New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-10
THE THIRTEENTH DISBANDED
A DRASTIC ORDER ISSUED By Gov
ERNOR BLACK.

ENCE OF oRDERS-cOIoNEL WATSON DE-
cLAREs THERE MUST Re SOME MISTAKE
The very fate which Colonel william L. Wat
son and the greater part OF his men OF the l3th
Regiment have sought 10 avoid has come upon
them. They refused TO obey the order OF Gov
ernor Black directing them 10 go 10 Hempstead
on the plea that the regiment. by being mustered
into the Regular Army. would lose It's iden'lty
and It's splendid new armory. They have no"
lost both, md. moreover. are no longer members
Of the National Guard Many Brooklyn people
we're inclined TO think that the regiment got
what IT deserved others thought that the meas
urc was too drastic. and the friends Of the reg'-
ment denounced the order as an outrage
Governor Black has disbanded the 18th Regi-
nent and has ordered the discharge OF all the
men and officers except those who remained at
Homestead Colonel Watson has been ordered
70 turn all the State and other public property
now held by the regiment over TO the Chief OF
Ordnance Adjutant-General Tillinghast Issued
the order of disarmament from his head
quarters at the Waldorf Astoria at Q a. m. yes
terday simultaneously. acting on instructions
received from the Governor, he ordered the "a
Regiment to proceed 10 Hampstead during the
cay to take the place OF the 13tn.
THE ORDER FROM ALBANY
The official order disbanding the 18th Regi-
rent as a punishment for It's disobedence reads
as follows:
General Headquarters. State Of Network.
Adjutant-Generals ONCE
Albany, May l.
First-The officers and enlisted men OF the l$ IN
damp an Hempsssad Paihs are ereby detached
from their regiment and paced under the e0mmSn "a
form them into four companies and to recruit these
companies to the maximum OF e Sa 2d Resmenr
National Guard. and form one OF the oattanq Ss
Satt an1s rom The unifed states service VIII be
detached from the ed Regiment Win II vie" 10 '"e
seeondAParagyaph 3. Special orders No. r. dated
May J. 1885, directing the commanding orfcer OF NE
camp at Hampstead having been disooeyed. the
except sae P% h se 0 S 9q not
on duty as above rendered supernumerary ana
sneh dsbsndment. Brisadier-cieneral James Nc
Leer commanding Second Brigade is charged with
Third-The Chief Of Ordnance will receive from
Colonel Watson all slai he ard c ether and Ru9 enc
listed men ordered TO be rendered supernumerary
or DISCHARGED in Paragraph o. TINS 0Fqe es n Snn
session Of the officers and enlisted men detained
ment, so that the accounts may be properly settled
BY order OF the GoInmandeT TI Ii CT "a
Adjutant-GeneraL
FRED PHIsTERER.
To Br!gadier-Genera James McLeer
GENERAL TTIIINGHAsTS EXPLANATION.
Adtutant-General Tnlnghast explained to a
Tribune reporter yesterday afternoon that DISC
bedience Of orders was the sole cause that had
led the Governor to break up the regiment
When the Federal Government. issued its call
for volunteers the 18th Regiment was one OF
the first to make known to the Governor its
he n enthusiastic
meeting was held and as result an intimation
was sent to Albany that so per cent OF the men
would volunteer for active service Acting upon
this information. Governor Black included tho
18th as one Of the volunteer regiments to go into
camp at Hampstead. 1t was not until after MS
order had been published that the Governor
became acquainted with the fact that the ma
torty OF the men were not DESTROYS OF respond
ing 10 the order. The reason that was put for
ward for this change Of front was that the reg-
rient would lose its autonomy If II went as
volunteer regiment. Governor Black. however.
refused to rescind his order. and. with the ex-
ception Of the three hundred or more men now
az Hampstead. the members Of the organization
either refused TO 60 TO the encampment In the
first instance. or returned home with Colonel
Watson last Saturday. Adjutant- General TIL
linghast has ordered two battaons. comprising
CAS- men. OF the 22d Regiment to go TO Hemp
stead. and the Of the 18th who remained
at their posts at the camp will be attached to
the 22d.
REFUSAL TO VOLUNTEER NOT THE CAUSE.
Il wish It to be distinctly understood" said
Adjutant- General Tillinghast 10 a Tribune re-
porter yesterday afternoon. that Governor
Black has not disbanded the 18th Regiment be-
cause II did not volunteer IT'S services for the
disobeyed an order Of the Governor. Special
Order No. ~ directed that certain regiments, In
charge OF their commanding officers. should
prepare to go to camp al Hampstead on May =
The order was plain. and contained instructions
as TO times and routes But there was no men
ton therein OF the with Spain. While the
members of the regiment might infer what they
pleased. It was not for them to analyze or ques-
ton the order. Only very small proportion Of
the regiment obeyed the order. and consequently
the Governor has disbanded the regiment.
Recognizing, however. that those men now at
the camp should not be held responsible for the
disobedience Of the rest OF the regiment, he has
ordered that they be formed into a battalion and
be attached to the 22d Regiment, which goes to
Hampstead to take the place OF the 18th
Brigadier-Ge James McIIeer. who COM
mands the Second Brigade. sent order 10
Colonel Watson. commander OF the 18th. last
night. directing him 10 take an inventory Of
arms equipments. uniforms and supplies held
by the regiment. 10 prepare muster-out rolls
and 10 assemble the regiment in the armory
Sumner and Jefferson ayes. Brooklyn. on Fri
day night at $50 o'clock so that the men might
receive their honorable discharges and be mus
tered out
AS THE OFFICERS VIEW IT
Many members OF the 18th Regiment are con-
WINGED that Governor Black and possibly Ad-
ha,. ,ieir,