The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-03
special meeting ID tIle -. Raneers.

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On motion of W. R. TIA cy, E. e. Degar
mo was called the Chair.
Capt. Mcbride tendsfsd his resignation a,
Captain, rendering bis grateful thanks tc
the company for riacing him in such an
honorable position, and stating as his reasons
for resignation, that his business was such
that he could not attend to his duties as his
position demanded
On motion of Mr.. Gavitt, Mr.. McBride's
resignation as Captain was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Tracy, the election of
all officers of the company was ordered, the
officers heretofore elected resigning.
On motion, it was ordered that the COM
pany vote by ballot.
&. Fl. Degarmo nominated J. S. Gavitt for
Captain. No other candidate being in NOM
ination, E. H. Degarmo moved to dispense
with the rule of balIoting and elect Mr..
Gavitt by reclamation.
On motion OF Mr.. Fitzwilliams. J. S.
Gavitt was elected Captain unanimously.
VIM. r. Tracy nominated T. Redmond for
First Lieutenant.
On motion, the rule of balloting was dis
pensed with and T. Redmond elected Ist
Lieutenant by reclamation.
VIM. R. Tracy nominated P. Boyle I'd
Lieutenant.
On motion, the rule Of balloting was dis
pensed with, and P. Boyle elected I'd Lieu
tenant by reclamation.
.. 3. Gavitt nominated VIM. R. Tracy for
lst Orderly Sergeant. T. Redmond nomi-
mated b. Pope. On counting the votes. the
result was % votes for Tracy, and IS for
Pope. Tracy was declared elected.
E. H. Degarmo was elected I'd Orderly
Sergeant, by reclamation.
On the first ballot J. B. Evans was elect |
ed Sd Orderly Sergeant.
On motion OF Gavitt, Committee was /
appointed by the Chair, consisting of Red |
mOnd, Smith, and Snowdon to draft Resolu. |
tons expressive of the feelings and inten-
tons of the company.
Z. Baker being present, was called on and |
made Union and patriotic speech.
The committee on resolutions reported |
the following;
WHEREAS, the time has arrived when all cit
liens of our glorious Union should declare
themselves ready and willing to stand by
the Constitution of our country, and the
enforcement of its laws,
Resot0ed, That we, the l. l. Rangers are
at all times IN readiness to march to any
place or position the government of our
country sees fit to have US.
ResoIred That we, the l. |. Rangers,
hereby pledge ourselves to defend that eIo-
rious flag of our country, the emblem of free
men, the stars and stripes of the United
States of America, through every peril and
in every emergency.
ResobUed, That we are prepared, on call
Of our captain, to march to any place or po-
'ition our services are needed in defence of
The flag of our country.
On motion of j. s. Gavitt the foregoing
were adopted unanimously.
On motion, the chair appointed Messrs.
Redmond, Tracy, Fitzwiliams, Gavitt, and
Boyle committee to draft a Constitution
and bye-laws for the government of the
company.
On motion of P. Boyle, our Captain was
lirect to draft a certain number of men of
he company to act as patrols when request
I'd to do so by the Mayor.
On motion company adjourned.
E. II. DKGARMo JAS. GAvIsK.
President. Secretary.