New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
NATIONAL GUARDS STRENGTH.
NUMBER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS WHO CAN
BE CALLED UPON IF NECESSARY
PAY WHEN IN THE ARMY.

Members Of the National Guard have been maxi
ing inquiry in The last week to the possibility OF
their being called active service and what their
compensation will be When called into the field
the pa.r of the National Guard will tho
that OF the Regular Army The pay per month
would BE- Private. sl2: corporal S15; sergeant. SIS
first sergeant s25; resmental quarter aster-sor-
geant. ~ sergeant-maior, s23. hospital steward
Sa5; private hospital corps sls; second lieutenant
SIG 81; first lieutenant. n25; captain. $50; majo'
sa& 80: Northumberland $3.50 ccloneis. s29l ca
brigadierseneral s5s 81: maior-general <625. chap
lain. s2j; regimen al quartermastor $50 regimenta
adjutant. $50; surgeon sos So and assistant sur
geon $50
The private IN the National Guard when called 20
10 State duty receives 81 o for DAYS service
and an additional percentage If he has scryrG
more than five years; but when called into the ser
vice Of tho United States his pay is reduced 10 3d.
The that Of the private IN the United states
Army.
There has been little prov sion made Tor
strengthening the Regular Army that there seems
20 be no doubt about the National Guard OF the
country being called for active service in case Of
hostilities The organized National Guard o: New
York. Pennsylvania and Massa chusetfs & recog-
rize6 the flower Of the Nations c.tzen soloIeiy'
and 1t will probably be their privilege to 80 10 the
front They are well drilled. well armed and under
the command OF competcn. officers ard. IN ,he
opinion of experienced men who took part In the
recruiting drilling and MODELLING 81 the volunteer
forces In 1860 il would take many months 90 bring
volunteers to the state CO efficiency of tre National
Guard
The Ncw-York forces conss, u ABOUT fifteen
thousand men all OF whom have been placed under
the command Of General Roe This holy is divided
into five brsades and squadron q cavalry ana
commanding generals headauart'rs.
Rrieaaier-Cienerai Butt Ncw-York. second. Briea-
dier-C neral Meier Brooklyn; Third. Rrgadier-
Doyle Buffalo and Fflh. Erisa ''er-'icuera smith.
New York squadron \ Major Andrt" vs. Nv
} Yors First Signal Corps. ''''''" '''''. New
General Ruii's brigade includes the lst Battery.
Captain Louis Wende Oh Regiment. Colonel VI ~
lam Seward. 18th Regiment Colonel X. ". Loon
arri anS -a fy1c rcle he ss, signal
Corps. Troop g 81 Battery. l1th K's.m,n. i'h
he 7;a eG s3 H' Gomrany ANA "
General divers brigade cons s'ed ~ one s.enaI
cOrps and a number ~ separate companies An''
two weeks when ~ ogeer Of the Comman,a r.
into ba,taiions and the brigade j. now composed
as eo.lows Third signal Corps. Captain = }.
pole. I'm Battalion. Major John Isaac prNn. l2th
battalion. Major William 6. Chase. l3th Battalion
James es,eT I'm H.'Sg}a o. M3'9T Fl A H1a a
The Fourth RFssde sonsiss . he th SF oa
nj samuel NJ Welch il: 7nh Eegmen,. Colonel
George C. Fox end the LIST. q. sth i'th 9Th 9ih'
MANY peope who have studied he situation r.
where perfect ORGANIZATION may fe OF -F'-
,ice and that the forum ,atiOns on the Nois.rtn
frontier and some Of those In tho Yves VIII 70
manned by new men-raw recruits -, $780,,
Acrori'ng 70 a report made recently hN the ms
.n-v Information division Of the War lleIaftiif
m. total number % in Tho organize mi va ~
,be country IS 1882. while th" number or men
available FOR military duty-unorganizcd- I"l.,
400 %er-York had g. sqi mon 30 i's National Futr
xhen the report was issued. and bat S""r afai,
able unenisted m"n The NalonA &
Pernsyivania is next IN SIC 70 thai ~ Ne"-l OK
with S.2l enlisted men. . So,
The following table shows the sfr"rS'n or lN'
various States ana Territories.