New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

An innovation in National Guard instruction has
been started by Colonel Dyer OF the 18th Regiment.
who has decided take his men TO Van Cortlandt
Park Of an evening and give them TIE beneht Of
outdoor drills He Will begin On Thursday night.
and some eight hundred men are expected to take
patoeIi 10 d-3Ii and now that the 18TH has been
selected 10 take part IN the army man1suNfes Colo
o'clock next Thursday. There VIII also be evening
drills july Il and August Is
The cornerstone Of the new armo-y for the ID
Naval Battalion Of Brooklyn. at Fifty-hrst and
F4fty-sec,nd SITS New-York Bay Brooklyn. viii be
laid Tuesday afternoon IT O'Clock by Borough
President LAttleton-
First Lieutenant John L. Russell Of Company Z.
9TH Regiment: Second Lieutenant II. s Whitcomb.
Company A. G. II. Davis. Company F.; A L. Webb.
COMPANY D. and : b. Peck. Company O. also OF
tie 9th. recently elected have passed the exam
lining board.
new band leader has been appointed IN the 18th
Regiment in the person Of John Coughlin. who
formerly served in the British army. Company ID
has elected T. r. Fisher second lieutenant, from
civil life. The veterans of company u VIII hold
Point on Sunday, August 10.
It has been noticed that the cornerstone OF tho
new Rrmory at Thrty-iourth-st. and Park-aVe-. 10
be occupied Jointly by the list Regiment. brigade
headquarters and the LIST Signal CORPS bears only
inscription relating TO the list Regiment
gaffzstions which viii occupy the building havs
equal right 10 DO mentioned on the cornerstone.
il Is proposed that the names OF tfls2de head
and The lst Sal IL cT S ne R3ggd n
and this, u Is understood, va ponthly oe dphe.
The onisscn Il IS said is Tpe to an oversight on
in The new building for the brigade commander
has been satisfactorily settled
Company Z. Us, Regiment has decided to char
ter the steamer John Sylvester for July !. that
:he families and friends Of the regiment can com
fortably visit eaap that day. The company viii
allow no liquor board the steamer snd COM
inttee from the company VIII be on board to look
out Tor the comfort ~ gueFls me steamer WI!
leave West Thrty-hfta-st. at a IN. and West
Twenty ninth-st. IT $50 a m
The lst Battery. Captain Louis Wendell. viii start
on d ffry-four-Inie march 10 Peekskill on Friday.
fully equipped for neld service. The first camp Will
he pitched Van Cortland Park on Friday night
ard the second in Nelson Park, al OssiT,ing on
SATURDAY night Al me latter place ne IoNn com
terry including A liberia. display OF red fire. in
viii be reached Sunday morning.
for The State camp next Saturday morning 10
ueye the 18th Regiment
Colonel Duny Of the 6eth Regiment has received
the following extract from the report Of Colonel
E A Darlington L. 5. A. who made ar inspection
Of the regiment on behalf Of the War Department:
Condition Of the whole equipment good. This
excellent physique and ruSsednTSs OF The men Of
the command very nOuceaole Inc men are ODER
and more mature than che average OF othe- Tegi-
ulents inspected ] consider them capable OF per
forming any kind Of service falling 10 the lot Of
soldier The officers appear jealous and efficient
as far as observed. The regiment can be depended
on in any domestic emergency, in my opinion S2l
per cent present inspection.
Lieutenant George Pollard, Of Company c, 9th
Regiment. has been elected captain Of Company l.
vice Madden. resigned. Captain Pollard has served
both in the California and Alabama National
Guard and Joined the 9Th as a second lieutenant
~ ,A7p Of Tha Rerf-
rlert will be equipped with new olive drah uniforms
when the regiment goes TO camp.
In the list Regiment Company y viii shortly
elect Second Lieutenant Kuhnls first lieutenant.
and First Sergeant }. H. McDernott Will be made
second lieutenant