New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS|
Reports on Manicure Campaign
Will Be Out This Week.

Reports received from the War Depart
ment from army officers relative to the
work Of the different organizations of the
New York National Guard during the
Connecticut manpuvre campaign, eX-
tracts from which were published exclu-
sively I'm The Tribune last Monday, will
probably be in the hands OF the different
commanding officers this week.
While many members of the list Regi-
ment are on the water wagon" they re-
sent that part of the report of the army
officers on duty with them during the
Connecticut man9uvres which states that
the men drank too much water on the
march," An officer in a position to know
said: The trouble was not too much
water, but too little of it, and we could
not get enough of good water to drink
or even wash our faces in half the time.
We drank mostly temperance drinks on
the march. such as ginger ale, pop, beer
and soda water, and the hucksters made
a fortune in selling such TO the list. NO,
IT'S a mistake to say there was ever too
much water in the list, much as we Ike
il"
The insinuation that any members or
the 18th Regiment appropriated any ar
ticles from hucksterS without paying Tor
them while the regiment WAS in Connecti-
cut is Indignantly resented by officers OF
that command II do not know of a sin
gle man in the 18th who would do any APP
propriating. except under orders" said an
4 IN
such extremes with hucksters. we may
have appropriated a few fence rails TOT
fires to cook our food with, atter the
army .. NJ. -. failed to have WOOD sup
Piled. as they had arranged TO, but then
we told the farmer about the rams III
order that he could get new ones from
Uncle Sam. and to this he was very
agreeable n was a case Of get fence
rails or starve and We took the rails'
This was the only appropriating we ever
did. We would have appropriated parh
If necessary"
Tho annual dinner of the Commanding
Officers Association, held few nights
ago in the armory or the 'th' "a'
highly successful event The ofncerS pres
ont were Generals John J.. y Ryan anu
John G. Eddy. Colonies Appleton, 1hufs'
ton. Wingate. Huston, Hotchkin. Noftoi''
Conley and Haffa; Captains Haiiahan anu
Schcnck. " G. s. y. Y; CommodoreS
Miller and Forshew. Commanders Rayhor
and Martin, Naval Militia; Brigadier Cen
or,,. r. Mills. Lieutenant Colonel w. IL.
Sage CAPTAIN r. +. Walton, Captain W.
d. 4. Anderson, Captain l.. T. ANDREWS
and CAPTAIN d. NJ. Biddle, all L. >. a.
Cantain W r. Jackson. Of the lith hesi-
ment. reviewed the riding class Oh Noii,
many F.. eth Regiment, at the Nen'i al
Park Riding Academy THURSDAY might
Tho class will hold a drill and music riae
AZ the same place on THURSDAY
The annual inspection OF the atn neei-
ment of coast artillery VIII tahe pia0e 0''
March IL, Il and 10.
Small arms practice FOR the troops VI
creator New York will be held TINS !ea'
At the range at Peekskill, and VIII nes''
on April I.
Coropel Bates. Of the list Regiment has
arranged reviews for each oattahoii VI
Tho rariment as follows: Third Battalion,
Major J. NJ. Hutchinson. consisting oi
romnsn,es q, T.. and NJ. on March IT,
nv colonel Asa Bird Gardiner. l. . A.
retired: list Battalion, Major w. >. beeA-
man. consisting of Companies H. A. r.
and D. on March 90. by Colonel Charles l.
DebeyoIse. 1st Cavalry; I'd Bauahon.
Major Edward J. Flack, composed OF
Companies X, b, l. and l. on Marcn 20,
bv colonel George A. Wngate' "a fie'u
Artillery. There will be a regimentai re-
,to,,, ahou, the middle Of April. Sergeant