New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

ward or outward in response TO the contraction
of the cold and the expansion of the heat Tia
walls are built around these uprights so as 70
allow space for the movement of the arches.
It is said that this device for meeting the
variations caused by changes in temperature
will preserve the rigidity Of the superstructure
and last for ages.
II ia eighty feet from the floor to the peak Of
the ventilator arch in the centre The lighting
comes from thousands OF panes OF glass set m
either end of the huge. curved rooI. Inc rooI Is
built of slabs of concrete and the latter VII
be covered with felt and a coating OF tar
On the President-st. side Of the building on
level with the riding hall, are the stables. &C.
commodating 100 horses. They are so constructeG
that each stall is light and well Ventilated ana
the plumbing has been so planned that many or
the unpleasant features Of stables will be OBJ
Waited Below the stables the basement Wnie1
is really the first floor at that end or the ouila-
ing, for IL opens directly INTO the stree, coa,
tains a large swimming tank. locker room,
rifle and pistol range, a magazine storeroon'
and the boiler room. g..
facing Bedford-ave What is known as ths
squad room is to be finished and fitted up As
finely as any ballroom 1t IS on the nIst hoO.'
at the junction of two long corridors Ine ga,
leries for the riding hall are shallow. anu =.
back from the ring, SO that no suPpoLg s1 gV0 n
are necessary. At present only Two tIeLs - =.
seats are in place. but several more uers Can
be added If needed. At the west end OF tne ma! na.l
is a small gallery, TO be known as INC Wv
When Completed the arn1ory will have cost
more than 100000. 1t will be a great cnans sS
-
Portland-ave., which was handed down oy .n'
18th Regiment, and prior TO the latters O''1
pancy was a government storehouse 1so5
Troop G. was organized in December Hvr
It's first commander was Captain Berrram r.
CLAYTON, graduate of West Point, tneh III 49, -.
life since returned to the regular army -
the first its members have been recruleeu IL
the best families in Brooklyn, but the So.
idea has never interfered with the men ~ ~.
ception of military duty As g body OF cdp 80
military experts. The troop served IN the -. -,
Rican campaign in the Spanish War, mas 80 q
strike Service and two years ago took pa "a
the military manoeuvreS in Virginia uhuei -
auspices OF the War Department. ,.,
A year ago the troop was raised 10 the 9ls.~. ,
OF a squadron, composed of two troops kA q 20
as Troop and Troop 6. Troops /, Z ano o ~ -
the cavalry OF the National Guard OF "a
State compose Squadron A. The deslgnauont ~
has been left for an additional troop 1oF ~! ~
squadron, which will undoubtedly be organlzsss
in time. There is another troop IN Albany -
one in Syracuse, so that an entire cavalry LSss
ment can be formed when Troop Is Organise
by Squadron A. ,.s
The officers OF Squadron c are Major Charles
T. De Bevoise. commanding: First LieuteIant,
Charles Curie, adjutant; First I1ieutsn.an
Charles Z. Fiske, ordnance officer: FIRST Lsos
tenant Edward McLeer. Quartermaster' -.
tenant Walter L. Bell, veterinary: Cap.a.
Charles A. Brown, surgeon; First LieuteuSS.
Paul NJ. Pitcher assistant surgeon; ChristopHe'
W. Wilson. sergeant major. "a,
The principal officers of Troop are Cspta. s
James Crooke McLeer. First Lieutenant Ge9Is4
J. Morgan, Second Lieutenant George H We We,
mouth, First Sergeant William F. Nor'eH
Guidon Sergeant William B. Bryant.
OF Troop the principal officers are Cap.A -.
Paul Grout. First Lieutenant Mortimer D. d.
ant. Second Lieutenant Cornelius s. De Bevolss,
First Sergeant Frederick T. Plat, Guidon SCI
geant Edward III. Walker