The Minute Men Of '17
Publisher: Memorial and Property Committee of the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps
Published: 1922
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Foreword, by Col. George W. Burleigh 1; title: Introduction, by Lieut. Alex. R. Thompson 10; title: Chapter One - The Call to Arms 11; title: The Veteran Corps of Artillery — founded by officers of the Revolution — served in the War of 1812 — present personnel and organization— desire to do its bit in the World War — Colonel Delafield's efforts — anti-aircraft activities— co-operation from Governors Island and elsewhere.; title: Chapter Two — Filling the Ranks 17; title: Recruiting — tactical reorganization of the Artillery Service Detachment — drilling in the 71st Regt. Armory — character of recruits — batteries added from Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens — Ceremonies at City Hall at welcome of French and British Commissions.; title: Chapter Three — Arms and Equipment 26; title: The acquisition of Krag rifles — purchase of Lewis machine-guns — the raising of the Fund.; title: Chapter Four — The Commission for Study Abroad 29; title: Information on up-to-date methods of anti-aircraft defense wanting — attempts to acquire same in U. S. — decision to send officers to Europe to procure same — aid and co-operation of City, State and Nation — Gen. J. Franklin Bell's help, and his opinion of the Corps — French and British ambassadors furnish credentials.; title: Chapter Five — The Camp at City Island 35; title: Need for a military camp— selection of site — description — dates assigned to batteries — routine of camp duty — Capt Gage's report — Fourth Battery in camp when call to Aqueduct duty came— closing of camp.; title: Chapter Six — The Lost Orders 48; title: S. O. 198A, AGO 1917 — Gen. Dyer consults Col. Delafleld about men to help fill ranks of newly organized New York Guard, designed to take place of N.G.N.Y. called into Federal service — rumors of active service — assembly of Artillery Service Detachment at Armory Aug. 7 — return of Fourth Battery from camp— call for volunteers — waiting at Armory for marching orders — officers of Prov. Batteries A and B — Entrainment Aug. 9 — Peekskill — taking over posts along Aqueduct — replacements, and the work at Headquarters, 27 Cedar Street.; title: Chapter Seven — The Aqueduct 58; title: Tour of duty of V. C. A. Aug. 7 to Sept. 17 — 667 men on pay-rolls — military survey of Aqueduct — location of Companies and Posts — A private's story — those who helped at Headquarters.; title: Chapter Eight — As the Men Saw It 72; title: A mess sergeant's narrative — excerpts from letters of enlisted men — "Recollections of a Sergeant" — "Song of the Aqueduct" — a sergeant's experience — ''The Water Wagon" — a report (Sgt. W. W. Mack) — "the Minute Men of Today."; title: Chapter Nine — The Transfer to the 9th C. A. C 90; title: Growth of the Artillery Service Detachment — statutory limitations — impracticability of remaining an anti-aircraft organization — transfer to New York Guard — G. O. 46,; title: A. G. O. 1917 — those who remained in the V. C. A. — official correspondence relating to the change — "A Toast."; title: Chapter Ten — The Ninth — Colonel Delafield in Command 100; title: Marching to the new Armory — Brooklyn and adjacent Queens men transfer to Brooklyn units of N. Y. G. — glorious history of the 9th Regiment — choice of officers — the new Ninth's first call to duty.; title: Chapter Eleven — The Supply Company 107; title: Functions of a Supply Company — personnel — activities — paper-work — the Band — the Machine-Gun Company — personnel — the "9th Coast News."; title: Chapter Twelve (I) — Officers Abroad 113; title: Maj. Stoddard, Capt Wilder and Lieut. Ward sail Aug. 29, 1917, for Bordeaux — Maj. Stoddard's narrative — Capt. Wilder's experience at the Artillery School at Arnouville — he is gassed — Lieut. Ward's services at Paris, etc. — he stays abroad and is frequently promoted and decorated — Maj. Stoddard and Capt. Wilder return to U. S. — the latter brevetted Major.; title: Chapter Twelve (II) — The Anti-Aircraft Report 132; title: Transmitted through A. G., S. N. Y. to A. G., U. S. A. — synopsis of report.; title: Chapter Thirteen — The Work of the Regiment 140; title: Varied activities — fire-fighting company — use of Armory by visiting troops, etc. — bayonet practice — Maj. Stoddard rejoins Regiment, commanding 2nd Battalion — 1st Battalion as guard of honor to visiting Serbian Commission — 2nd Battalion gives exhibition of riot drill and street formation at Madison Square Garden — formation of Woman's Auxiliary — Mrs. John Ross Delafield presents colors to Regiment; title: Chapter Fourteen — In Time of Need 152; title: Regiment furnishes speakers and battalion parades with music for Third Liberty Loan Drive — officers act as aides in Woman's Service Flag parade — the first State inspection — armory guard maintained — sudden call to meet the Anzacs — review by Gov. Whitman — funeral of Mayor Mitchel — drilling "Y" Secretaries — rifle practice — training school for officers at Camp Whitman — Maj. Hodges returns from Aqueduct duty and resumes command of 3rd Battalion — Col. Delafield relinquishes command to enter Federal service.; title: Chapter Fifteen — Colonel Burleigh Takes Command 177; title: Col. Delafield appointed Major, O. D., U. S. A., and ordered to Disbursing Bureau — his appreciation of Col. Burleigh — other promotions — the Fourth Liberty Loan and the Regiment's part in it — the 1st Battalion on Russian Day — retirement of Adjutant Davidson — review by Gen. Dyer — Machine-Gun Company surprises audience — review by Gen. Appleton — Inter-Company match on Armory rifle range — review by Gen. Scott.; title: Chapter Sixteen — Field Days and Rifle Work 190; title: Field days at Van Cortlandt Park — constant practice on Armory rifle range — record of Regiment at Peekskill Range 1918 — Lt. Col. Delafield given supervision of rifle practice Sept., 1918 — preliminary instruction course — organizing rifle team for outdoor matches at Caldwell — records made in matches at Peekskill and Caldwell, 1919 — observations by an officer of the Ninth stationed at Caldwell.; title: Chapter Seventeen — The Old Ninth Returns 215; title: Parade of welcome to returning "old Ninth" — review — dinner to returning veterans at Armory — Regiment takes part in tactical problem June 19, 1919 — reports of Majors Hoes, Gage and Keyes — Col. Burleigh relinquishes command Oct. 2, 1919.; title: Chapter Eighteen — Later Activities of the Ninth 227; title: Col. John J. Byrne takes command — problems of replacing time-expired men — "red" propaganda — recruiting campaign — vocational training — re-conversion of Regiment into Coast Artillery — improvements to Armory — Federalization.; title: Chapter Nineteen — How the Non-Manhattan Units of the V. C. A. and 9th. C. A. C. Came Into Being 233; title: APPENDIX; title: List of Officers and Men, Artillery Service Detachment, Veteran Corps of Artillery, S. N. Y 241; title: List of Officers and Men, 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G 277; title: Military Records of Officers of the V. C. A. and 9th C. A. C 327; title: Financial Reports, Special Funds, V. C. A. and 9th C. A. C 395; title: List of Contributors to Special Fund 399; title: Extract of Minutes of the Council of Administration, V. C. A. on Disposition of Special Fund, etc 403; title: Official Correspondence Concerning Organization of Artillery Service Detachment, V. C. A., and the Foreign Mission 406; title: Special Orders 198, A. G. O., 1917 — etc. 414; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Colonel John Ross Delafield Frontispiece; title: Seventy-First Regiment Armory viii; title: First Battalion, 9th C. A. C. in Hollow Square 9; title: V. C. A. Guard of Honor, in City Hall 22; title: V. C. A., Color Guard, in City Hall 23; title: Reception to the Prince of Udine 33; title: Colonel Delafield at City Island 34; title: Laying out the Camp 36; title: The Camp from Pelham Bay 36; title: Tents 37; title: Mess Hall 39; title: Guard House 39; title: The Krag Rifle 39; title: Airing Tents 39; title: Setting-up Exercises 44; title: “At the Double” 47; title: Machine-Gun Company, 9th. C. A. C 57; title: Captain Thebaud, Ordnance Officer 65; title: Typical Post on the Aqueduct 67; title: Headquarters Company 67; title: Sentinels Challenging 68; title: Inspecting a Culvert 69; title: Lieutenant Taft’s Headquarters 70; title: Capt. Praeger, Lieut. Sayers, Sgt. Hamilton 71; title: Company A Street, Peekskill 74; title: Peekskill — Back from Chow 74; title: Peekskill, Aug. 9 — Erecting Tents 76; title: Captain Perry’s Headquarters — Elmsford 76; title: Kensico Dam — Headquarters, Co. B 78; title: Company B — Street and Cook-shack 78; title: An Inspection Trip 89; title: The Foreign Mission 114; title: Scenes in France 118; title: Scenes in France 120; title: The Devastated Area 124; title: Anti-Aircraft Material   126; title: American Officers at School, Arnouville 128; title: The Ubiquitous Barbed Wire 128; title: The Armory, 125 West 14th Street 145; title: Second Battalion at Riot Drill 145; title: The Ninth in a Liberty Loan Parade 152; title: John Purroy Mitchel 158; title: The Funeral of John Purroy Mitchel  159; title: Governor Charles S. Whitman 160; title: Y. M. C. A. Secretaries in Central Park 163; title: Lieut. Col. Burleigh and Staff with “Y” Secretaries 165; title: General Mann and Staff 166; title: Dinner to Major Stoddard at the Brevoort 173; title: A Lewis Machine-Gun at a County Fair; title: Lt Col. Burleigh and Officers at Camp Whitman 175; title: Col. Delafield and Officers at Camp Whitman 175; title: Colonel George W. Burleigh; title: Colonel Burleigh and his Staff; title: During a Rest-period; title: Equitation School, Camp Whitman; title: Band of the 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G., at Princeton; title: Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Delafield 200; title: Brigadier-General George R. Dyer 205; title: New York Day at Caldwell, N. J 208; title: Post 8, Co. A., North of Tuckahoe Road 214; title: 2nd Lieutenant Alexander R. Thompson, Historian 225; title: Colonel John J. Byrne 226; title: Captain Theodore T. Lane, (Dec*d.) 232; title: Third Battery, V. C. A., at Borough Hall, St. George 234; title: Along the Aqueduct; title: Captains Howland Pell and Theodore T. Lane 323; title: At Headquarters of Company B; title: Major-General John F. O’Ryan 324; title: Governor Alfred E. Smith 325; title: Adjutant General Stotesbury 326; title: Adjutant General Sherrill 326; title: Adjutant General Berry 326; title: Asst Adjutant General Westcott 326; title: Officers’ Portraits (opposite their Military Records) 328 to 390