New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

h. militia will have all kinds Of naval practice
Some divisions may be ordered TO service on olher
ships so as TO give varied training as possible
The practice which will be obtained by the State
Naval Militia this year will he far more comprehen-
Give and complete than Of the last two cruises
of 1899 and 1900 In 1899 the militia went aboard OF
United States steamship Perry for 4 cruise along
Long Island and then out 10 sea- Two years ago
they used the New-Hampshire for the manoeuVres'
the training ship having been towed to point IN
Long Island Sound off Whitestone, Long Island,
opposite Fort Schuyler. There was no cruise last
wear as the legislature did not vote the usual an
nual appropriation
PM after all there is nothing like real lead,
,s o,e of the members of the 1st Battalion. who,
when ashore, seeks keep the scenes OF battle
fresh in his mind by following the Vocauon OF
tunnel contractor. These sham battles target
practice and these night attacks are great sport
sharpen a mans eye and Timber his joints, but they
7c,r make the blood circulate like an actual en-
eagernent- When a ship of the enemy heaVes INTO
sight and there's a pun of smoke from hef raii' d
,craeb of steel over your head, and then the boom
of the hostile gun rolling in over the water there's
something reused up in your blood which you never
lnev vas there before. Nevertheless, we can I
have a war every year for the purpose or giving
the militia practice. ought to be content Win
q good sham battle
t5e then went on 10 tell how the Yankee, with the
,1-,7yo-lx State Naval Militia board, ran into
q s,anfsh c,lnboat under the cannon OF the Sabl-
M batreries off Cienfuegos. a sharp engagement
fSllo]WeG; ] IN into range of the shore guns The young
militianan then picked up the report OF S9il "a q >
gnander W. II. Brownson who was IN CON -
the Yankee and continued by reading TINS exafc c.
s-r-he two batteries and the gunpoat, assisted py
another smaller boat which had come out eatS "a -
in The action kept up incessant flre on US unLL
we had approached within from 1000 20 7Uoo y[LI9s
of the Sab2niila batteries, when swung neI
with the starboard helm. so as TO bring al our our
sfa-board guns to bear the steamers again, ana
we sooon drove both Of the enemy vessels ih'o
IIeiitenart Juan de Carranza Reguera the Span
is commander. who was aboard the Sianlsn gIl-
boat in 2 long report 10 the Spanish
81 which he tried to show that he had outwttted
the Americans added this significant parag agraph;
ADMIRAL Sampson. speaking OF the state or ef-
5ctency of the cruiser said: AS the commander in
chief Of the American naval squadron DIochaui.s
serves came Immediately under my observation.
and it is pleasure for me to speak d 81 s ss sfl 6
irg their stay under my command
II take great pleasure IN writing the I0regollg If
The lst Battalion of the New-fork stare Naval
Militia IS commanded by Captain w. B: Franklin,
-ThIs battalion IS ma6e up of young men, who live
FOR the most part in Manhattan, and consists OF
It's headquarters is aboard the old training ship
New Hampshire, sister ship OF the Old Vermont
iyn,ea States Navy Yard for many Years but has
been sold for junk The New-tiarlpshire is
1sp with a large gymnasium and drill room with
rooms the officers. including the headquarters
OF Captain J. W. Miller. who commands the whole
The I'd Battalion. of Brooklyn. which consists of
2 efeeTs an anq ION men ~ BrooRyn m pre
paratory 10 moving into a handsome new armory.
for which the legislature mace an appropriation m
in 1900. This battalion is commanded by captain
r. p Forshew. In addition TO the two battalions.
there is body Of about ninety-two officers and
organized in 1891 through the energy OF Lieu
tenant WsIlbridge of Rochester. as the I'd Sep
arate Division The entire naval militia OF the
State at the present time numbers about seven
hundred