The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-05
THE NATIONAL GUARD IN 1898.
Tho New Register, the GoverDoF's stan, an
ChauEes In the militia or the State.

The New Register, the GoverDor's stan, and
ChauEes in the militia OF the State.
1t is possible that the longexpected reor.
ganization Of the National Guard of this State
may not prove all that its friends hoped Il
would. As drawn up. the plan proposed aimed
at abolishing the Governors STAFF and limiting
the number Of officers who could be appointed
to the staff departments. The Governor, how
ever, who is an expert in everything military,
even to the most comfortable way of saluting
the colors on q wet dav, has made some changes
in the reorganization scheme as proposed by
the plain Colonels who drew it up, and perhaps
1t won't strike SO deadly a blow after all. for he
has stricken out a paragraph reducing tho staff
officers, and put one in that increased the num-
Dor instead.
The National Guard Register, which is just
out for 1898. shows that dread of the r~eorgani-
zation has not pievented the old rule as to
1898. One distinguished stan Eieutenant.
Colonel was appointed that he might have o
uniform to wear at the foreign court to which
he had boon sent as an attache. The uniform.
p%rovably it cost more: But how happy every
man in the Guard ought to be in thinning that
his States uniform appears on the back OF the
hieutenant-Colone at some court of Europe.
owner; he hasn't been in this country since it
was S,f Eiven to him 3 Another gentleman keeps
to hh his name s'h &e F aad In na bs!s aS a wantsa a sd title
thing or other, with the rank and title Of
CCs2lonel: And Speaker o'Grady % now Col:
the Guard is glad that It is useful.
in tho Guard. a Gen. no fi Hae@ ala fsG stlIl G IN oo%.
o %and br Of dse in Pi 1bis Brigade eItH ri and nd. there he is only
have SaS o to Wait IN until 1hiS n S,xy' year. Ar tho changes will
Looking through the register. no change of
form appears and comparatively few changes
missioned in the squadron, two CAPTAINS and
six Lieutenants in the Seventh; seven com.
seven to, the Ninth, ten to the Twelfth, Which
is remarkably few for that regiment; only two
to the Thirteenth, eight to the Fourteenth. i've
to the Twenty-second. nine to the Twenty
third, six to the Forty-seventh, eight to the
Sixty-ninth. and fifteen to the seventy.frst. OF
West Point or served in the army, ten served in
foreign armies or in foreign militia organiza.
some period Of the war, while one in the Naval
Tweivc M vas tSs & 6 . counter In the war navy.
at Annapolis for a longer or shorter time, and
one, was in the navy. since the war. The Sew
enth provided sixty-three officers for other regi-
ron A provided nine. In thu. Twelfth there are
eighteen officers who started in the regiment
The Sixty-ninth had twenty-seven from.the in.
side and ten from tho outside; tho Seventy-frst's
hE y 9Sii are Re. - and y respectively.
yet been accepted that there should be a chap
iain,,general, yet he is needed as much as al
seems to be a discrepancy in distributing ap-
p0intmcnts; for instance. there Is ono chief OF ar
tillery and three assistant chiefs, Just one apiece
for each OF the four batteries. 1t Is very evident
either that there should be another ASSISTANT
one battery should have a General to look after
II and the other three have only a Colonel. or,
should, be another battery, when tho General
could keep, his eye on the best or the worst of
the lot and leave one apiece to his assistants.
should be a chief of cavalry! Think how pleased
a man would DO to be commissioned "Brigadier-
General and Chief of Cavalry!' When some
man not in the Guard can be pleased SO easily.
Is IL right TO hesitate for an instant about Gre.
ating more useless ofhcersi No true Guards
man will say so.