New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-28

every member went to the armory on Tuesday'
when many expected to be called upon TO de-
clare their Intentions. But it soon became
known that such step was contemplated ior
that evening. and those who remained IN the
armory until 10 o'clock read the following notice
on the bulletin board in the main hall;
infant General 10 forward Immediately the strength
Of the regiment and the number OF oinceTs %fd
STATES service the officers and members of the reg
will assemble in their several copaS foym and
Carefully and deliberately consider and decide upon
the Guts'9ns oe NH r"port the result Of deb
eratons 10 me without delay. Assembly VIII O'
'''i take this opportunity to express my sincere
appreciation Of the sodierly atuG,e o ,9e ,hc
eHtrenc an rcfrained from expressing their
views I have been ever mindful that. had the the
President found necessary 70 can upoH ,me is
N''0 DANIEL APPLETON. Colonel.
WHAT WILL THE 7TH DO?"
The question. What will the 7th do?" was
asked wherever members of the National Guard
met Yesterday. and so anxious were people on
the subject that long before the hour named III
the call the street in front OF the armorF was
crowded. But there was no admission 10 'hc
armory except for active members oil inc reb'-
ment and duly accredited newspaper men. Men
who had served for years IN the ranks OF '"c
7th Regiment and who wore the veteran oadEe
with pride. were compelled TO stand OUTSIDE 10
eether with the others who were attracted by
the news that had gone forth that the I'm was
going 10 war.
The few newspaper men who were adfni''eu
were shown into the reception-room on the right
Of the entranc, and told to wait there; that al
the news for publication would be brought to
them, battalion Adjutant Townsend was IN
charge Of this ROOM but would say nothing as
N what WAS taking place in the armory. Inc
drill floor was vacant. and the meetings were
being held In the various company rooms Inc
omcers Of the Tth Regiment were undouhtedy
convinced that their meeting would be OF great
importance. because Two Ceh'ra' Oi'N'
.,,,.os ..e,on" sullivan and NJ. J. Murphy.
were stationed In the main hall. and helped inc
neyvspaper men pass the time while they were
waiting for news from the front. Colonei Ap-
,o.or srd the CAPTAINS Of the companies held
meeting in one Of the upper rooms while the
.arious c,rpanies were celebrating on the
ouestion shall we enlist as volunteers for two
,.oarso" There were cheers and much applaud
,no through the corridors. but from when rooms
,bov came or what were the causes OF the joyfui
.,rs,s couId not be ascertaned. although
,,.n as 20 what was being done were dropped
.,,, time To time by some OF the close-nouthed
oohors and these sufficient TO prepare
,bose who waited for the news that came 10
them officially later
| GOVERNOR WOULD NOT SEND THEM AWAY.
4, o o'clock the news came from one Of the
o,.sraoer offices that the Governor would re-
,ree n accent the services Of either the 'th. ga
nv tho 23d regiments II they were offered ana
| Major NcClintock acting chief OF stan OF zen
| eral Smith coming 10 the armory acco'hPa"'e"
! nv An orderly few minutes later ana hdS'eh-
ing with a busnesslike air to Coloncl Apple
! toms headquarters, caused those WI" WIRE
| waiting to believe that the Ith had been ap-
| n,ead ~ the action Put this was evidently
not the case About 10 o'clock the members
heean to go home. and II was evident that the
| business for which they had been called hah
| he en- transacted. a member OF the Eighth COM
pany came into the recepton-room' ana "heh
| questioned said that he could not dlVulgc any
thing that had taken place at the mee'hs' put
ne would say that the 1th Regiment had Vo'eo
unanimously to refuse to enlist
Officers and men cortinued to leave the
arnorv and one after another was asked and
all answered that In the Ith Regiment there
was only one source of information. and that
was the colonel Some Of the men did go so rar
az 10 say. asking first not to be quoted, that
| was Are you willing 10 enlist in the Regular
Army for term of TWO years Ana 10 'hls ms
| every man replied NO They peleVeu 'haI ps
doing so the 18th Regiment would lose us iut.i-
NV and the men and the officers their lndi-
v.duality They had no assurance that aiter
they were enlisted they would not he trea,eu @ II,
,he same manner as volunteers VINO had heVe,
heen in the service before and they were rear ul
that enlistment would disrupt and disinteeratee e
tie regiment and 1T would never oe res,orIn ,u 20
10 nosition VIII it now occupied Al lo3V
| o,cIock Adiutant George j. Weaver came 10 the
reception room and told the representatives OF
the press that Colonel Appleton would see one
| Of their NUMBER ana give hiii' "'"'N' ~ -
what had taken place
THE COLONELs STATEMENT
Tho statement made by Colonel ~ pleton was
as follows:
reDort ST,'H but can say that 1853 members Of ms
Ig.,ence Isgmgmt ss State organization enter the
snryice OF the United States as part OF tne ~
nnlesT ncers and soldiers for that army and WI!
obey with fn ranks any ana an ,S integrity Of its
| @xjstence under the laws which created IT,
Colonel Appleton said that the statement cov
! cred all that he would say on the supJect. @ anu
ne &I,a. az ouestlon rs your statement the result
70 70 ,he regiments atttude?" he declined TO an
swer ,, ...or,ar, Co,oneI Anple-
40. asked if he knew OF the actlon taken
hv The Governor as to the ,th hes,'nent, nis
sos,d be knew Of nothing. ana seemed SURPRISE
sdiu =" - beard that while the regiment was
d,,ao wntn 70 refuse to enlist message was being
,trams,oitted from Albany to the effect that me
reslnn Arer the Colonel had made this state
sels,'e sor,e Of the members OF the regiment felt
nt teIi liberty to speak and every one VINO would
at io,,y,inr ios nj all on the subject said that he
Say 60 .nsseactiv satisfied with what had been done
wa wa Pbclieved that the regiment had taken the
/ .roner positon in the matter
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