New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-01
WANTS KLINE RETIRED.
General WcLeer Trying to Force
the Colonel Ont, 1t Is Said.
LATTER REFUSED TO RESIGN

The retirement from the state service OF Colo
mel Adolph L. Kline. the commanding officer OF
the 18th Regiment Brooklyn. it was reported
yesterday. has been recommended to Governor
Odeu by General James BcLeer. commanding
the Second Brigade y. c. n y. 1t was said
that the application OF General McLeer was
made under Section 81 chapter 76 Of the
Military Code. as amended on March - last
which in part is as follows
The Governor may withdraw from active ser
vice and command and place upon the retired
list any officer who has been twenty Eve vaars
in the active service of the National Guard. on
the recommendation Of the commanding officer
of his organiza ton. the comma nding officer OF
the brigade and the commanding officer OF the
National Guard
General McLeer yesterday would only say
that he had made certain recommendations to
the Governor as commander in chief of the State
troops. in regard to the 18th Regiment and as
the matter was in the hands of the adiutant
general. pending the return Of the Governor to
Albany. he could not consistently make public
his recommendations or give any intimation as
TO their nature.
1t was said yesterday that the resignation ot
Colonel Kline would have been acceptable to
General McLeer, but as the colonel had declared
he would not resign and as his resignation
could not be forced by the brigade commander.
the latter presumably chose the most gracefugi
method in seeking his retirement.
Colonel Kline has been identified with the Ma.
tional Guard OF this State for more than quar-
ter of century He enlisted in the 14th Regi-
ment May "a 1876 he was warranted cor
poraI September Is. 1878. and quartermaster
sergeant December l. 1851 He received hts
first commission as second lieutenant January
% following, and was promoted first lieutenant
March 16, 1885. He was appointed regimentaI
adjutant with original rank February IL 1892
and was elected major August % Of the follow
ing year. He was commissioned lieutenant colo
mel May +, 1895. in which capacity he served
with the 18th New-York Volunteers during the
Spanish war, and succeeded TO the coIoneIcy
May 6, 1901 On July % of the same year he
was commissioned brigadier general by brevet.
for faithful and meritorious service OF over
twenty-five years.
Colonel Kline was opposed for the lieutenant
coloneicy OF the Nth Regiment. and was three
times defeated for the coloneIcy He had com
mand of the regiment as lieutenant colonel for
year after the retirement Of Colonel Harry ".
Michel When the Spanish war broke out the
officers Of the regiment went outside OF the or
ganizatiOn for man to take them 20 the front
and chose Frederick D. Grant now brigadier
general After the 14th was mustered out Of
the United States service General Grant re-
signed, and the regiment again sought an OUT
Colonel Edward E Britton who had command
OF the lI4th Regiment, which took the place OF
the 14th AT nome. and Captain Bertram T. Cav
ton, then IN command of Troop O. Colonel Kline
not being considered. Captain CLAYTON won by
d snaH plurality and was duly commissioned.
TWO years later he returned TO the army having
received an appointment captain and quar-
termaster. and IS now in the Philippines Then
the friends OF Colonel Kline who was again left
IN command OF the regiment, thought the colo
nelcy was due him. and worked 10 obtain for
MN the commission, which he afterWard re-
Ceived
IT IS said that inspectors Of the Second Brigade
nave made some sharp comments in their re-
ports on the l4th Regiment. and that Colonel
Kline has been advised 10 adopt more stringent
methods In dealing with certain conditions in
the organization. II reported Yesterday
that eX-LieUtenant Governor Woodruff had told
political friends Of the colonel that he did MOI
intend TO interfere in the matter except 10 set
Tor colonel Kline the promise of q hearing be-
fore any action taken toward his retire
fnent and that Mr.. Woodruff had obtained from
Governor OdeU such promise
Colonel Kline was the Republican nominee for
SherlH last tall. and before that was a candi-
GATE Tor Deputy Police Commissioner. He is
ex-presldent OF the National Guard Association
Of the State of New York and is vice corps
commander of the Spanish War Veterans Ass0-
citation.
ANCIENT DISHES
Which were hidden in the earth at Morris.
y. " during the Indian wars. and recently
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