New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-04
FILLING PLACES OF THOSE IN CAMP.
PROVISIONAL REGIMENTS ~ THE ARMoRIEs OF
THE NINTH AND TWELFTH

Companies l. and VI OF the list Regiment l-t
the arlnory at Thirty-fourth-st and Park-ave..
Yesterday morning At $50 O'Clock Their way 70
Join the regiment at Camp Back. The companies
di not 20 with the ot the regiment on Monday
because their ranks had not been wholly Allied and
their organization had no; been completed The TWO
companies are entirely composed OF late recruits.
and scarcely any Of them have uniforms provided
as yet, The recruits slept in the armory on Monday
night and ate breakfast there yesterday morning.
There were many friends o. the men present 10 see
them lenve the armory. and the companies were
cheered on their way the Thlrtyfourth-st ferry.
Company 7. is commanded by Captain F. L. Austin
and Company " by Captain ". l.. GoldsborouSh
over fwcve hundred men. part ot the compile
mon, Of recruits which the Lafayette Post has
offered 70 General McCoskry Butt 10 MI the places
Of the regiments OF hts brigade. ordered out.
marched into the l2th Regiment Armory last night
headed hy 4 band and tho cOlors o. the Lafayette
Pos, Tho men were in civilian clothes. and sticks
and umbrellas served instead OF rifles Considering
the limited drilling they have had the recruits In
forming into lines in the armory FOR inspection re-
sponded 10 tho commands with 80 much precision
as to call forth ,ommendation from General Butt
After tour o. inspection through the ranks had
been made by General Butt the men were nd
dressed by Genera Daniel Butteraeld Hc explained
that though they had enlisted with the Lafayette
Post 10 40 70 the front 1t once. the Government
had not W, need OF their services. Consequently
ne offered their services TO General Butt. who had
accepted them. and he assured the recruits that
IN case Of another call FOR mon. they would have
the preference After outlining 10 the mon the
duties and resula'i lions 0, the Nationni Guard. h.
asked such OK them were unwilling TO serve In
that body to hold up their hand. Not n hand was
raised and tho unanimous willingness OF so large
A body o. men to serve the state was greeted with
loud cheering ~ the many visitors In the armory
General Butt VIII begin ut once 10 muster the men
into the 9Th and 18th provisional regiments or COM
ote sf,n-iza "A b. sha 4.
erncr to appoint tho officers % the new orgar.za-
lions Although he has not yet made any selection
II Is likely that Colonei J. F. Bloom. retired Army
officer Will command OF the regiments The
men accepted by General Butt will he uniformed
and equipped by Lafayette Post All OF the
cruits have been physically examined by the sur
geons Of Lafayette Post. but before being sworn
into tho National Guard Will undergo n second ply
steal examination. II was learned last night that
General Butt VAS exertirg all his influence and
working hard TO have ,hc 22d Regiment ordered into
active service Colonel Bartlett said last night that
no ard his NOR were anxious 10 TO- but that moth
ing had rs Yet been heard from the appeals which
had been made to the Governor.
IN course ot a conversation with Tribune re-
porter in the eth Regiment Armory last night Cen
eral Rurtcrhcl incidentally referred 20 the action
O., the 7th Regiment and remarked: You can quote
me as saving that II tho Eth had been ordered out
they would have been willing 10 60 barefoot to bel,
but turn 4 regiment into debating society and
General Butterheld was at loss for words finish
The sentence. but he adequately demonstrated his
feelings by an expressive gesture OF despair
Major s +. Janna. Of the 9th. last night resolved
order from Hrigadier.Gcner1l Butt. command
ing him to proceed at once with the orgariza,lo
Of the provisional regiment. Pursuant this or
der aior Japna will this morning mall four hun
dred ana fftv postal cards 10 the men who have
signed the rolls, Simplifying their willingness to join
the provisional regiment. As fast tho mon en-
list they viii he sent to the l2tl Regiment Armory
pass the surgeons they will he nj ie ready for the
field
The Veteran association Of the list Regiment
Of witch General Edwin a. MrAlpn IS the chair
man. is aiding Major Augustus I. Francis In the
formation OF the new regiment to MI the place
o, the guardsmen mustered into the Federal ser
armory last night not to recruit the provisional
regiment from the volunteers enrolled by Laiay-
the Bowery rcstaurant-keeper Apllca,ions tor
enlistment in The resiment being formed are nu-
adiutant. expects Within few days 10 have a
force ~ at least Ave hundred men.
The provisional regiments will constitute force
at short notice II need be- ana il the 9th and i2.h
should go TO the front General Butt saws that the
provisional regiments would probably take their
nrmories The General said further that the r."
ready examined by the examining surgeons OF La
fayctte Post would undergo a further physical ex-
designated IN some way by which they will not he
confused with the regiments whose places they
take Possibly they VII! be called the Special 9Th
md Special 18th.
INVESTORS TAKE HOPEFUL VIEW
London May 3-The Stock Exchange here inter
prets the news from various places as meaning
that the war VIII rot last long Consols show an
Improvement and money is plentiful.
Two failures were announced on the Stock Ex-