New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19
THE 9TH OFF FOR CAMP.
COLONEL SEWARD CONGRATULATED ON
THE REGIMENTS APPEARANCE.

THE REGIMENTS APPEARANCE.
WORK OF THE 2aD AT PBEKsKILT,-AN OFFICER
REVIEWING 1T IN DETAIL THINKS 1T
COMPARED FAvoRABLY WITH THE
SHOWING OF THE Sd BAT
TALON.
The 9th Regiment. $50 strong under command Of
| Colonel William Seward. marched upon and cap
tured the State Camp at Peekskfll yesterday. The
command assembled at the beautiful new armory
Fourteenth-st. near Sixth-ave., at 1890 a. m.
and those who came first found number OF people
waiting the street. who had come In time. In
order that they might not miss seeing the men
| march away. The crowd grew every minute and II
took much time to explain to those who insisted on
going through the doors that the building was still
incomplete and open only to the members Of the
regiment
1t just when the troops marched out OF
the arrnory. Colonel Seward and his staff marched
at the head of the column. and they looked like
true soldiers In their fatigue uniforms and cam
paiGn hats The field music OF the 9th Regiment
which is always notable feature. was particularly
good. and aidei the step Of the men fully as much
a band. The guard, under command of Captain
Marks, with whom Lieutenants owen and
Higgins. first in line The line of march was
from the armory to Fifh-ave. to Fortysecond-st
and TO the station where the men arrived warm,
but in perfect order. at 1890 and where another
large crowd had assembled. The men wore white
summer helmets and carried packs, canteens and
rolled overcoats A train OF thirteen cars was In
waiting The first car reserved for the guard
the second for the field music. the third was head
quarters" and each Of the remaining cars was oc-
cupied by company arranged In battalion order
few minutes before the left the station the
chaplain. Captain Newland Maynard. reported TO
Colonel Seward He will conduct religious services
at the camp to-day, and will probably remain with
the regiment until 1t returns next Saturday. A
number OF officers Of other regiments congratulated
Colonel Seward on the fine appearance Of his men.
and their steadiness in the ranks. The colonel
said that he expects only good work from the men,
bers of the 9th. but If they held their heads little
higher than usual and walked with more frmness.
it probably due to the complimentary indorse-
ment their muster rolls which had reached the
armory from General McIewee the night before.
The 9th Regiment will have as camp comrades the
4th Provisional Battalion. under command OF Cap
tain James T. Chase. The battalion Is composed OF
the 5th. 10th, Path and 9th Separate companies
EXPERT OPINION ON THE 23D.
An officer Of the National Guard who is close
observer. and whose proficiency makes him a COM
petent Judge has this to say about the work Of the
ed Regiment and the Sd Provisional Battalion.
the commands which were relieved at camp yester-
day by the fourth detail
THE work of the 23d Regiment has been marked
by steady improvement each day and the end of
the week found 1t In better condition than it has
been for a number OF years The early morning
drills in extended order. which were very ragged
the first two days of the tour were executed with
a precision Thursday that showed the result
of careful instruction the part of the officers.
and intelligent conception of the principles gov
erning this drill that are worthy of note. Battal-
ion drills In closed order generally well ex-
Cd. he however. being
as smoothly performed the others. which Is ac-
counted for by the fact that the regiment has not
had such drill since the tour at camp in 1898
With the exception Of saturday night the cere-
monies have been handsomely performed tn , re-
day evening being the handsomest ceremony seen
at the camp this year. The companies were equal
officers salutes being gracefully and properly given
and the alignment OF the companies being almost
passage In review OF the companies under command
of the first sergeans at the end OF me parade the
al the prescribed distance. and salutlng themselves
duty has been the best far tl.s year. according
to the statement Of Colonel Butt, Instructor In
excellence OF this very important part Of camp
reported to the post commander on "Wednesday
5n ne ,b be oGs Of the tents that Gay were p
feet with the exception of "A slight discrepancy IN
the regiment which called forth the highest com
mendatiOn OF the post staff was the promptncss
answering 70 first call as required To briefly sum
M ne result Il the weeks work, II be said
that the I'D Regiment never experienced such
successful at the camp OF instruction "a they
have this year.
FALLING OFF IN THE THIRD BATTALION.
The 30 Provisional Battalion failed to main
tain the high standard established by It's prede-
ccssors the lst and "a Provisional battalions.
their work I'm extended drill showing that the
several companies had not been well instructed
q had those OF the other battalions. the non-com
missOned officers I'm many cases having but little
knowledge OF their duties. while some OF the OH
GERS themselves showed that they needed to devote
more study the subject. owing to the uneven
of the battalion drill on Monday and Tuesday,
the platoon movements in closed order were omit
ted and the battalion reviewed the work OF the
Two previous DAYS Wednesday. The guides of
the flank companies seemed unable to comprehend
their duties I'm successive fOrmat tons. and were
spOnsiblc for much of the indifferent work OF the
battalion. Improvement was obseri ed. rea
sonabc to expect. The sentry duty OF the men OF
the battalion not quite good that of the
regiment but was generally very good The polio
ing of streets and the ssng of tents were not
quite mp the standard OF the regiment, but the
ceremonies fully we'll done as in the larger
organization.
fully observed after Sunday. when attention was
called to the forgctfuncSS of a few men who neg
leCted salute properly. The new fatigue caps for
officers. recently adopted. are giving the greatest
satisfaction all who have them for few
review OF Thursday was the natty appearance the
officers of the regiment presented. The post com
and his STAFF never looked sOldierly
on that occasion. being in fatigue uniform, with
regiment and the battalion were In fatigue uni
form