New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21

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MAJOR JAMES o. WOODWARD.
boswell p Flower. Senator Hill. ex-JudSe Henry
IIp.on. Jacob Hess. Judge W. l.. Learned Charles
+ Leland. Clarence Rathbone. John F. Rathbone'
1Tvron II Rocker John H. Starin, Charles X
skinner Franklin Townsend. Charles Tracy JON"
Rovd Tbacher and Jacob II. Ten Eyck
The burgess Corps was the first organization 20
resnon5 for duty at the time of the railroad riots
in 1871 They We're duty six days AT west Al
bany. and many declare that 1t was owing 70
their efforts that the shops of the Ne7-forA I'll
tral Railroad were saved from the rioters They
also guarded the East Albany bridge at that time
OFFICERS or THE CORPS
Tho to,,ovyinr are the officers Of the corps:
lanes O. Woodward commandant; Alfred H.
Rrink FIRST lieutenant: Edward simmons. Secohd
lieutenant: r. W. Grass. third lieutenant stan
William NJ IIussey, adjutant and chiei o. S'di
Henry s Haskell, engineer; William +. NlNSi'p
assistant engineer: Ignatus Wiley Inspector; pdVld
G. Hackney. assistant inspector; Elliot Dan'or'h
iudge-adyocate: James W Eaton, assistant judge
advocate: Charles f. Jenkins, chief OF ordnance
James W. HUT. commissary; Myer NusSodum' AZ
slstant commissary; James A ShattucK' qud''''-
master; d. +. Dunn. assistant quartermaS'er, ''le
Rev. A. V. V Raymond. chaplain; the Rev T. A.
Terry assistant chaplain: Charles +. Lambert
paymaster; John A. Heenan, assistant paEfhaS'e''
DR. c. II. Crawford. surgeon; George l.. lhohids'
inspector OF rife practice; Waiter l. JOY -
Meredith Read. jr.. William Barnes, jr d. r. " IL
Der, Robert Earl, jr.. ana w H. Iid"S0H'
camp
Non-commissioned officers: John NJ. Johnson, nIs'
sergeant; Robert l. Wilson. second sergeant; u -
Tebbutt third sergeant; F. y. Gremmler' iouF1h
sergeant; Edward simmons fifth sergean,; w H.
Smith o,lartermaster-serseant; b. W. BurdicH'
co,nmissa rv-se rgeant; John +. Russ. James a.
Burns. George W. Bra.na.d, r. W Brass. John NJ.
Davis W. j. Pettingin. ". \. Harrison and Howard
Hendrickscn, corporals, ana Norman Il. Moore
armorer.
Tho first narade of the Burgess, Corps took place
In 1s24 when 1--WE officers and forty-ive men TOOK
mart in the funeral Of General Lafayette. Al the
funeral OF General William II. Harrison IN" bur
CESS Corps acted as guard, and in 1871 the corps
escorted the remains of the Mexican war veterans
Fields and Williams to Buffalo. In ISL the corps
acted as guard TO President Fillmore. The Prince
of Wales drove through the streets Of Albany IN
1850 escorted by the relocated Burgess corps an
the same year Elmer r. Ellsworth accepted 'h'lr
escort for his Zouave Corps They were present at
the first Inauguration of President Lincoln anu
at that time as we'll as al the Inauguration OF
r. D. Morgan as Governor Of the State acted as
escort.
The body Of President Lincoln was received at
Albany bv the Burgess Corps, and when the BODY
OF General Grant rested in Albany on It's way -
Nev,-York the corps acted as guard OF honor Inc
Burgess Corps has friends by the thousands all over
the country Il has entertained men from all paris
of the United States. and has travelled Tor BON
pleasure and in the line Of duty close ii''h'S.P
has always existe between the corps ana the Ga
Guard. and both organizations look forward 20 '"e
trp on the I'D with much pleasure
The Old Guard Will be accompanied on rs UP
nv, .x-Covernor Flower. Adjutant General L. a
NcAlpin, Colonel David +. Austen the rev H.
John ". Brown and Captain David Wilson.
THE PARADE OF APRIL 90
Acting upon Instructions received from headquar-
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officer, and men 10 report Tor parade and reVi""
by the Co-rrnauler-il-Chie April 30 The d'Visloh
VIII be commanded by Irigadier-General Fl'zstraI1
VII, has ASSIGNED the Fir, Brigade 70 the Tgnt OF
the line. Al members Of t1e National "ud'H are
deeriv interested in the parade. and everything WILL
ba dnre % make L a military success. The troops
will be formed in Fifth-ave. and will probably eN-
ter4 from Forty-second 90 Seventeen st. Governor
Morton and his staff will pass along the me anu
~, they reach the memorial arch Al Washingi on
soua~a the column viii move straight down fH"-
ave- and pass in review mdrch H'det '"' "''" anu
be dismissed. 90
rr,radier-Gcneral McIcer has issued an order to
tba commanding officers of the second Brlsa'e
relative TO their movements on AprI 2" when Gov
.rnor Morton will review the FIRST and second brl-
,,ades and the lst Naval battalion in New-Yorh.
THE 18th I'D and 18th regiments are oiHeTt1 10 "o
at the foot OF Broadway, Brooklyn a. i-.4' y. H.
whence they will be conveyed by boat 10 Nc"-forN'
TIC tah Regiment will be the foot OF Montague
ST AT l2:4o The 90 Battery and I'd Signal corps
viii cross by the Twenty-third-st. ferry al me
foo, Of Broadway and the nth Separate Company
will go by way OF Thirty fourth-st II IL can be 50
arranged General McI.eer viii have all the reSi-
,pcrts landed at Thirty-fourth-st, and form MS
command a. that point
TABLE BOARD At THE STATE CAMP.
There Will be a change In the bin Of fare at the
c,a,e Caup this year: whether it Nil be Tor the
hetter or not remains TO be seen. NindhoZ d
vale of Syracuse, have had the contract FOR the
last ten Years for feeding the troops In camp Inc
rrsce received biz them was 81 day for each sol
dior The contract has been given this year TO H.
& duncan & Co, Of NcwbUrg. at the same price.
I, has been suggested that the men in camp should
he provided with a "nrst-class table, when 1t IS
considered that the mess OF the West Point cadets
which IS Of a superior kind costs The Government
only . cents q day for each man
Adiutant General William ;. Stryker OF Ne"-
Jersey IN an order dated March 70. announces the
massage OF the following act in relation to the Nd-
tioral Guard OF New-Jerscy:
lie Il enacted by the Senate and General Assem-
bly, Of the State OF New Jersey that, IN addtu0n ~
allowed four companies OF co!ored lniaht!y Onc
each to bee stationed at Camden, Trenton. Newark
and Jersey city.
The AGjutsnt-General in the same order. cans
attention 10 the following law, which was approNel
March %:
BE Il enacted b. the Senate and General Assem-
hly Of the state OF New-Jersey that the uniform o.
Insignia OF rank prescribed for the officers OF the
National Guard OF New-Jersey shall be worn oniy
by persons entitled thereto by commission under
another State OF the United States: provided, any
honorablY DISCHARGED officer may wear upon PUBIC