New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-11
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

rs.r. 4, Is expected will soon be issued from
general headquarters authorizing colonies OF resl-
ments to take NJ drills under the new arm resu-
Nations The new drillbook is now ready for issue
ha,.ipv been approved by the War Department. 1t
viii be some weeks yet before the state VIII re-
TeaEg 10 eet the books from private publishers
Colonels OF regiments are opposed TO beginning
drills under the old tactics
A committee has been appointed TO make ar
raneements for suitable celebration at the open
Illustrated history of the regiment is now Deihs
prepared.
Mator Romer. Captain Moynhan. Lieutenant
Raxtsr. Sergeant Rutledge and Corporal Heisier'
OF the Sth Regiment. have all quahned as experts
at Creedmoor, making an aggregate score OF 20
veteran OF the Civil War
,rb. following officers have been detailed as
members OF the advisory board TO the adjutant
general: Colonel Chauncey r Niihams' vice
Chan,r reItaved. Colonel George X. Dyer, lZth
Regiment vice Phiserer relieved C3I0nei PaSid
T. Austen 18th Regiment. vice IhurSton, renevf f
and Captain Charles l. he peEo'S'' 10y - wv
Cleminshaw. relieved.
There is no truth in the rumor that Brevet briga-
der General William F. Morris colonel OF the Sth
Regiment had decided TO resign. Although ne
FIRST entered the Guard as private IN ule Ysii
Regiment in June. 1876. he is stu comparatively
young man.
Military rihemen In New-York and nearby States
,ra lacking forward with considerable interest 10
the first annual meeting OF the New-fork state
Rifle Association. which begins at Creedmoor range
tomorrow and continues all the week; Nlnetee t
Inherent matches carded besides the contests
OF the United States Revolver Association LOT tne
cbamoionship The national marksman,s reserve
match will be shot on the range lor inc Hrse Hl'e'
l. C,an+ain F. G. Iandon of the 7th Regiment rifle
team will enter several teams from his command
| in the matches OF the New-York state Rlfie Asso-
| ciation The veterans Of the regiment will hold
ma a
| of this month. Sergeant David Grey. OF company
| - who has removed to Elmtra. n. Y, has taken
his honorable discharge, after performing Io1 per
cent OF duty for eleven years. Drlls besih Octo-
Der 3.
The LIST Battery, Captain Wendell. has already
started the drill with armory revolver prac-
| tice and the instruction of recruits
Bv the time the drill opens in the 1sth
| Regiment all the instruments which Captain Tay-
/ lor has been installing in the summer will be ready
for use The gallery for the inside searchlight will
| DO finished in about two weeks All the other I'M
provements are completed eACept tue ~
Of the dynamo and the engine for the generation or
| electricity.
AS an example of the discipline prevailing In the
| 18th Regiment while it in camp at thorough
| fare Va II is interesting to note that a stray
chicken made its home in the camp for three days
| and was not even molested by the colored men in
the employ OF the regimen, Inc owner OF the
| C. ]. Murphy.
The 14th Regiment was partly equipped with
Kras rifles of sO-calhre and partly with Springfield
,iaes oalibre 49, Some of the Krags mad no bayo-
| nets and some OF the were without the blue
shirts while many of the uniforms were i'll fitting,
having been hastily procured for the Virginia cam
paiens on the whole, the regiment of the
worst In the manOeuVTes. us duties were
well performed, however