New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-06
IN BROOKLYN ARMORIES.
NOTES OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF
THE SECOND BRIGADE.
MOUNTED DRILLS OF TIE SIGNAL CoRPs-TRooP
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MENTs- REVIEW.
The members Of Captain Frederick J. Is'gh's
Signal Corps will begin this evening. at the Bedford
Avenue Riding Academy. a series OF mounted drills'
which Will be continued every Monday evening
until further orders are received. The guardsmen
will be attired IN the regulation fatigue UNIFORM
with boots belts and gauntlets. The corps Is 10 ne
divided into platoons. that instruction may De
made easier Sergeants Baldwin and Jarvie VIII
have charge OF the first toon. and Sergeants Bau
Welt and Fuller Of the second The first platoon VIII
drill AT 1.45 u M and the second an hour later on
the succeeding drill nights the two will alternate at
these hours One OF the chief objects OF the "ork
is to place the corps good condition Tor the eX-
ercises incidental 10 the unveiling OF the Grant
Statue in front of the Union League CIub
The third platoon of Troop rode out to the PARK
on Thursday afternoon and drilled for some time
in the nclosed space which has been provided 10Y
them by Commissioner Woodruff II was the hrst
outdoor drill that these men had ever had ana III
view Of this and other considerations Incidental
to the unfamarity OF the territory and so forth'
the cayalrynen acquitted themselves with great
credit Much good-natured rivalry mas aireauy
sprung I'D between the various platoons OF me
troop each OF which will undergo this open ar
drill separately in the summer weeks. An election
for senior second lieutenant OF the troop VIII De heu
in the arrnory next Thursday evening. and an hour
later business meeting is 10 be held at which re-
ports of civil officers and committees Tor the eiec-
lion of new ones will be received.
The review OF the 47th Regiment at the Marcy
ave armory this evening will doubtless draw i9rtn
a large crowd General j. V. Meserole Will conduct
the review and will be assisted by the entre Netrr-
an association. During the evening various trophies
will be presented. Companies Il ana having each
lied the other for the trophy which H. annually
awarded to the company having gained the highest
ncrcentaee of ma rksmen at Creedmoor In the pre-
cedlng season. II has been decided 10 CONFER 'he
usual distinction on each company. 80, n..,,
The reception committee Of the 4!th Regiment
consisting OF Major william H. Eddy, Captain
Joseph Hart. and Quartermaster j j. Dixon has re,
signed owing 10 the fact that at the last review or
The 47th Regiment by Mayor. W urser In January.
FAINT was found because separate tables had been
set TO entertain the guests by the committee In
charge. Colonel Eddy in consequence: has ap-
nointed a new committee. consisting OF Captain II.
= hartman, Adjutant Mccutcheon and Quarter
The first platoon of the I'd Battery. commanded
nv Cantain Henry s. Rasquin, will have mounted
drill In the Clermont-ave. armory to-nlgnt ana on
ney, Monday evening the entire organization VIII
The nreparations In progress indicate that the re-
,,ew ~ the 18th Regiment by Major-General Nc
Amin on April Q will be one OF the Leading military
offairs ever known In Brooklyn. Long service
medals will be presented on that occasion. ana a
nroaramme has been prepared which Is repete with
interest throughout.