Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-27
The New Regiments.
IFfom Ille New YORK Tribune. 20th inst. ]

The official list Of officers appointed to the
new regiments in the regular army of the
United States, which will be found on anoth.
er page, will be read with interest. 1t will
DC observed that these regiments are organ
iZed upon system new to our army. Each
regiment OF foot Is to consist of 2,452 men,
officers included, divided into three battal.
ions OF eight companies each. Each battal.
ION IS commanded by Major, making three
Majors TO regiment instead of one as here.
tofore. The number of officers to a company
is not increased.
The list of new rcgimental officers includes
many names that are familiar to the public.
Lieut., Col. Brown, now commanding at
Fort Pickens, is made Colonel of the 9th Ar
tillery. Lieut.. Col Keyes, late aid de-camp
to zen Scott, is Colonel of the lth Infant
ry. Of the 9th Infantry, the Colonel is w.
B. Kiln, lately Captain of Topograph-
icai Engineers, most ostsaceomplished officer,
and charged with the completion Of the
Capitol enlargement at Washington. lie is
now staying in this city, and will have his
headquarters at Fort Hamilton. Col. Stone,
now commanding the Volunteers of the Dis.
trict OF Columbia. is made Colonel of the
Attn Infantry. Major Il. j. Porter, dis.
tlngulshed at Chepultepec, and since in
structor of artillery at West Point, is Colonel
ot the 10th Infantry. The 18th is com.
manded by Col. Heintzelman, now at Alex.
andria. who distinguished himself and gained
promotion in Mexico. The Colonel of the
18Th Is IL, B. Darlington, for some time
Adjutant-General of Ohio. Col. Canly OF
the 18th was brevettcd twice for gallant con
duct in Mexico.
In the list of Lieutenant -Colonels. the
first Is w. Ii. Emory of Maryland. who is
appointed to the Sd Regiment of Cavalry.
We cannot say that this appointment confers
any honor On the Administration. A native
OF Maryland, Emory, being at the time sta
toned in the West, supposed that State would
ssecede, and resigned. Finding that Mary
land still remains in the Union he now
changes his mind and desires pay and pro-
motion. He should have neither. He
has proved himself a traitor at heart, and
should be treated accordingly. Ifsuch men
are to be rewarded, why is not Twiggs made
a Maior-General?
The Lieutenant Colonel of the 9Th Artil-
lery is Maj. 5. W. Sherman, of the well
known Sherman's Battery. He was brevet
ted Major at Buena Vista. The Lieutenant
Colonel of the llth Infantry, is Edmund
Schriver, lately railroad treasurer at Sara
toga, n. Y. He is graduate of West
Point where he has been an instructor in
tactics, and resigned his commission as cap-
tain in the I'd Artillery, in 1914. The 10Th
Infantry has for its Lieutenant Colonel. our
Col. Buacrfield of the 18th Regiment N.
Y. 5. NJ, now serving ut Washington. -
Lieut. Col. s. Burbank of the 18Th. has
been an assistant instructor at West Point.
Lieut.. Col. s. +, Reynolds of the 18th. was
brevetted Captain at Monterey, and Major
at Buena Vista, being then in the Sd Artil.
lery. Lieut.. Col. j. 2. Sanderson of the
10Th, on the other hand, has gained his
bonors as pretty dubious PENNSYLVANIA po-
litician, having sold out the Republicans
there in 1856, as would appear. losing moth
ing by the transaction. The Lieutenant
Colonel OF the 18th, is an officer of a differ
ent stamp. He was brcvetted Captain at
Contreras and Cherubasco, and Major at
Chepultepec.
Among the new Majors we recognize the
names Of Capts. Doubleday and Foster err
both among the defenders of Fort Sumter
OF the gallant Slemmer of Fort Pickens; of
ID. a, Rucker, brevetted at Bucna Vista;
OF W. II. Slidell, formerly of the lst Arti-
lery, and then surveyor in this city, an
engineer on the Croton Aqueduct, the Long
Island Railroad and the Erie Railroad. &c;
and of Clarence A. Seward of this city, a
near relative of the Secretary of State.
Among those named as subateran officers
are Theodore Winthrop, killed at Great
Bethel George Il. Waring, ir.. now Major
of the Garibaldi Guard, at Washington, and
1. p. McElrath of this city, now Lieutcn-
ant in Hawkins Zouaves, at Fortress Mon
roe.