New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

without intending to reflect on the naval
militia of the state. national guard orgahl-
cations in New York City, at least, do not
take kindly 10 remarks made by AdJutahl
General William Nerbeck, who was quoted
as saving that the 1st Naval Battalion
stood as a model for the entire national
GUARD. The ist Battalion OF Naval Militia
AZ the recent assembly for supposed
emergency paraded 81 per cent OF It's
strength on twenty-four hours notice ana
il is only a small command, one-third as
large as regiment. Consequently Is
pointed out. IL should be able to assemble
greater percentage Of its men more easily
than a large organization, but ACCORDING l"
those who have official figures 70 fail pack
upon national guard organizations IN actual
emergency, on much shorter notice, maze
a better showing
one Of the best posted officers on status
tics in the guard. in speaking OF the as
>ently Of the naval militia. said: general
Verbeck is apparently ignorant OF the ns-
ures available In his own office and the
work done BIZ the national guard nineteen
vears ago. when Il was not so well equipped
as II IS to-day. When the Governor or
New York ordered practically the entire
national guard on duty in Buffalo III Au-
gust, 1892. during the switchmehs striNe'
Generals Porter and SlcGrath issued oroera
at . a. m on August Is 10 the na'ofai
guard outside OF Buffalo, and by the even
ing OF the next day. in less thah twenty
four hours. every organization ordered out
WAS AT Buffalo, in its position.
Here are a few examples for the oenent
~ General Verbeck, which he can verify
bv the reports in his office. The I'd Kesi-
n,ent paraded 90 per cent of It's MEMBER
ship. Colonel Camp commanding received
the order to assemble the regiment at 40"
, ~ on August IS. and the regiment left
the armory at II a. m. the same day ana
arrived az Buffalo at $40 a. m. on August
70 Colonel Dowd, of the 18th Regiment re-
ceivod his orders at $40 a. M, lett the
arn1ory at 1920 a. m. and arrived al bulaio
80 N. next day. Percentage pres
ent, $50.
..Troop 4. under the then Captain Roe'
now major general had s3.g7 per cent pres
ent: tic 18th and 25d regiments each had
ql pcr cent; the list Regiment, 50, and SO
an The organizations had all less than
eight hours notice, and the percentage oil
fine entire guard on duty was 9l-oo' OF "''
officers and men, out OF ',s'9. me strlAc
duty I'm Brooklyn, I'm 1925, was almost an
equally good record. and the 1th Regiment
for example, had in only few hours no
tice a percentage OF 95.2S present
II could give numerous other figures but
: tbirk the above will suffice. General Yer
bacl ,s simply wasting tho time Of the or
ganizations I'm these assemblies, and also
mourning the nl-will of employers IN nav
ina, men get off from business in only sup
uosed emergencies. The men OF the guard
will respond faithfully when emergency
cornag. as they have done for years. Ihese
snap assemblies show nothing
Annual inspections Of regiments IN New
york civ for the War Department and
e,ata viii begin with the 69th Regiment on
January u. The other regiments Will be
insnected on the following nights 'th
REGIMENT. February %; Sth Regiment Feb
ruarv Is. 9th Regiment. February ~ l-th
Regiment. March S; 18th Regiment fepru-
a-v 6. 14th Regiment, January 20 "a hesl-
ment. March %; sd Regiment. March 10;
.7th Regiment, February ?, ana ilst heeF
n,ent March q The cavalry ana heid ar
tillery Will not be Inspected unth April.
Tho Isl Signal Company Will be inspected
February >. and the I'd Company March %
Colonel Morris of the sth Regiment mas
appointed First Lieutenant Theodore W.
Baldwin captain of the Ist Company cap
tain Charles W. Osborn has been assigned
10 command the 10th Company second
Lieutenant u. II. Ray. recently eom'h'S-
sioneds has been assigned to the 2lst Com
panv CAPTAIN H. L. Evans viii be awarded
the state decoration for fifteen years SER
vice
The Non-Commissioned officers Asso-
citation OF the 9th Regiment has elected
officers for the ensuing year "a Follows:
President. First Sergeant Williams list
Company: vice-president First Sergeant
Archibold. 18Th Company: corresponding
secretary. Sergeant Griffiths; hnanclal
secretary, Sergeant Hogan 22d Company;
treasurer. Ordnance Sergeant Harris
chaplain. Quartermaster Sergeant Brown
and sergeant-at-arms. Sergeant SALEM
Hospital Corps.
Eumors TO the effect that Major Cen
eral Charles II. Zoe. commanding the na-