New Orleans daily crescent., 1858-11-08
Slen Orleans Daily Crescent.
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, lis.



the nroceedings Of Cant. Waltonis Artillery Com.
their muddy march and yvot drill of Thurs
dav afternoon last and AZ their proceedings were Of
I, a,ociaI and extraordinary character il would not
ba ZOO tsta to give a detail Of them after twice or
thrice the deIay that has superyeped
rbot tho waabington Artillery torped ont in their
l f,s,tI, and Trnobers formed the chief feature
r trrrdy, ,,,ortarlv review we have already men
tiod Tho eviey, ended with all that was esuected
r III sol1iers On fiat occasion Int with the Arti
ort ta raviav was the smallest mart of their davis
,,ro,ron,rne The dedication of their new Arsenal,
T. Cioa stro.t ,vas the event IN which all Looked
with the lveest emotion. and to which all combined
,o Give the Hast nossible eclat The numerous dis.
+,,5,nsrod ,rests c;vic and military who had been
in,od ossen,btad az nor fnvtaion At the Merchants
Hotel. from which pace at o'clock. they were es.
rtod with rronar honor hv the Artillerists to the
Arsonai
49,. ,,, - ~, ,,,i1,7i,, ,,,,.stoirz +bfnos had
III 'le Ian Vi 'no Du''N'L7 ~ s'' -9 ~
been liked up IN style a IaoIe sHIpIueIeu WIN
pood things stretched along one side Of the hail. its
FnIT 1a,gth and across the head-a table so beaut-
=, ,otI,ro1 tI+ Go co15 rest
luily anu tenPv'us'y 'D'''
satisfied till they knew VINO had zone the snotherlhB
When it became known that De Baum, of the Mer
chants, Hotel had been doing it all, general salts
80. s,i,s1 D. 4to .tIo NOS ,,ot Tho frs+
io P
The Artillerists marched in with their guests and
arer haIting facing ahont etc after the military
.,9I;i t. F ~ ,. th,. ora
ishoh' tne hlus'I1i VI 'u' P9 N"N0 "I'
joined under extra regulations oil thelr own, IN a
gee club) sang two songs with high spirit and ex-
Gallant effect one the motto song of the Arterists
~ - s, 49,, ,,o tho .. etor c,,onIod Ron.
Try u, anu s'h9 OtHSt M 20 NP1HS'NG -
ner" The address of the evening came next, aud
was given with proper eloquenCe and force by Mr. J.
p Wbittinoton. After alludng to the object of the
"a lu;t,i,o /; f++ir,, torrne the
eeIeoFatioh, ahu u710ii',"s ~ H1''Ne D
difficulties that had Deset Ihe company ~ pulldihs
the new Arsenal, and the success with which those
afacpItieg had been surmouuted gave history of
- -. g. tI,, 5,to cf its fornds+ior in 1s9o
IAe company lloi 'i0 ~ -, - -. -
as the " First Company OF Native Americans 10 the
present day. There was some history of active ser
vice in the history of the COMPANY as the following
~ yyh;4,;r,+on,o o,7i1rass nil, stor,
extract lro'h oil' "nt''''s 'on , 1uu'esS 4t1 n0"
But early in the spring OF 1916, hosuHty then eX
isting between the governments OF Mexico ana the
United States under requlstlon from zen. Iayor,
the artillery YoluhteeTed WIN us DaIery WhiGh haL
by purchase Of the Company, increased to four SIX
| Founders, and proceeded unler the command OF
! Capt forno, 70 corpus ChrlStle, theh tne ehCahP
ment Of Gen. Taylor's army. Having united them
selves to the troops Of Gen. Taylor the artillery re-
mained with the same, IN the service o. the United
States for the term OF three montns performing Iher
laoorlous dutes IN lnaner n'Shy cFeu''aoe W 'Ae
eoIpS 1eIe their time Of service having oxnired
thew returned to New Orleans The name Of the
corps then changed and for the first time it was
hailed BY n t4at TIe mnCn now 80 PLouuy ulsu
,r ~, ,t6 NTia cnntinnine IN the following
month May, ls46 the artillery again offered its ser
vices to the government OF the United States and as
me flght I4nk GopaEy IL IN masngton igg
der onInlnd of COL / b. Walton and under re0q
stion made upon the State Of Louisiana by Gen. Tay
or for two regiments infantry started for the seat o
war: Capt Forno VINO c2nahugu tne company OH IL
Hon ~ tie Of the Tegment
CAPTAIN Isaac +. Stockton was chosen Captain.
The Artillery served with the regiment upon thf
no 'trande 1aitnIuny anu WIN ais5ns5iqn ulti 2Tp
aro the them erretnrv Of war in conformity t,
hs Construction Of the three months law, the com
pany returned
owing 10 lne onsaatcfM s M Oh 5e war % @tLn m M, gH
IVY ~ ~ ~ cnrnnosin9 lie HiIitary Organiz
tion Of New Orleans, they 6egan to be dismembered
The Washington Artillery, although maintaining
It's organization contnuea 70 Anger barely SUSAN ~
@ a 9 9 Tanv il 6aap 70 rscnger from il
enfeebed state.
, But it was not until two years subsequent, when
having secured as ther con9ahaer CaPtalh A. !: =
strmcop and tactisiaa the Wasbi6rtdn artillery
revived that il gave promise of its present prosper
) Gus condition
scarce, however, naa me AItefy t @ arrived az d IN
@ POM iaor n # ba fair soon to reach When on tn