New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-02
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WAITING FOR THE CALL.
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN OF THE SEVENTH
AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE.
COLONEL. APPLETON SAID TO HAVE ASSURANCES
THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE REGIMENT
WILL BE PRESERVED.


THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE REGIMENT
WILL BE PRESERVED.
The Eth Regiment Armory was again teemns
last hight with anxious for the latest detaiis
Of the situation far as the disposition OK the
regiment is concerned There was no change. now
ever Colonel Appleton is merely awaiting ORDERS
The course that will he pursued when those orders
arrive was fully determined AZ the two meetings
held On Tuesday afternoon. II is known that 80
or 50 per cent OF the Will agree 10 enlist ara
the vacancies will be iied by the usual recruiting
methods. As told In yesterdays Tribune tue
Off eers have resolved that no one who has family
or relatives entirely dependent upon him VIII be
taken. nor any one who is likely to lose his stu
a.ion by following the regiment. But even with
these deductions II IS asserted that at least eign'
hundred Of the present strength Will Re avaiianle'
No meeting OF the officers held yesterday
but Colonel Appleton and Licutenan'-colonel hlpp
who form an advisory committee. were al the ar
rnory for the greater part OF the day and until late
las, night II is no longer disguised that Colonel
Appl.ton has been positively assured that his COM
lnand will be called out. and 1t is tacltly uhder-
stood that its destination. In obedience 20 inc
wishes of General Merritt, will be Manila. Inc
ony question now. II would seem. is just When inc
call NAV he expected Colonel Appleton sent word
TO a Tribune reporter last night. through captain
Fisk that he had as yet received no instructions.
nor was IL likely that any orders would come TO
him until the call for further volunteers had oeeh
transmitted 10 Governor Black from Washington.
II was rilnored around the armory last night
that while the regiment Will be enlisted under the
same conditions applied to the mastering
in OF the other New-York organizations, Colonel
Appleton has received assurances presumably from
the Governor or AdjItantCienera Tillnghast that
the integrity OF the regiment will be fully pre-
served one Of the purposes for which Colonel
Appleton recently visited Albany. apart from MIS-
n mi nd
impress the Governor with the TACT that there
we're conditions prevailing In the eth which made
II almost Indispensable that the regiment should not
lose its Identity Il was pointed TO the Gov
eruor that the armory built by the member6
themselves on land decided TO them for that pur'
pose by the city. and that by the conditions under
Seher with the armory, 10 the city II the organiza
ton dishandcd ceased 10 exercise rs functions
II is probable thai Colonel Appleton contended
that II his men mustered into the United
States Army they would cease 70 be the IN Regl-
be- It Is generally understood that concessions have
been made whereby the Identity OF the eth Regi-
the Governor and Adjutant- General Tillinghast
not in favor OF making these concessions, but
granted them because Of The knowledge when mad
been conveyed TO them that unless the TN was
called out the President would ignore any names
suggested by Governor Black for. generashlps;
The two officers who we're detailed ~ Coione
, Appleton 10 recruit the two new companies l. and
N are First Lieutenant Robert Mazet OF Company
D. and First Lieutenant Scott. Of Company * Al
though it is Impossible 10 ascertain by whom these
companies will be otf1ccrcd the following will prob
scott cap,ain. -bearer Nicoll fret lieutenant
General Emmons Clark. second lieutenant. Com
pany M-Lheutenant Mazet captain: First Lieuten-
practice first lieutenant and First Sergeant T. c.
Wiswall. Company F. second lieutenant.