New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-19
GENERAL MLEWEE INDICATED.
DisBANDMENT OF THREE NATIONAL GUARD
ORGANIZATIONS. IN LINE WITH
HIS RECOMMENDATIONS


Inc recent order from the National Guard head
quarters at Albany ordering the DISARMAMENT Of
the 9TH Battery. OF Syracuse: the 26th Separate
company, Of Elmra. and the 10Th Separate Com
pa"y, OF Poughkeepse. Is looked upon by many
members OF the Guard as decided victory for
General Frederick c. McLewee. In his report,
"hich was suppressed because Of the criticisms
whicn 1t contained. General McLewee said:
In view OF the condition Of the 9TH Battery Of
Syracuse: the 10Th Separate Company of Pough-
Keepse. and the &th Separate Company. Of Ell
MIRA believe the service would be benefited by
their dsbandment and, therefore. recommend that
such action be taken at once, as they are far be-
low the standard required, with no hope. appar-
entity or improvement. far as I can In
place OF the battery there should be organized and
mustered into the service another separate COM
pany at Syracuse. as that city needs at least two
good companies. while the proper place for a bat
terry for the Fourth Brigade is In the city Of Buff
falo. which should be able to support an organiza-
ton made up OF the best material"
General McLewee seen yesterday and said
that there was nothing surprising in the action
taken at headquarters. "Ai the changes made In
the Guard since January" he said, were recon-
mended by me. and the action with regard to the
Poughkeepse company and the other disbanded
organizations is particularly gratifying me. be-
cause 1t demonstrates that the report which the
men who could not bear the light Of criticism had
suppressed contained matter worthy OF a better
fate than the pigeon-hoe. When these recon-
menda tons were made by me- the office Of Ad-
jutant-Genera was held by a man who for some
unaccountabe reason. believed that he might
DAY be candidate for Vice President or Governor
or 81. something else. and his failure 10 act upon
them may have been stroke Of personal policy.
although neglect and inattention to duty were
cnaracteristc OF his whole administration.
'General HOFFMAN has made the same recon-
mendalons and Is TO be congratulated on his be-
Ing recognized BY his superior officer and General
IIinghast is TO be commended for giving an able
orlcer his support Without such support the
ONCE OF lnspector-Genera is a useless one. It
must always be borne in mind that action should
De passed on the reports of the Inspector Genera
and II Governor Morton had been kept properly
informed of the condition of the Guard and its re-
quirements. as recommended by me. he would never
have taken the action which he did; he would
have been my best friend. and I would have re-
tired from the service with flying coors But mat
ters are pretty well understood and my vindca-
The captains Of both the separate companies
winch nave been recon- mended for disarmament
are prominent In political circles. Captain Robert
+ BUSH OF the 18th IS leader in the Democratic
party in Elmira and Is ex-Speaker of the AS
sembly. Captain William Haubennestel is a nror
inent member of the Republican party in Pough-
keepsie and county official.