New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-04
Col. Baldwin Muzzles Of
fcers by Threatening to
Demand designations.
MOVE TO KEEP SECRET
JANNICKY INVENTORY
Facts To Be Kept from Public,
Is Belief-FrictiOn Among
Officials Growing.

Lieutenant Colonel Harry B. Bald
win. in temporary command of the
47th Regiment, yesterday ordered that
all reporters be barred from the regi-
ments Grmory, Marcy Avenue and
Hayward Street, Brooklyn, pending the
inventory of the $4,000 worth Of
equipment now being taken, and threat
encd to demand the resignation OF any
officer discovered giving out informa-
ton.
At division headquarters 1t was said
that Colonel Baldwin, in issuing the
order, was acting on his own initla-
tive, as no orders in regard to the
armory had gone out from there.
On Monday Colonel Baldwin coun-
fernandez the order Of Colonel Ernest
F.. Jannicky, whom ne superseded IN
command of the regiment, prohloitlng
the entrance of reporters to the ar
morv. The new order is said to be
the result Of the officers determine
ton to keep the facts Of the alleged
shortage in regimental accounts from
the public.
Internal dissension between the Of
ficers of the depot battalion and those
of the regiment, in which the men OF
both organizations share to some ex-
tent, is evident around the 47th's ar
mory. Officers of the depot battalion,
most of them men formerly prominent
in regimental affairs, whose reslgna-
tions were requested or voluntarily
submitted after the appointment OF
Colonel Jannicky two years ago, and
who were unwilling to reJoin the regi-
ment at the time Of mobilization, re-
turned as soon as it was announced
that Colonel Baldwin would get the
command.
staff and Line Officers at Odds.
Friction between them and the pres
ent staff and line officers, who are OF
the new regime, has resulted from their
efforts 10 advance the standing of Colo
mel Baldwin. If Colonel Baldwin gets
permanent command of the regiment,
as it is now rumored he Will, concord
will probably follow Officers of the
depot organization will take the places
of the officers put in under Colonel
Jannicky, after their designations have
been requested or handed in. If such
an arrangement is not made 1t is
known that the depot unit will fight
against consolidation with the regi-
ment, and will endeavor to receive
designation as a field artillery unit.
1t was learned yesterday that on
Wednesday several officers of the 47th
visited Manhattan and made arrange
ments for housing their companies in
case they should be called for duty in
the car strike, although it was denied
that any order contemplating such ser
vice had been received. Following the
circulation of the rumor that the regi
ment would be called to Manhattan,
meetings were held in the company
rooms, at which a large percentage of
the men declared they would not take
part in the strike, regardless Of conse
quences.
Men Talk About Strike Duty.
Colonel Baldwin did not take the
mems attitude seriously.
81 see no reason why this regiment
should not take part IL called upon"
he said. 1T is still part Of the Ma
tional Guard, and the men have taken
their oaths 10 protect lives and prop
erty when called upon. know some
men are dissatisfied with not seeing
service at the border, but good SOL
der will obey orders
At a meeting of the officers of the
47th, held Wednesday night, the ques-
ton of paying the men was discussed.
Arrangements were made to put mem
bers of the depot battalion on tho
same payroll as the regular men, and
il is thought that this plan will hasten
the preparation of the payrolls.