The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17
NO MORE SHOW COLONIES.
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF
THE GoVERNOR'S STAFF.

THE GOVERNORS STAFF.
Ht IL TO ne Composed OF IN Acknowledgement.
Military Secretary ana Eight Aides-The
Aides Arc to ne Detached from the REG.
inents and TO Have No Increase OF Rank.
ALBANY, Jan. 16.-withln a very few days
tho Board of Officers appointed to draw up a
plan for the reorganization OF the National
Guard will maxi q report in outline. This re-
port Will DO submitted in tho first instance to
Adjt.-Gen. Tillinghast, by whom 1t will be trans
mitted to Gov. Black. Tho board will continue
to sit, and its preliminary report will probably
not be made public for some time.
II the outline which 1t has already prepared
is approved by the Governor, it will still have a
number OF details to complete, and the bill TO
bring about tho changes it recommends will
have to DO drawn for presentation to the Lcgis-
lature. In its general outline the plan TO be
submitted by the board is already pretty well
known, but there are some features Of 1t which
have been guarded with tho greatest secrecy.
For instance. the board not only proposes to
do away with the Governors staff, rs consti-
tuted at present, but It's plans contemplate q
staff composed In part Of commissioned officers
who have served In the National Guard in vari.
GUS capacitlos. II there is no change In the
programme between now and the middle OF
the week the board will restricting
the Governors staff to tho Adjutant.General,
the Governors military secretary and tho
aides. Tho Adjutant-Gencral, who has been
heretofore a Major.General. will hereafter rank
rs Brigadier.General. The military secretary,
who has ranked as q Colonel, will rank here
after as q Licutenat.C Colonel. The greatest
change. however, in the composition of tho
Governors staff will be in tho rank and
the source Of selection of tho aides-decamp.
r,ofo'o,ofo .nosV a'u's u " " ."o am Vi
Colonel. They have been selected from the
social distinction. who NAV or NAV not have
sea .a.n'an -. "n n,n mas I-aaa, n.y. Law
will h, men who have becn closely idontiaod
with the National Guard. There may be eight
of them. as now, or tho number may be in.
creased to ten. 1t will not exceed that number.
Each OF the leading regiments of the State and
some of the minor military organizations will
staff. The officers will DO detached for duty as
| covernnr thsv vim continue r. not az oTccrs in
governor tney VIII commune 10 ACT o olncerS IN
their respective regiments or companies. Here
he holds in his own military organization When
hG For is ins;nHte. II i The Colonel Of the Seventh
Regiment is hotifed that the Governor desires
to appoint an oniror Of that organization as. an
event he will rank on the sniff as a Colonel. On
| the other hand, he may have. in his command
on the sta 4. This officer nav be- n n second econ Lien.
tenant. II 40. he will ACT as an aide and his rank
will continue to he thai Of n second Iieutenant,
II 10 believed that the pinn will bring the staf
into closer relotion with the Il ifrerent military
hndiea oSd will resn,t in n n more p,iiIitary nrnsan}y.
poaies a IN Nv, I Iesdi' II u Z - armect rs of ~ do
away with the feeling of jealousy which Inns Mt
times existed between the organizations in
drawn from business or social life. The Gov.
ernor when on n tour Of the state. will he more
NAN'
Tho SntionsI Gnerd. ~ "N VI
or course. the now plan c%ontemplntes the Gre
fbn entirs NaiionaI Guard- and the relc@ntion
| Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the mere
s aeufSh ns now constitutei. consists of Ad,
jutant.ieneral. ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMITS.
sary.Generai, Chief Of Engineers. Paymas.
tcr:Generai Gepcrai OF Smbsist.
ence .Jndge Observation-Disclosures Ouartcrmaster.
GcncraI Cbicf Of ARTILLERY surgeon. General.
General INSPECTOR of Rihes Practice, Military
Serretarv and The ki5cs.de.Can An OF tbcse
are TO- he ahniisbed With the exccntinn of the
| Adiutant General. Military Secretary. and
Aides The dntics NJ The
the Observation-Disclosures tho CommissaryGien.
e erai viii - transferrcd ~ to the Adi"fsnt.Gen
erals bureau.
The Adjutant.G eneral will audit all the bills
excent those incurred by his own deparimnnt.
which Iii no anSiteG nv tbc State Comntrolier'
Thn aM "ila oe 81 Su thn , W smG nt Gcners II'pt1Lr S fr:
ancct General ~ Rifr Practice The Chat ~
| ARTILLERY and the CHIEF Engineer will he trans.
ferred to CORRESPONDING officers on the stair Of
The Ma ior.G enersI comTnandinp nil tho militia
NJ The State " '''"
The ofnce of Indigo AdvocatcJIenera will ba
obnITsbed md bsraaftnr tho adintaptG cneraIs
nGinn lvh.n IN need ~ lencI adv;re viii onnly
TO- The Aitornev.General of the State, who IL tho
iierai I'd viSer ~ iii rho Stafc drna ments In
Tho Attorney.ieneraIs Office now there ara
denutics Who have CHARGE Of the business re- re-.
iat;ng 70 tho variois denaptn,cn,s' II viii bo
nnnoss - oniv 70 onnoint annIhc- dcnuty VIC
shall have charge Of The military business. "NN
There Ia stnI some doubt M To what is 10 he
staff office there is little doubt that it viii be