Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-21
Msssaehusctts Appointments In the Regu
lar Army,

lar Army,
From the Boston Daily Advertiser
The details of the organization of the eleven
new regiments for the regular army, called for
by the presidents proclamation, have been
made public. There is to be a new regiment
of cavairy, the third, a new regiment OF artil-
lery, the Fifth, and nine OF infantry, number
ed from the eleventh TO the nineteenth in.
elusive. Recruiting is to begin at once, and
the head quarters Of the new regiments are to
be established, as stated below The newly
appointed officers are to make themselves
thoroughly acquainted at once with their
duties and the tactics OF their arm of the ser.
vice, aud none are to be nominated to the SEN
ate who do not in the mean time prove them
selves worthy and capable of leading brave
men. To this end commanding officers are to
report as to the moral, mental and physical
qualifications of all appointed to their COM
mauds before July 10Th. In the list of APP
pointments we find the following from Massa-
chusetts:-
In the Eleventh Infantry, under Col. Eras-
mus d. Keyes of Maine, having its head.
quarters at Fort Independence.
Captain, John NJ Goodhue.
FIRST Lieutenant, Charles E. Head.
In the Fifteenth Infantry, under Col. Fitz
John Porter of the District of Columbia, hav-
ing IT'S HeduQuHFleTs aI w HeellIlB, | V dsJ
Captain, Dexter f. Parker.
In the THIRD Cavalry, under Col. David
Hunter of Illinois, having its headquarters at
Pittsburg, tPa.,)
Captain, Chas. r. Lowell.
In the Fifth Artillery, under Col Harvey
Brown OF New Jersey, having its headquarters
at Harrisburg, (Pa.,)
Second Lieutenant, James Gilliss.
In the Twelfth Infantry, under Col. VIM
b. Franklin of Pennsylvania, having its head
quarters at Fort Hamilton, New York,
First Lieutenant, John w. Jones.
In the Thirteenth Infantry, under Col. VIM
t. Sherman of Ohio, having its headquarters
at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
Lieutenant Colonet-Sidney Burbank (now
major in the LIST Inf,)
Cdptain-Wm. Dwight.
FIRST Lieuendnts VIM. c. Ide, and VIM
Blaisdell.
In 1 b. e5tgne IL the Dtislifct OF Columbia
having its headquarters at Fort Trumbull
(Conn,)
Captain, Hamin W. Keyes.
FIRST Lieutenant, Cbas. II. Ingraham, tnow
% lieut.. in 7th Infantry.) VIM. H. Lawrence.
In the Sixteenth Infantry, under Col. An.
drew Porter of Pennsylvania, having its head
quarters at Chicago.
Major, Sidney Coolidge,
First Lieutenant, John W. Ames.
In the Seventh Infantry, under Col Samuel
p. Heinizelmar, having its hea quarters al
Fort Adams, R. |.
Lieutenant Colonel, j. Durelh Green.
MAJOR, VIM. Ii. Wood tnow captain Sd Inf.
Captains, Francis IL. Bates (now LIST lieut.
4th Inf), Thomas j. G. Amory (now LIST lieut.
7th inf, Henry s. Briggs
First LieutenaatS, Edmund Collins and VIM
w Swan.
In the Eighteenth Infantry, under Col. Hen
nv b. Darlington, having its headquarters at
Columbus, Ohio.
Captain, Henry Bclknap.
First LieutenahS, Joseph L. Proctor and
Caudius Schmidt.
In the Nineteenth Infantry, under Col. Ed.
ward II. S. Candy of Indiana, having its head
quarters at Indianapolis Ind.
First Lieutenant Frank S. Brown.
Major w. H. Emory Of Mary land, lately Of
the First Cavalry, who resigned as was sup
posed on account of wavering loyalty, is made
lieutenant colonel of the new cavalry regiment.
Francis E. Brownell of the volunteers-the
avenger eff Ellsworth-is made second lieu.
tenant in the Eleventh Infantry Lieut.. Adam
j. Slemmer, lately of the First Artillery and
at Fort Pickens, is made major in the Six
teenth Infantry; Capt. Abner Doubleday,
lately OF the First Artillery and at Fort Sum.
ter, is made major OF the Seventeenth Infantry.