New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-18
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MILITARY ITEMS.
| " CRESCENT BLUES. This is the name of a new
volunteer company, which organized last night the
members being composed mostly of the " Pelican
Guards.' The name of the company is very
iatterIng to us, for the name was selected in com
| phment to this newspaper. The following gentle
| men were elected officers
Frank A. Bartlett, CAPTAIN: Wm G. Crump.
FIRST Lieutenant; Seth Il. Field, Junior First Lieu
| tenant; Y. g. DeI.sle, Second Lieutenant; John
Knight, First Sergeant; Vim. H. Seaman, Second
sergeant; Wm. Mackay, Third Sergeant; j. II.
Rofai A. f. lialsey, Second Corporal }. Hertz,
Third Corporal; W. j. Farragut Fourth Corporal
Inc civil or non.acting officers Of the company
are, John &. Robinson, President; A. c. Pierpont,
ouartcrmaster; R. II. Yale, Treasurer: and NJ
barnett, Secretary. The company comprises many
members Of Pelican Hool. and Ladder Fire Com
pany No ALL gallant and brave young gentle
men, who have our thanks for the handsome com
pllment paid to the Crescent Office as they marched
by last night. Long live the Crescent Blues!
" WALKER GUARDS" THE Nicaraguan Company,
or band of men who have seen service in Ncara-
qua, organized last evening. r. A. Harris was
elected Captain $. B. Sloan, First Lieutenant
and Vim. II. Cannon, Second Lieutenant Another
company of the same true blue stripe is to be
raised, and Major Dolan (of Nicaragua cxpcrence)
will probably be Major of this battalion when it is
filled. liurrah for the Walker Guards!
HONE COMPANY IN TIE FOURTH DIsTRIcT-A
company of eighty men, citizens good and true of
thc Fourth District, have put their names down for
nome protection. They met last evening" Mr.. p.
h. Skpwith being President and Mr.. John A. Wat.
klns, Secretary The company is to meet this
evening at Union Hail. to perfect the organization
by electing officers and transacting other business
All men over 40 years of age, wishing to join will
please attend. We refer to the official notice in
another column. We learn that the German citi-
Zens of the Garden District are also beginning 10
put themselves on war footing. The organization
Of one or more new German companies NAV be
looked for soon.
RECRUITING FOR THE CONFEDERATE REGIMENTS
This work goes bravely on. Every day we see
squads OF new recruits walking down toward the
barracks. The GLADDEN. Regiment and Coppens'
H2uaYe Regiment arc getting fuller and fuller The
fourth company of the latter regiment (Zouave)
are to leave for Pensacola by this afternoons
Mobile boat.
IHE IOWE 1EsTERDAY-The city was compara-
lively quiet yesterday for no soldiers left: though
soldiers were visible enough all over town, and all
the talk was war talk. Newspapers were, as usual,
in extraordinary demand The telegraph, with all
its frequent bundcrs and falsities, still renders
the papers so appetizing that none can eat break
fast until after reading, rereadng, and generally
devouring the morning papers, and dinner has no
relish until the appetite has been whetted by the
evening papers.
COMPANY MEETINGS ASD DRIILS.- Several new
volunteer companies were out drilling and parad-
ing last night. We did not take particulars for
the thing is becoming so extensive and general as
to render particular report unnecessary. Werefer
all our military readers to the various company
and battalion notices advertised officially in our
military column.