The evening times., 1898-06-02
READY FOR ACTIVE DUTY.
New YOrk's seventh Regiment VIII
Go to Manila.

New York. June 2-The Seventh Regi-
ment armory was again teeming last
night with men anxious for the latest de-
tails of the situation so far as the dspo-
sition of the regiment is concerned. There
was no change. however. Col. Appleton
Is merely awaiting orders. The course
that will be pursued when those orders
arrive was fully determined at the two
meetings held on Tuesday afternoon. 1t
is known that 20 or 50 per cent Of the
men will agree to enlist, and the racan-
cies will be filled by the usual recruiting
methods. The officers have resolved that
no one who has a family or relatives en-
tirely dependent upon him will be taken.
nor any one who is likely to lose his stu
alton by following the regiment. But
even with these deductions, it IL asserted
that at east eight hundred of the present
strength will be available.
No meeting of the officers was held
yesterday. but Col. Appleton and Lieut..
Col. Kipp, who form an advisory com
mittee, were at the armory for the great
er part of the day and until late last
night. 1t Is no longer disguised that Col.
Appleton has been positively assured that
his command will be called out and 1t is
tacitly understood that its destination
in obedience to the wishes of Gen. Mer-
ritt, will be Manila The only question
now, it would seem, Is just when the call
may be expected. Col. Appleton said
last night that he had as yet received no
instructions. nor was 1t likely that anv
orders would come to him until the call
for further volunteers had been trans
mitted to Gov. Black from Washington.
1t was rumored round the armory last
night that, while the regiment will be en-
listed under the same conditions as were
applied to the mastering in of the other
New York organizations. Col. Appleton
has received assurances, presumably from
the governor or Adjutant General Tilling
hast, that the integrity of the regiment
will be fully preserved. One of the pur-
poses for which Col. Appleton recently
visited Albany. apart from his effort to
have his command called out was to i'm
press the governor with the fact that
there were conditions prevailing in the
Seventh which made it almost indispensa-
BILE that the regiment should not lose its
identity. 1t was pointed out to the gov
ernor that the Armory was built by the
members themselves on land decided to
them for that purpose by The city. and
that by the conditions under which the
land was granted 1t would revert. together
with the armory, to the city If the Organi-
zation disbanded or "ceased to exercise
its functions as the Seventh Regiment"
1t is probable that Col. AppIaton con-
tended that II his men were mustered into
the United States Army they would cease
to be the Seventh Reviment5 of the Ma
tional Guard. However that may be, it Is
generally understood that concessions
have been made whereby the identity of
the Seventh Regiment will be secured.
Another rumor had it that the governor
and Adjutant General Tillinghast were
not in favor of making these concessions.
but granted them because of the knowl-
edge which had been conveyed to them
that unless the Seventh was called out
the President would ignore any names
suggested by Gov. Black for generalships.