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Show TO DISBAND ALBANY BURGESSES CORPS ALBANY, N. Y.. JuW 13. Led by Adjutant General Verbeek, head of the state national guard, an attempt it be ins; msde here to bring about the repeal re-peal of the charter of the Albany burgesses bur-gesses corps, which at one time ranked with the Cleveland grays, the old guard of New York, the ancient and honorable, honora-ble, artillery of Boston and similar organisations. or-ganisations. Organized iu the thirties, the corps for many years had a splendid record and was well known throughout the country. But of late, according to those behind the effort to disband it, the organization has ieen ' masquerading masquerad-ing under military guise purely for social so-cial purposes. ' ' The corps has a long list of honorary members, including the late President Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Car-negie, Chaunrey M. Depew and others S of prominence. - King Edward was made a life mem- ber when he visited Albany as prince of Wales in 1SH9. General Vcrheck beVsn an investigation investiga-tion of the corps last winter and at his request a bill was recently introduced in the legislature to repeal the corps charter. char-ter. Before the legislative committee he characterized the corps as a ''ragamuffin ''ragamuf-fin military organization." and cited a bill which the corps gave at the Metropolitan Metro-politan opera house during the Hudson-rulton Hudson-rulton celebration at which foreign guests were made to pay for hat checks as an instance why the charter should be repealed. They had given the impression im-pression to visiting organizations that the ball was a part of the organization organiza-tion 's program, which it was not. |