New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-14
ARMY AND NAVY \ EWS.
National Guardsmen for Ne7o York
Forts.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington May IL.
TO MAKE SERVICE ATTRACTIVE.-Bri gader
General Murray, chief of artillery, is determined
to do everything in his power make pleasant
the coming joint nlanPuvrcs OF the New York Ma
tional Guard with the regular coast defence arti-
ery and to render the coast defence service at
tractive TO the men who. he hopes Will hereafter
choose voluntarily drill with the regular forces
OF that Of the service. To this end Colonel
Weaver, General MurTay's assistant, has recently
made "trip 10 Forts Schuyler, Totten. Hamilton
and Wadsworth TO arrange for the establishment
of the militia camps and TO obtain for them the
most comfortable equipment possible. AS in the
scheme of coast defence which General Murray has
perfected the camps OF the who will
artillery and of the infantry which will serve
rear guards or supports Will always he known In
noeuvres or for actual service il will not de
tract in the least from the value of the
provide before the arrival OF the militia the
kitchens and equipment, the lavatories and
similar conveniences. all of which will go far
10 render the stay Of the militia pleasant. More
desire hat The men Of the NatinnaI Gar b &
Interesting as possible. on June the men who
defence artillery will go into camp follows: Al
eTv W fn mnG GGp az Of the h Ar
support: at Fort Hamilton -four companies Of the
fantry as support; at Fort Schuyler. three com
p2nies of the 18th ARTILLERY. with two companies of
the attn infantry as support, at Fort Tottcn. the
sth Battalion, Ave companies serving as artillery
Joining these forts is in very instance t"rfed " so
that good sites for camps have been selected. At
support will occupy camps separated from the
forces acting artillery, the latter being encampcd
with the regular forces At Fort Totten the entire
Sth Battalion Will occupy camp. The War De
partment has been advised that the men who are
to serve with the coast defence artillery look for
ward TO the manuuvres with interest and in some
cases with enthusiasm the novelty of the service
lhe interesting character OF the drill. ETC. having
appealed to them. The commandments OF tho forts
will endeayor to cultivate this Interest SO that
each year the same companies of militia may drill
at the same forts, and I'm this manner a trained
Id the G Tualdsinen VIII be available
regular forces at these defences arise. The Ma
18th. and while the first and last days of the en-
campment are usually occupied in making and
cal work with the guns and the ranges, with which
they should be familiar in actual service There
ing encampments, because the adjutant general If
the Department of the East called on the militia
before the orders to these commanders had bean
issued But these orders have now gone form
ana everything is running smoothly '
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED The
War Department has finally acted on the case OF
an enlisted man who deserted on two occasions
who being foreigner. was at time suspected
OF being spy. The man after his first desa-,;or
did not surrender himself until after the ror,o1
when his enlistment would have expired He wac
tried by court martial and sentenced TO be Dis
hohaFably discharged General Grant who re-
viewed the case. disapproved the sentence on, |
said the man should be sent at his own exnersa
to join his station. Whereupon the soldier prn, II
was by that time ex-soldier in a legal wa.
again deserted The War Department holds fhsst |
IN the service and that the disapprovai Of the |
charge snni baa was ts f nst Of dshonorable dis
from the military establishment The case he man
lfsctea considerable attention account Of H. |
papers which he had iaft behind w.r. .xsm eIsp