The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

The competition for the Hilton Trophy and the n
terstate Trophy occurs at Sea Girt next week. A team
from the New York National Guard will compete
against teams from other states. Among the op-
ponents OF the New Workers will DO the team from
Georgia which won the Interstate Trophy last
year with the second best srore ever made In the
match, ana the team from the District Of Columbia
Militia, which holds the Hilton Trophy. Including
the substitutes. there are sixteen men on the New
York state team. or these the Twelfth ReSiment
furnishes six men; the Seventh. four; the Twenty.
third. three; the Twenty. second. two, and the Seventy
a. {. one.
Company p. Thirteenth Regiment. will hold Q
stag " at the armory GU the evening OF Sept. z. Pri.
Yates George Budelman and II. s, Palmer of that
company have been promoted c~orpovals. In Company
A Capt. Dressed has made the following appointments
o~uartermaster Sergeant, c. T. Graham; sergeants. A.
G. White and c. @. yickers; Corporals, W. y. George,
W. b. Ebbetts, and W. Holland.
Inspector General HOFFMAN is making Inspections Of
State property with a view to condemning such as II
unserviceable- He will Wait the Fourteenth Regi.
ment tomorrow night.
Assistant Paymaster Robert W. candaler Of tho
First Naval Battalion is to be promoted Paymaster in
place OF John G. Agar. who has been appointed Q
member Of Capt. Miller's stan.
The Second Naval Battalion has secured q medical
onfcer in the person OF Assistant Surgeon William n.
Belcher OF the Forty.seventh Regiment, who will OBJ
tain a transfer.
Col. Chauncey OF the Eighth Regiment Is the nrue
commanding onhcer TO issue orders for the coming
drill season. he will have a new system OF perma-
nent squad organization. He announces that compa-
MES will be formed IN at least six squads, and dia-
grams ION the proper formsJ will be displayed in the
respective company rooms showing the position OF
every man in the company nj formation. These dia-
grams will be kept continuously corrected. Upon en-
ustment a recruit will be assigned to a squad In which
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another squad. Each section and squad leader will DO
held strictly responsible for the condition OF the men
and lockers in his section or squad. Lieut.. Edward T.
Donnelly has been detailed instructor OF the regi-
mental recruit class.
An election for n First Lieutenant in Companyo.
Sixty-ninth Regiment. will be held at the armory 70
morrow night
Company h. seveuty.nrst Regiment. has decided to
hold an afternoon and evenin; outing at Grand View
Park. Long Island Sound, on Saturday. Sept. IL. The
steamer B ackhirt has been chartered and will leave
Per Is. North River. at ! O'Clock p. ~. and the pier
foot OF East Thtrty.arst street at . o'clock. The re-
turn trip will lie made in the moonlight at 8 O'Clock.
The enlisted men Of the First Battery will have
revolver practice at Fort Wendell. ls4th street and
Amsterdam avenue. next SATURDAY. The State makes
no allowance for the practice OF tho battery men ~
Creetmoor. so the men arrange It themselves at thsiR
own expense. =
The following named members of the Second Signal
Corps have qualified as Every accurate sisnalmen"
in accordance with the prescribed conditions. viz.
that all men reading q test message OF one hum
dred characters. sent by wand. IN three min
utes ami fifteen seconds without making moro
than one error. are reckoned very Hccuratet
Private Il. W. Earle. l year qualified; Private
J. r. Smith. 5; Corporal c. T. Fowler. 4; Private
A. T. Wills, 5; Sergeant V. Z. B. Fuller. 8; Capt. y.
7. Leigh. 10; First Lieut.. G. r. Baldwin. 0; Phi
vate J. W. Campbell, 5; Corporal l.. s. Quimby. o,
First Sergeant II. c. Baldwin. {; Corporal E. Bigelow,
Jr. o: Corporal L. W. T. Coleman. 8; Private L.
B. Hashrouck. l. Private J. T. r. Mearns. s.; Prt
vate F. S. CortIs. 5; Private G. w. VIII. ~
Corporal T. A. Brock. 8; Sergeant William Reed. d
Private r. N Byers. /; Corporal J. O. Sage. 4; Prt-
vate Austin Norris, /; Private W. h. Leverch. 81
Private Robert KinGman. l; Private R. H. W ~Albridgs.
: Private d. ". Briggs, Jr. 3; Quartermaster Sergeant
y. ". Blauvelt. 5; Private L. X. Winters. |, Private
II. d. Atwater. Jr. !; Private +. ". smith, |; Ser
geant William Jarvte, Jr. 3, Private j T. Macdonald,
2;Corp0ral A. NJ. Boucher. >; Private d. Malcolm, Jr,
2; Corpora II. s. ConguOn, ..