New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
HONORLNG LII. COL. KIPP.
His Fifty Years in National Guard
SerIice.

Preparations are being made on large scala.
suitably to commemorate. october Il. the
fifty years service IN the National Guard OF
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Kipp OF the TtE
Regiment who is also Chief Clerk Of the New
York Police Department, a position he has held
for twenty-three years. having Joined the de-
partment as first deputy clerk in 1873 Colonel
Kipp is often aectiOnately referred TO by thOsa,
who know him best as the salt OF the earth.
and those with whom he is brought in daily con-
tact know him as an able executive of11cer, ana.
a courteous but stern d1ScIpllnarian his de-
partment is said 70 be the best regulated in the-
city in the simplicity and directness of its sys-
Colonel Kipp was born in this city on August
% 1899 so he is now sixty-eight years old. but
he looks and feels as hale and hearty as many
men a score of years younger. He is descended
from one Of the oldest Dutch families that came
to New Amsterdam in 1881 Hendryk Kypp.
his ancestor. was a prominent burgher in the
term Of Governor Peter Stuyvesant Colonel
kipp was educated in the New York public
schools. and he enlisted as a private IN the lth
Regiment when he was tWeuty-three years old.
marching 70 the front IN April 1851 He headed
his command in the draft riots OF 1866. again N
the Orange riots OF 1870 and the CrOtOn Dam
riot in 1895. He was wounded IN the trolley
strike riot in the same year
His record in the National Guard in brief IS as
October 2f. 1857. corporal May % 1852; SER
geaut. July T. 1862, second Lieutenant. October
I6. 1867. first lieutenant. Decem2er 80 lS6.}:
adjutant 1th Regiment, June 81. 1856; captain
Company d, 9Th Regiment. October = 1Sbbs
major. 9Th Regiment. May 10 1855, and lieu
tenant colonel. September II 1S9,'-
In the United States service Private Com
pany d. 18th Regiment, April 10 10 June Z 1861;
corporal and sergeant. May 26 70 September D.
1862. and second lieutenant. June Il TO July
u. 1858
In recognition Of his fifty years service in the
National Guard. q fUlI length portrait Of Lieu
tenant Colonel William n Kipp unveiled
and presented by Richard H Halsted and the
officers OF the regiment. IN the arTuO-y. on Fri
dag evening June II. As the seTn1-cencsTnlaH
anniversary Of Colonel kipp's connection with
the regiment falls on October p. he did not
expect any ceremony IN his honor until fall, and.
a. intended. the presentation was conplets sur
prise TO him.
In the field and staff room. where the painting g.
was hung permanently over the mantel. Colonsai
Appleton received the picture from Mr. Halstsds
both making speeches Colonel Kipp In responSs1
said. in part:
During my fifty years OF service II was N.Y.
good fortune 70 enter the United States services
I'm 1851 as a private. in 1852 as a nOn-cOmuis-
stoned officer, In 1868 as commissioned officer
and again. recently with the regiment ar Fore
fantry reserve. in demonstrating for the govern
rent the necessity for such service With coast
artillery armament OF tremendous power, SUI
ffCient apparently to withstand any attacks by
ships the land behind the fort openly invites
attack with adequate means OF resistance.
Without question Congress should az an early
day appropriate means TO enable the coast ar
tIIlery TO enlist a sufficient number OF men for
this very purpose The 9Th Regiment has al
ways been my pride, almost my He II IS not
Indebted 10 me I in IT'S debt for an educa-
ton that has been OF lasting benefit 70 me- for
cornradeship that could not elsewhere be found:
FOR pleasures such as IN all this world have no
equal, and for friendships that have come and
gone. broken only by the last sad call Of taps