The National Guard consists of the several staff departments, one field hospital, two companies of signal corps, two squadrons and two separate troops of cavalry, one battalion of three batteries and one separate battery of field artillery, one regiment of engineers and thirteen regiments, a coast artillery corps of thirty-one companies, organized in three artillery districts; one regiment of engineers and thirteen regiments of infantry. The strength of the guard on September 30, 1908, was as follows: The National Guard is commanded under the orders of the Governor by Major General Charles F. Roe, with headquarters at the Capitol, Albany, and an office at No. 280 Broadway, New York City, to which headquarters are attached the Field Hospital, 1st and 2d companies, Signal Corps, Squadrons A and C, Troops B and D, Cavalry; the First Battalion and 6th Battery, Field Artillery; the Coast Artillery Corps and the 22d Regiment, Engineers. The Coast Artillery Corps comprises three districts, the 13th, 9th and 8th Artillery districts, and the Chief of Coast Artillery is Brigadier General David E. Austen, with headquarters at the 13th District Coast Artillery Armory, Sumner and Jefferson avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y. The infantry is organized in four brigades, as follows: First Brigade-Brigadier general, George Moore Smith; headquarters, Park aveand 34th street, New York City; composed of the 7th, 12th, 69th and 71st regiments. nue Second Brigade-Brigadier general, John G. Eddy; headquarters, No. 1322 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn; composed of the 14th, 23d and 47th regiments. Third Brigade-Brigadier general, James H. Lloyd; headquarters, No. 72 Chapel street, Albany; composed of the 1st, 2d and 10th regiments. Fourth Brigade Brigadier general, Lauren W. Pettebone; headquarters, No. 451 Main street, Buffalo; composed of the 3d, 65th and 74th regiments. The Naval Militia is composed of two battalions and two separate divisions. The strength of the Naval Militia is 57 officers and 746 enlisted men, a total of 803. The Naval Militia is commanded under the orders of the Governor by Captain Jacob W. Miller, with headquarters on board the U. S. S. Granite State, foot of West 97th street, N. R., New York City. The vessels of the United States Navy loaned the State of New York for the use of the Naval Militia are: Wasp, 630 tons; Aileen, 192 tons; Sandoval, 100 tons; Granite State, 4,150 tons. Headquarters-First Battalion, U. S. S. Granite State, 97th street and North River, New York City; Second Battalion, U. S. S. Aileen, 52d street, Brooklyn; Second Separate Division, Rochester, U. S. S. Sandoval, Charlotte Harbor; Third Separate Division, Buffalo. GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK STATE. Politics. Years served. The following table gives the names and politics of the Governors of New York State and the terms which they have served since the first election. Those marked with an asterisk were elected for three-year terms and the others for two-year terms Name. Politics. Years served. Name. *George Clinton.......D. R......1777-1795 John Young. *John Jay.. .Federal...1795-1801 Hamilton Fish. *George Clinton.. ..D. R......1801-1804 *Morgan Lewis. ..D. R. ..1804-1807 *D. D. Tompkins.....D. R......1808-1817 Name. (John Taylor, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded D. D. Tompkins when the latter became Vice-President, March 4, 1817. Politics. Years served. *De Witt Clinton.....D. R..... .1817-1823 *Joseph C. Yates... .D. R.. .1823-1826 De Witt Clinton. ....D. R......1826-1828 (Nathaniel Pitcher, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded Gov. Clinton February 11, 1828. Politics. Years served. Martin Van Buren....D.........1829 (Enos T. Throop, Lieutenant-Governor, succeeded Gov. Van Buren March 12, 1829. Politics. Years served. Name. Name. Whig......1849-1851 Washington Hunt. Whig......1851-1853 ..R.. ..1857-1859 Edwin D. Morgan....R... .1859-1863 Horatio Seymour.. .D.. 1863-1865 *David B. Hill...... .D.........1885-1891 .1905-1906 1907-1910 Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties. 35th The 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th wards of Buffalo. 36th-The 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th and 25th wards of Buffalo as now constituted and the 7th and 8th Assembly districts of Erie County. 37th-Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. SENATE AND ASSEMBLY APPORTIONMENTS. XLII. Wayne, Ontario and Yates116,803. XLIII. Steuben and Livingston-115, 581. XLIV. Genesee, Wyoming and Aliegany-107,281. XLV and XLVI. Monroe- Average, 113,804. XLVII. Niagara and Orleans-107,328. XLVIII to L. Erie Average, 146, 192. LI. Chautauqua and Cattaraugus-155,322. No change was made in the apportionment of Assemblymen, which remains as follows: Assembly. Counties Having 1 Member.-Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex. Franklin. Fulton and Hamilton, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. Two Members.-Chautauqua, Dutchess, Jefferson, Niagara, Orange, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk and Ulster. Three Members.-Albany, Oneida and Onondaga. Four Members.-Queens chester. Five Members.-Monroe. Nine Members.-Erie. and West Twenty-three Members.-Kings. Thirty-five Members.-New York. STATE CENSUS OF 1905. The population of the State of New York on June 1, 1905, was 8,066,672, compared with a population in 1900 of 7,268,894 and in 1890 of 6,003,174, including Indians and other persons on Indian reservations. The increase in population between 1900 and 1905 was 797,778, or 11 per cent, against an increase during the preceding decade of 1,265,720, or 21.1 per cent. The population of the State in 1905 and 1900, respectively, was distributed by counties as follows: The plan of distributing the population of public institutions is not observed in the United States Census, and the gains and losses due to this cause should be borne in mind in making comparisons with the results of the last Federal Census. NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEES. Chairman, Timothy L. Woodruff, Brooklyn; secretary, Lafayette B. Gleason, New York; treasurer, George J. Smith, New York. Headquarters, No. 43 West Thirty-ninth street, New York. District, 1-John J. Bartlett, Greenport. 2-John H. Campbell, Brooklyn. 3-L. M. Swasey, Brooklyn. 4-Jacob A. Livingston, Brooklyn. 5-F. J. H. Kracke, Brooklyn. 6-Timothy L. Woodruff, Brooklyn. 7-M. J. Ďady, Brooklyn. District. 20-B. B. Odell, jr., Newburg. 21-L. F. Payn, Chatham. 22-Cornelius V. Collins, Troy. 23-William Barnes, jr., Albany. 24-J. Duncan Lawrence, Bloomville. 25-John K. Stewart, Amsterdam. 26-John F. O'Brien, West Chazy. 8-George Cromwell, New Brighton, S. I. 27-Daniel F. Strobel, Herkimer. 9-C. H. Murray, New York. 10 Samuel S. Koenig, New York. 11-George W. Wanmaker, New York. 16 Samuel Krulewitch, New York. Chairman, William J. Conners, Hill; treasurer, Arthur A. McLean, District. 28 J. T. Mott, Oswego. 29-Francis Hendricks, Syracuse, Additional member, C. W. Anderson, N. Y. Democratic. Buffalo; secretary, Winfield A. Huppuch, Sandy Newburg; clerk, John A. Mason, New York. 1-Edwin Bailey, jr., Patchogue. 4 -William R. McGuire, Brooklyn, 9 -Conrad Hasenflug, Brooklyn. 23-Wesley J. Springstead, Haverstraw. 24-Michael J. Walsh, Yonkers. 25-Arthur A. McLean, Newburg. 26-Robert W. Chanler, Poughkeepsie. District. 27-G. B. Van Valkenburgh, Lexington. 28-P. E. McCabe, Albany. 29-F. J. Molloy, Troy. 30-Winfield A. Huppuch, Sandy Hill. 31-Frank Cooper, Schenectady. 32-Dennis Moynehan, Herkimer. 33-William S. Cameron, Glens Falls. 34-George E. Van Kennan, Ogdensburg. 40-William B. Harper, Seneca Falls. 43-J. E. Schwarzenbach, Hornell. 44-W. M. Sweet, Fillmore. William J. Conners, Buffalo. |