New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

their nerve. are to bring up the matter
OF overworking the national guard In
connection with carrying out the ma
tional militia law. There are many Of
fcers who hold that the pace set Is too
fast for the majority OF officers and men
of a state force, but there are few who
have the courage to make known their
views at the proper time for fear OF being
dubbed tin soldiers Major General
! Charles +. Roe, retired. was one of the
very few officers who ever had the cour-
age to assert in public that too much was
being expected OF the national guard,
that these great expectations when put
to the test would prove a failure, and
that first and foremost the national guard
should be considered a state force.
In order that mounted officers OF foot
troops in the New York National Guard
may be able TO ride their mounts with
proper dignity and also have the neces-
sary skill in handling their horses under
| the ordinary requirements of the service.
School of Equitaton has been estab-
lshed which, 1t is hoped. will bring about
the desired results. Captain David II.
Biddle, Cavalry. u. S. A., on duty with
the guard OF the state and an officer OF
large experience will have charge Of the
school. assisted by Captain Edward Ohm
stead, aid on the division staff, and
, known as an officer OF no ordinary ability
In handling horses. The officers who will
| be permitted TO attend the school are
those on the division staff, the stats of
| the lst and I'd brigades and the mounted
officers Of the It'll. 18th, 18th, 23d, 47th.
69th and list regiments OF Infantry and
the 22d Engineers. The instruction will
begin on october 16 and terminate on
April 80, 1914. officers 10 attend twice
each month from 5:45 TO Gas p m. All
the officers who are members Of organi-
cations in Manhattan will practise in the
armory OF the LIST Cavalry, and all the
officers OF the Brooklyn commands will
practise in the armory of the Cd Cavalry.
officers will wear the olive drab uniform,
but side arms will not be worn until after
January l. In addition to riding, officers
will be given information of importance
regarding the horse use OF the sabre
mounted, points relating 10 the bride.
|
cal instruction in every respect, with
rough riding or trick riding OF every de-
scription eliminated. Officers who have
heard Of the school are very enthusiastic
over II.
Until the water in the Mississippi is
sufficiently high, the LIST Battalion Of
Naval Militia will be unable TO have the
gunboat Isla De Luzon, which has been
assigned them TO take the place OF the
unseaworthy Wasp. The Isla De Luzon
is in the Mississippi in Al condition,
only waiting water enough to float her
to the sea. She may get sufficient water
this fall. but IL is more likely that she
will not get It, according to experts, until
next spring.
Companies of the 7th Regiment have
been assigned the following nights for
drill: d. and II. Mondays; A. f and +,
| Tuesdays; c. X and l., Wednesdays. and
B, I and NJ. Thursdays. The regimental
rife club has been assigned Friday nights.
For faithful service of over twenty-five
years Quartermaster Sergeant Charles II.
Relslg, OF Company Z, and Private Dan