New-York tribune., 1910-09-04

cri+fcisinx some of the officers OF the 13ta
Rarin1eut for "their tendency 20 develop
most unsoldierIy attitude. Colonel Harris
saws. This spirit was not manifested IN
the 9Th Regiment Colonel W c. Rafferty,.
artillery corps. L. g A, in speaking 20
Colonel Morris OF the 9Th Regiment about
the recent work Of the regiment al Forr
Wright. New York, praised it very highly
and said that it was one OF the best reg1-
rnents he had ever seem
Major Francis L Oswald, surgeon of the
Goth Regiment. VINO has resigned at the ex-
piration OF his term OF service, Joined th5
6eth as A first lieutenant and assistant sur
eeon in May. 1898, to serve in the Spanish
war. He was commissioned as major and
surgeon a short time after he entered tina
volunteer service He served in the volun-
teer regiment until January 81, 1893. ard IL
May OF the latter year. when the regiment
again assumed its place as 4 national guard
organization he Joined it as an assistant
surgeon. with the rank Of captain He was
made major and surgeon January q, 1908
Maior General Frederick D. Grant.
L s A. commanding at Pine Camp.
through his adjutant general, Colonel
George Andrews, has sent the following iet-
ter TO Colonel /. n. ConleT OF the sam
Regiment and TO Colonel w G. Bates -
the list Regiment: Tho commanding gen
era1. having made a personal inspection 0t
YOUR camp grounds subsequent to your d.
parture directs me To inform YOU that g
found that they had been exceptionally
we'll policed and he was much pleased with
the evident care that had been taken %
leave the grounds in proper condition
Captain William r Jackson, who haS
been serving as quartermaster of the l4th
Regiment, has been assigned to command
Company G permanently. vice Horrocks.
resigned. Colonel Foote has also appointed
Sergeant Worth. Of the list Regiment
second lieutenant Of Company c.
Lieutenant Colonel y. B Thurston. chic:
ordnance officer. sailed for Europe yester-
day for the benefit of his health He viii
lie absent for about a month. but intends
to return in time for the shooting az ths
new range at BIauveIt. y. Y. which will
begin on October :. II is not likely that
any shooting beyond the grade OF marks
man can be held. the longer ranges Wiz
not be completed until next spring
Brigadier General McCoskry Butt IS A.
Vichy, France, for the benefit OF his health.
He expects 10 return TO New York IN Mo-
vember-
One important subject which Will bs
taken up by the National Guard Assocl-
alton OF the United States at it's annual
convention in ST. Louis next month viii
be the question of the payment TO members
OF the national guard of an annual sum
Tv-,
government Many officers favor the idea.
but there are rot few who are very MUCK
against the proposition. Another matter OF
importance that will be considered is the
hill introduced in Congress last session 10
provide six hundred more officers for the
army. so that more officers may bs
available 10 the national guard as instrIc-
tors. and IL is also provided N the oiit
that 2 large number of the six hundred
additional officers be selected from rhs
ma tional guard. Officers viii % urged n
help The passage of the bill in every prcpsE'
way.
The opening OF tn. new armory Of m. #
Battery. IN The Bronx. Will PROBABLY hay5
TO be postponed until next spring oTtns
to the slovness in providing the furnit1i-s
and other necessities. There is TO tan bark
is very much needed II IS possibls thss
the armory may be used for a Tournaments
OF the Military Athletic League IN 1ai2.
There will be no tournament held next
year: this has positively been decided
Colone. Bates OF the list Regiment has
appointed Second Lieutenant Frank r Pot4
ter. OF Company D. to be first Heutenanss
and he has appointed ReginentaI Sergeans
Major William s CongaltOn to be a bat
TALON adjutant. with the rank Of second
lieutenant. He first Joined Company q
as a private In 1903. and reached the srad5
of sergeant major in 1908. Headquarters
nights has been changed 10 Fridays. Thera
will be no drills on these nights, and con-
sequently the companies that used to os
on the drill floor Fridays will drill N
future as follows: Company A. Mondaysi
Company c. Wednesdays. and Company L,
Thursdays The regiment will begin drills
on Monday night, September IS. Colonel
Bates Is on brief leave
Members OF Company = OF the s2d Resi'
Inent LEFT the city yesterday afternoon t'
pitch camp IN the mountains back of NeSs
Point They detrained at Fort Montsom-
cry and hired team transportation therd
for their tenta6e and engineering equir7
ment one OF the members Of the com
pany, who Is a surveyor, is Intimately se-
ouainted with the country about the resie'
hack of West Point which is said To -
very beautiful and offers fine sites for
camping There is an old iron foun'i'y
IN in the mountains that MAS started our
ing tho Re, cmtlon and has been runnin1
ever since