New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-26
STATE QUOTA INCREASED.
n,NA1, APPORTIONMENT MAKES THE
TOTAL 14.600 MEN
-crryr REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY AND TWO OF
CAVALRY WILL REPRESENT THE EMPIRE STATE
,yTHE wAR-THB INCREASE WELCOMED

CAVALRY WILL REPRESENT THE EMPIRE STATE
IN THE wAR-THB INCREASE WELCOMED
fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuxr1
Albany April 23.-Actlve preparations were
ado to-day 10y Ma jor- General Roe and Ad-
,,art.G General Tillnghast to put the National
Guard IN condition TO respond promptly to Pres
,6ont McKinley's call for 125,O00 volunteers. and
sunnlv New Yorks quota Of that number Gen
e,ol Roe resolved to remain in Albany for the
,,esen, and guide the work OF volunteering
from this POM"
Tho committee rooms OF the State Senate on
.,o second floor of the Capitol. opposite the
ICONS Of the Adju;ant- General were taken for
beadouar;ers. General Zoe being located in the
rooro Of the Committee on Roads and Bridges.
General Roe and Adjutant- General Tillinghast
waited with some impotence all day To learn
ubat proportion Of infantry, cavalry and artil
,arynaon New-York State would be required TO
,.oiun,eer for the war. a dispatch from Wash
.ngton was received at , o'clock stating that
Xew-York would be expected to raise twelve
regiments Of infantry and two troops Of cav
airy
Under the Hull bill the infantry regiments
u,u be composed Of three hattacns Of 400 men
Zach giving each regiment 4 membership of
200 The infantry regiments of New-York in
Tore embrace 14.4OO men. The two troops Of
cavalry Will have 200 men. and thus New-York
e expected TO furnish coo soldiers. National
Cuard officers were surprised 10 learn Of this
change. for It was understood yesterday that
xsw-York would be asked TO furnish only 1000
men. But the increase Will he welcome to the
National Guard officers for 1t Will enable
nearly every regiment in the Guard to be repre-
sented directly in the field.
not having received any word from Wash
ington to-day" said Adjutant-General Tfling-
hast at ! o'clock. Il am not in a position TO say
what troops We will take to obtain the 146oo
volunteers IL Is reported we Will he asked TO
raise. Tomorrow l think shall be able to
disclose our plans for raising a volunteer force"
What truth is there in this report in some
newspapers this morning that the organization
OF a provisional regiment has been authorized?
NO such regiment has been authorized. an
svered the Adjutant-General THE organiza-
ton of the separate companies into battanons
referred TO took place two months ago, and Is
therefore not a recent war measure.
There were some indications to-day that the
place has been selected for a camp Of the Third
Brigade Volunteers as soon as the work Of re
cruiting begins The proposed site is believed
70 be on the New-Scotland Road. This was the
properly be placed the camp OF the volunteers
0, 1895 Barracks were erected on the gronhd
during the war. and the camp site is equal IN
extent to Washington Park. The ground is
high and we'll drained.
Governor Black received q dispatch from the
War Department at $50 tonight informing
him that NETWORKS quota would be twelve
infantry regiments and two troops OF cavalry
and asking him 10 send on detailed information
at once to Washington as TO the accoutrements
which could be furnished for this number OF
troops The Governor replied that tomorrow az
soon as the letter from Washington giving de-
tails was received the information desired would
be sent Governor Black will issue his proc
lamation inviting the National Guard to enlist
as volunteers for the Spanish war tomorrow
Some uncertainty exists as TO what the quota
required Of New-York Will actually be- the
dispatches this morning stating that w-fork
should furnish about 1900 men. whereas
under the Hull bill the regiments VIII contain
/ 200 men, thus increasing this States quota
to-144pO The expected letter from the war
Department will probably settle the question
The Guard is well prepared as 70 accoutre-
rnents