New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-17
NEWS AT CAMP TOWNSEND.
RAIN PREVENTS MASTERING IN OF AN
EIGHTH REGIMENT BATTALION.
OFFICERS OF THE NINTH NO LONGER OBJ
JEcr TO THE SELECTION OF COLONEL
GREENE AS COLONEL SEW

ARDS SUCCESSOR
Camp Townsend. near Peekskill May Is (SpeciaD.-
Considerable feeling was shown among the officers
OF the 9th Regiment Yesterday the selection or
Colonel G. James Greene the successor or Colonei
Seward In the 9th Regiment II Is regarded as al
most an unwrtten law that for colonel OF the regi-
nent some one should be selected from within the
regiment. rather than from without IL. The feeling
against the selection OF Colonel Greene was not per-
sonal. FOR every in the regiment likes coonel
But the feeling Was one OF short duration in the
evening nearly every officer in the regiment join
ing In signing request that Colonel Greene ac'
cePt the command OF the regiment No oppo o
s Of b e ~ tho mag ana not 90 TO s0
front with the organization 1t will be because OF
seecton o, an ocer not PREVIOUSLY Connected
with the regiment for colonel ,,
The .etter Colonel Seward wrote TO Adjutsnt,Gen-
eral Tininghast was commented upon in the high
IS, terms a. headquarters II was read TO me
terday afternoon. II was as follows
Headquarters 9th Regiment. Camp Towns.en.d iss
Adjutant- General State New-York Albany.
Sir: I have the honor 10 tender 20 the Com
mander- Chief my resignation as colone. OF me
on the retired list. to take effect upon the date Of
he Il e ns d served S al ns
continuously since the date Of my enlis tment. Oc-
that period and when i eft New-York on, May. 2
with my regiment for this camp expected 10 De
But have found that my strength is not equal
TO the demands made upon me. and. after, the
ing myself. personally. out Of the question II
would not h for the interest Of the regiment 10
who would be unable to meet the unceasing de.
mand upon his strength. The welfare. drill. and
activity, and the colonel OF regiment should be
man FULLY equipped 70 meet the responsibilities Of
II requires great courage to acknowledge ones
inability, TO meet requirements which were com.
Il seems 20 me the only soldierly way TO rnanfuy
my record Of forty Years Of service during whch
have faithfully endeavorei TO serve the State and
Nation. Will debar unfair criticism 81 my action to
WILLIAM SEWARD. Colonel.
RAIN. NOTHING BUT RAIN
Since camp opened a week ago Al inches OF rain
has fallen and enough down to-day TO add
almost another inch to that record The morning
drizzly but throughout the latter part of the
day 1T poured 1t IS due solely TO the rain that
Uncle Sam has not another battalion of soldiers in
Camp Townsend night
The second battalion OF the sth Regiment all
ready for muster, but It is only practicable to
muster the troops the parade ground the rain
made the ceremony impossible. The battalion
sisted OF the following companies and officers:
rheodore Lyon 1' hPst iIeuteH@ns George f
Jacoby. and second LIEUTENANT Dudley ". Frost
tenant. Hayden J. Bates, and second lieutenant.
George He!cke, Company G-Gaptain: AMBROSE NJ
lieutenant. Arthur Jost, Company H-FEst lieu
tenant, George L. Baker IT. Major Isaac Free
tenant Joseph a HoIahan battalion adjutant
The third battalion OF the regiment needs only
twenty-five or thirty more recruits, and thes are
expected tonight or early tomorrow morning. so
that this battalion may be ready TO be mustered In
with the I'd. The eth Regiment also expects to have
a battalion ready for muster tomorrow.
Colonel Seward said this afternoon that three
companies filled and another almost
filed
Under tho strict requirements Of the Army regula-
lions II has been necessary to examine a great
many men in each regiment 10 get who come
up 10 the physical standard. Some idea may be
had OF this from the figures taken from the report
ment.. Out OF 1852 men examined zoos were ac
cepted and ga rejected. All Of the men had been
previously examined and passed according 10 the
State requirements
much strcter the Army requirements COM
pared with the State requirements
Colonel Leonard, OF the 18th Regiment. who ex-
pected detailed orders to-day to how and when
dispatch from Colonel Kimbal, Quartermaster-G Cen
eral Of the United States Army stationed In New
York asking him how soon he would be ready TO
move his command The Colonel Immediately tee-
graphed back that he was ready now and only
waiting for orders.
Ouartermaster Dana B. Pratt, OF the 9Th Regi-
ment has told Colonel Seward that II would be i'm
possible for him to accompany the regiment TO the
front. He Is a dentist. and had made arrange
ments TO leave his practice, but since coming to
camp he has found that his arrangements were not
Aiexander Kalisch, Company I. 9th Regiment, de-
veloped a case OF measles this morning. They were
only In the incipent stage but the camp ambu-
lance was brought out and the private was re-
moved to the Helping Hand Hospital. at Peekskill.
ATTY more recruits for the sth Regiment Enlist
ments may be made at the regiments armory,
where tho men will be examined ana II passed sent