The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-10
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

The following extract from the report OF Inspec.
tor. General McLewee not heretofore published will
DO found OF interest;
The optional authority. given commanding ON.
GERS to taEe from, nrst aud Quartermastcr Sergeants
their rines aud Iive them In lieu thereof swords
and these old reviewers seen to me- "A grave mis-.
int tn. service OF the general Government these
non.commissioned onicers would at once have
instead. a weapon they would be unfamiliar with.
as was proven at the inspe ctlons Lhis year when
some Of these men demonstrated that they did not
know the aew manual or arms; second. a First
sergeant mt '9 aSs wa Se ne ,as mSae as sS' ean,S %, nin SsaIf
AMI handles his rife when ia front OF the company
aud al other times Should he the pattern for all iho
other mon; third. the Quartermaster sergeant Is al.
ways win his train. In charge OF publ, property.
ortIimes win a very small guard. and. os at pres.
ent equipped. he 10 Dowerless To protect either MIN.
self or his property: fourth, our nring force Ia now
further reduce II, nth. the So ora Is the insig Ia OF
the officer anu should not be used by enlisted men
except non commissions stan officers. whose dl.
ties aye purely OF u clerical or non. comoatant ma.
Tnitea states army mas agi,aied this question for
the past twenty tve years anu has never seen the
for the army ought TO be good enough for us. In.
asmuch rs no orior was ever Issued TO command
tEcse men. but leaving It optional with tnvm to dn
so. ! speak tnus strongly on the subjects ana :. isa
ity o, our best troops nave not maze the irnoVs.
ton
II Is understood that Assistant Surgeon J. H. Hud.
dieston OF the Seventh Regiment has been appoint.
ed Assistant Surgeon General on Gov. Blacks
stan. Capt. Huddicston, however. when seen on
Friday night did not care to speak of the matter.
First Sergeant George T. schasty of Company A.
Seventh Regiment, has been unanimously elected
ss.oud Lieutenant. The following men OF the rcgi-
meut. recently promoted. have passed the Examin-
ing Board. and have been warranted: Sergeant j.
A. Olsen, Company @; Lance corporals J. X, Heee'
man Jr.. J. Hopkins. and J. G. De Mile. Company
- r-aA. :" m E-ana ANNA n nj
N. A. B"lcher. Company A. Mr.. Edward Kemp.
one OF the giment's best. known veterans. 10 to
present a very beautiful loving cup Of solid silver
TO Company y next Tuesday night at the Hotel
Buckingham. Company ! has decided TO produce
a travcsty entitled The Envoy" in April next.
A meeting OF tho Cavalry Institute OF Squadron A
will DO hsld next saturday night in the armcry.
when Col. George A. Ficbeger. U. s. A., Professor
OF Military Engineering ut West Point. Will lecture
on Cavalry from he Earliest Times to the Thirty
Years War"
In the Eighth Regiment Commissary Sergeant
Henry Lane has BEEN promoted Quarterma.ter Ser.
geant and Color Pearsr Henry woln commissary
Sergeant.
The Ninth Regiment viii hold its grand celcbra.
ton in honor OF being in possession Of It's new
armory on or about Feb. Is next.
An election for Major In the Twelfth Regiment, vice
Leonard, promoted. Will be held next Thursday
night. at which Col. Butt will preside. The only
candidate will be Capt. Washington Content OF
Company II. senior captain In tho regiment. A
regimentai review will probably be held the latter
part OF tho present month.
The proposed trip of the Twenty second Regiment
to Warrington In March next will probably not be
un iertaken. Company A viii hold an Informal 70.
ception TO. morrow night. Battalion drills have
been ordered by Col. Bartlett to commence on Jan.
10. Armory RHO practice and qualification for tho
armory button has been ordered for the following
dates, Company II. Jan. Is; Company y. Jan. 10;
COMPANY T., Jan. 20; Company X. Jan. 81; Com.
panv A, Jan. 22: Company c. Jan. Ia and 20: Com
pany II, Jan. l2 and 20: Company ]. Jan. ID and 81;
| Company n. Jan. II and rs; Company q, Jan. 10
and 20. Lieut.. kross has been appointed assistant
inspector OF rins practice. Adj. Treadweli has 70.
covered from hir recent illness.
Sergeant James T. Hysiop OF Company I. Four.
teentn Regiment, has been promoted nrst ser.
geant, and in tho same company CORPORAL Thomas
Rome has been promoted sergeant, and Privates
]. J. MaIIcy and d. c. Bergen corporals. In Com
pany A Privatcs John R. Edwards and George l..
Barenda have been promoted corporals.
Company I. Twenty third. will shortly hold an
election for Captain. Lieut., orchard VIII probably
be the only candidate.
Col. Smith. Sixty ninth Regiments has ordered
drills by battalion; Companies A aud :. Jan. IL
and 2s and Feb. !; b, q, and /. Jan. ~ and eo'and
| FEB. q; =, Y, and X, Jan. 10, 81, and Feb. o. Lieut..
Col. Duny will command on Feb. l snd o. Major
Lynch will command on Jan. IS. 10. and Feb, 3.
and Major speilman on Jan. a2, ~. and 2s. The
numbers OF Company c. Capt. o'connell. will hold
It's annual dinner tomorrow night.
In the Seventy ,nrst.Regiment the First Battalion,
Major Francis. viii be reviewed by Col. Greene on
Monday evening. Jan. ls: a reception Will follow.
Company X has elected Second Lieut.. T. Clarke
n first Lieutenant. The annual entertainment ana
reception OF Company F will be held at the Central
opera House to morrow night.
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