New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

Robert A White Two new captains have
just been appointed. First Lieutenant
Robert .. Mills. OF Battery y, has been
made captain OF Battery B. vice Strong
resigned. and First Lieutenant John I.
Delaney. OF Battery T., has been made
! captain OF that battery. vice Ferguson re-
signed. 4 drill by Batteries 3. d. r and
! + will be given in the armory on April
II for the United States Boy Scouts. under
General L. A. McAlpin.
II is considered possible that the ed
/ Engineers may be ordered TO perform a
/ tour OF duty at Fort Meyer. Va, next
summer. although nothing definite has
yet been determined There are several
companies of United States engineers on
I duty at Fort Meyer. and II is believed
that the proposed tour with regular
troops would be Of great benefit Colonel
/ Uotchkin has appointed Sergeant John r.
/ Fitch. OF Company Il, battalion sergeant
major. The large net gain OF los officers
and men over the inspection or 1913 WAS
! shown at the annual muster, which was
completed a few nights ago. The regl-
ment had 10 present and 4s absent, while
I I'm 1918 Il had 6l7 present and 81 absent
Company +. Captain Dicges, and q, Cap
tain Levien. are the largest companies
/ each having eighty on the roll, and there
were only two absent I'm r and ono In q.
! Companies u. Captain Robinson: F. Cap
tain Onderdonk. and X, Captain Garrison
had each 100 per cent present, Company
q gained the largest number OF recruits
! during the year. and was specially comph-
, mented by Colonel Hotchkin for It's pros"
ress. Companies B and x had ths best
dressed lockers I'm the regiment.
/ The annual inspection and muster OF
/ the lst Squadron OF cavalry, Major
Wright. will take place this week as fol-
lows March II, Troops and c: March
-. Troops r and n. and March Is. field
and STAFF. non-commissloned staff and
band.
| Members Of the sth Regiment Will ia
rade for annual inspection and muster
next Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday.
According TO the present plans. the rost
ment will perform tour OF duty IN tho
coast artillery district OF New London.
Conn from July 70 to 20 next.
Colonel Morris OF the 9th Regiment has
several prospective candidates for o1,cers
10 MI vacancies and desires TO perform ~
two weeks tour OF coast artillery duty
with as complete a commissioned roster
as possible. The date selected for tho
regiment for coast artillery exercises,
Professionally, IL from July 3s 10 August Z.
| Colonel Davis OF the 18th Regiment VIII
! hold a review II is expected. the latter
/ part Of the present month, after tho an
nuaI inspection. which ends March %.
The tentative date selected for the two
weeks tour OF duty OF the regiment next
summer in a coast fertilization is from
June % to July r.
/ Clifford Horton from civil life has been
appointed second lieutenant In the 18th
Regiment No review of the regiment
will be held this month. Recruits are
still coming I'm, and Sergeant +. J. Tough
lin has a class Of one hundred men under
| instruction. The annual inspection In
April will show large increase.
Intercompany rife competitions will 70
held I'm the I'D Regiment from March %
10 %. The teams will be composed or ten
men each, and the prize Is a handsome
trophy offered BY the officers Of the resl-