The evening times., 1898-07-11
VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
Three Light Batteries VIII BE Re.
cruited In New York.

New York. July n.-There is bitter dis
appointment among the artiilerymen of
| this city owing to the fact that in order
| to fill the complement of men under the
Presidents second call and give three
companies of light artillery. the present
artillery organiZa tions will not be called
into service. - 800
Three new artillery companies will be
recruited by General Howard Carroll.
chief of artillery on Governor Black :
staff. Two companies will be recruited In
this city. and the third one in Rochester.
Captains Louis Wendell and David c. Will
son. of the First and Second Batteries.-re-
spectively, will be sorely disappointed at
the turn in affairs, and both commands
will lose the majority of their men.
Adjutant General and Mrs. Tillingh hast
came down from Albany yesterday, and
last night they were sitting in the Wal
dorf-Astoria roof garden, when they were
joined by General Howard Carroll The
meeting had been prearranged. When the
formalities of greeting, had passed. the
adjutant general turned to the chief of
artillery and said:
We'll, general. the governor sends you
orders as to the branch of warriors you
are to furnish 90. -.t"a.4
NO; is that so?" General Carroll re-
piled. What are they?".'--H .'''''-. - h.
You are to begin the work of recruit
ing three light batteries; and by the bye.
the governor told me that he would ap
point the officers you would nominate in
each command .'.-..'.. ,-.'
Gen. Carroll smiled with satisfaction.
Then he said: I'll recruit two batter
les here and the other one up in Roches-
ter What think you?"
"A good idea the adjutant general
said. when will you begin?"
ION Monday" Gen. Carroll said Sub
sequently he said that the recruiting in
this city would probably be- in the ar
mories of the two established batteries.
Thirty-third Street and Fourth Avenue
and West Forty-fourth Street. The gen.
erals were informed that this order
would be disappointment, to, the present
artillerymen.
Well it may be- the adjutant general
replied, but Governor Black could not
see his way clear to let Captain Wilson
and Captain Wendell take their COM
mands out of the Stale. The same ar
guments that were advanced in the case
of the Seventh, Twenty-third and Seven
ty-fourth regiments apply to these bat.
teries. They mus; be kept here in sup
port of the infantry troops"
When the first call for troops was made
and the State was not asked to furnish
artillery companies. Captains Wilson and
Wendell lost scores of men, who volun-
teered and are now at the front in in
fantry companies. Then came the sec
ond call. and the State was asked to give
three companies of artillery. The, First
and Second battery men thought they
would have an opportunity of being
called out. and they recruited very quick
ly until now in both commands there are
nearly full ranks.
Gen. Carroll has not made up list of
the men whom he will nominate for Off
GERS in the new batteries but it would
not be surprising II Captain David Will
son should have an opportunity to take
charge of one of he batteries. Captain
Wilson is anxious to volunteer and he
has been a very successful commandant |
for several years. He is thoroughly
equipped in his knowledge of artillery
tactics. .ftr -, ,N,fr g-a~ 20