New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

who has CndfSE VI ~ p
the rife team to represent the state IN tne
,,ationa1 match at camp Perry. Ohio, next
month. has decided to continue the pa
4ice of the team at Sea Girt. y. j., uhtii
Tho time of departure for Ohio. III was
tborebt that the team might be apie 10
nractise at the new state range at Blau-
wolf In .Julv. but Colonel Thurston hnoS
III. work there not sufficiently advanced u
,,sr,,,it Of this The Secretary of war mas
snnoir+ed the colonel assistant executive
officer of the national matches, ana ne y
the only national guard officer VINO mas
ever held this position. He is known d.
ono of the best authorities on rifle shool-
inc in the United States. No definite da'e
can be named for the opening OF the new
range at BIauvelt although IT Is hoped
that it will be ready for practice soiiie 'iiii0
in September next
II is expected that by the beginning
of the drill season next ran the ne"
state military regulations Will De ready ioI
issue. A board of officers, OF which Coioii9I
S M WEIGH of the 6oth reg
is president has been working at the le-
vision for some time and proofs VI 'i'O
new book are now in hand Inc Dodiu no t :
had tn examine the army regulations, the
military law of the state, etc. anu GU
all the various amendments that affect the
new regulations and bring them down 10
date The new book will fulfil long lefe
want Other members of the board, be-
si5es +he officer named above, include
colonel Bates of the list Regiment
Colonel Norton of the 23d Regiment. Lieu
tenant Colonel Chaplin. Inspector General
and Lieutenant Colonel lie Boutillier, sur
-. Of General Roe,
In tbe parade in Manhattan last Mon
day most of the organizations were much
behind their usual strength, and all OF the
-agin,en+s but the list showed considerable
falling off in attendance The strength
II, the parade was as follows: list Regl-
ment 8 companies OF 20 files and COM
panies of 16; 9th Regiment, Y companies
of 16 files; 18th Regiment. companies OF
IL files; 18th Regiment, II companies OF %
files: 14th Regiment companies OF ID
files and of u files; 23dt Regiment, COM
pantes of 20 files; 47th Regiment, COM
NAMES of 16 files and of 20 files; 18th Regi-
ment, companies of 16 files and OF ~
files.
lieutenant Thomas J. O'ReiIly, OF Com
ranv H. 69th Regiment, who has been ex-
fitness to remain officer of the rest-
roent. will. it is considered certain, prove
winner. The board was appointed at the
reouest of the colonel of the 69th, who de-
sired the resignation of the lieutenant for
what he deemed the good of the regiment
The hoard met under Paragraph s. of the
military law, and officers qualified 70 Judge
saw that board should have been re-
ouested under Paragraph s. to cover the
case Of the lieutenant as the prosecution
desired. The medical officers called as
witnesses in the case testified that Lieu
tenant O'Reilly was physically fit to per-
form his duties, and in view Of this fact
the board. 1t is said, must report IN MS
favor The case was finished last Tuesday
night and the papers will be sent 10 the
Governor some time this week
Colonel Bates Of the list Regiment will
shortly appoint First Sergeant McDerrott,
of Company H, a second Lieutenant Ex-
Captain X K. V. Casey, of this regiment,
the we'll known rif1eman, has been ap-
pointed adjutant of the ID Regiment OF
Pennsylvania.
Members of the Isl and I'd battaHons of
naval militia are preparing for the cruise
on vessels of the Atlantic fleet, which be-
gins on July %. and the several divisions
will. it is expected, board the vessels at
Staten Island The men will be divided
among the crews of the Connecticut, the
South Carolina, the Michigan. the New
Hampshire the Rhode Island, the Ne
braska, the Virginia and the Minnesota
The exercises will include day and night
cruising. gun drills. boat drills, signal prac-
tice, learning the rules of the road and the
signal lights, engine room duties. anchor
ing getting under way, etc The enlisted
man will be assigned to duty alongside
regular seaman as a running mate. so that
he may more easily become familiar with
the various duties aboard ship.
The largest amount paid out by the ad-
iutant general of the state last year to dis
abled or injured members of the national
guard in the line of duty was s4c3 30 10
Rhinelander Waldo. while a lieutenant in
the seth Regiment. The next largest
amount was S137 to Private John Morgan,
of the field hospital.
Members of Company G, of the 22d Regi-
ment. have established a summer camp on
the sand spit at Great Kills. Staten Island.
They can get surf bathing on the ocean
side and still water bathing on the side of
the spit bordering the creek. There are
driftwood for fires, plenty of good fishing
and no scarcity of a breeze. The company
will purchase a power launch to carry the
members to and from the mainland
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