New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-20
TEE NEW REGIMENTS.

The official list Of officers appointed to the new
regiments in the regular army of the United
States. which will be fouad on another page, will
be read with interest. 1t will be observed that
these regiments organized upon system new
to our army. Each regiment of foot is to con-
sst of ., ,452 men, officers included divided into
three battalions of eight companies each. Each
battalion is commanded by Major, making three
Majors to a regiment instead Of one as hereto
fore The number of officers to q company is not
increased.
The list Of new regimental officers includes
many names that are familiar to the public.
Lieut.. Col. Brown, new commanding at Fort
Pickens, is made Colonel of the 9TH Artillery.
Lieut. Col Keyes, late aid-de-camp 70 Gen. Scott,
is Colonel of the 1lth Infantry. OF the 18th
Infantry, the Colonel is w. B. Franklin, lately
a Captain of Typographical Engineers, most
accomplished officer and charged with the COM
pletion of the Capitol enlargement at Washing
ton. He is now staying in this city, aud Will
have bis headquarters at Fort Hamilton. Col.
Stone, now commanding the Volunteers Of the
District of Columbia, is made Colonel of the
l4th Infantry. Major i. j. Porter, distinguished
at Chepultepec, and since instructor Of artillery
at West Point. is Colonel of the 18th Infantry.
The 18th is commanded by Col. Hentzelman,
now at Alexandra, who distinguished himself
and gained promotion in Mexico. The Colonel
of the 18th is II. b. CarriDgtOa, for some time
Adjutant- General Of Ohio. Col. Canly Of the
18th was breyetted twice for gallant conduct in
Mexico.
In the list of Lieutenant Colonies, the first is
W. II. Emory of Maryland, who is appointed to
the Sd Regiment of Cavalry. We cannot say
that this appointment confeis any honor on the
Administration. A native oi Maryland, Emory,
being at the time stationed in the West sup.
posed that State would secede and Resigned.
Finding that Maryland still remains in the Union
promotion. He should have neither. lie has
proved himself traitor at heart, and should be
treated accordingly. If such men are to be re.
warded, why is not Twiggs made q Major
General
The Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Artillery is
Maj. S. W. Sherman, Of the well known Sher-
mans Battery. lie was brevetted Major at
Buena Vista The Leutenant-C Colonel Of the llth
Infantry, is Edmund SchriVer, lately a railroad
treasurer at Saratoga, 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 1912. The 18th In
fantry has for its Lieutenant Colonel, our Col.
Butterfeld of the 10Th Regiment N. Y. s. NJ,
now serving at Washington Leut.-Col. S. Bur-
bank of the 13th has been an assistant instructor
at West Point. Lieut..COl. j. +. Reynolds of
the 14tb, was brevetted Captain at Monterey,
and Major at Buena Vista, being then in the Sd
Artillery. Lieut.. Col. j. 7. Sanderson of the
18th, on the other hand, has gained bis honors
as pretty dubious Pennsylvania politician, hsv-
ing sold out the Republicans there in 1856, as
would appear, losing nothing by the transaction.
The Leutenant-C Colonel of the 18th, is an officer
If different stamp. He was brevetted Captain
It Contreras and Churubusko and Major at
Among the new Majors We recognize the
names of Capts. Doubleday and Foster, both
among the defenders of Fort Sumter; Of the
gallant Slemmer of Fort Pickens; Of d. A.