OF
New-York and to merge therein the present nauti-
cal school maintained by the Board of Education
Of the city of New-York: also bill appropriatng
$4,000 TO provide and encourage military instruction
in the public schools. and creating all abie-podled
male pupils Of the age Of eleven years and up
ward who are regular pupils In any OF the acad-
emes high schools union other public schools
of this State enrolled by the respective principals
of ,such schools as members of the American
Guard of the State of New-York. Other biils that
failed to become laws were these: Appropra'ne
$4,000 for the subsistence, pay and expenses OF such
batteries OF the National Guard as the Ad)u'an'-
General may order to go into camp or upon the
march for field exercises during the present year.
TO be expended under the direction Of the Adjutant
General; amending the Civil Employees law OF 1873
50 that no person holding q position by appoint
nent in any city or county OF TINS STATE or VIM
may hereafter be appointed. receiving salary
from such city or county. or from the STATE VINO
shall have served in the National Guard OF the
State for the full time of his enlistment, ana VINO
has or shall hereafter have. an honorable us
charge with 80 per cent or over OF DUTY snail oe
removed from such position except for cause shown
after a hearing had extending and applying to all
nsrsons who have served five years in the Ma
tional Guard or the naval milith all OF the pro-
visions of Chapter 3 Of the Laws or 1895 TO regu-
late and improve the Civil Service. and the several
acts amendatory thereof. which relate TO persons
who served in the Army Navy Of the United
s.ates IN the late war and have been honoraby
discharged therefrom providing that all citizens or
the State who have served full terms OF service
In the National Guard Of any OF the United states
and shall have been honorabiy discharged tneretrom
1Oa of the code of civil procedure so that person
who has been honorably discharged from the MILL
tsry or naval forces of the State OF New-lork or
OF the United States shall be exempt from jury
duty; allowing sons Of veterans 20 use the armor-
res of the National Guard.
An appropriation OF $4,000 for new armory IN
Ogdensburg was vetoed, also one Of siOO'VW Tor
new armory for the 18th Regiment. In Bunalo.
These proposed appropriations did not reach the
Governor: Rochester, 10000: Schenectady. so"V";
Hudson $4,000; Whitehall. 5000; Mohawk SzoVW
The following appropriations for armories became
laws: Amsterdam sl0JO; Glens Falls. $23,4si; Bng-
hamton N7 100: Malone. $500 Flushing 5000: 47th
Regiment 100000 Walton. $1,000; Olean, 5000;
Catskill 5000 Niagara Falls s241H: Hornellsyille.
$1,000; Albany $1,000; Poughkeepsie. $3.50.
THE NAVAL BATTALION
In consequence OF the fleet evolutions Of the
North Atlantic Squadron. under Admiral Bunce, IL
will be Impossible for the United States men-ofwar
TO aid the Naval Battalion in its practice cruise
The officers Of the 1st Naval Battalion will have
two days work on board the torpedoboa Gushing
at Shelter Island and Gardiner's Bay. Commander
Miller has issued order giving the camp routine
The members OF the 18th Regiment. Colonel
Heman Dowd have good to be proud Of
their camp record for 1895. The attendance was
larger In proportion to membership than that OF
grounds this season, and the official figures viii
probably show that 50 per cent OF The regiment
kind OF weather and the least chance for camp
sports. but all seemed 10 enjoy the tour, and per-
formed their duties TO the perfect satisfaction OF
the officers of the regiment and OF those detailed
by the Commander -n-chief; During the week the
campaign hats and brown leggings were received.
and the men had a chance 10 lay aside the heavy
and ungainy helmets. While the officers
loud In their praise Of the men, they were equally
forcble in their complaints as 10 the States horses.
Everything about the camp" said one officer.
us spck and span; nothing has been left undone
to make the men comfortable and to make the
camp OF instruction successful But the Ordnance
Department furnished horses and equipments which
not up to the camp standard, and which
should never have been given to us" The opinion
quoted was shared by most Of the mounted officers
OF the regiment
Company X. OF the 18th Regiment. Captain j. r.
Blake. has shown the greatest Improvement in
point Of numbers of any company In the command
Those who interested themselves In recruiting for
the company succeeded In reversing the figures In
two years. In 1893 the company had twenty-nnc
men; to-day II has ninety-two of whom eghty-nne
were In camp Quartcrmaster Steinhauer received