, 1875-06-14
THE SECOND REGIMENT.

| ANOTHER COMPANY ORGANIZED.
4 mAss-moettng In tho interest Of tho Second
| Regiment OF Illinois State Guards waa hold yea.
torday afternoon in tho Father Mathew Tompcr.
aucc Hall on WeBt Harrison stroet. Tho moot
ing was called to ortior, and a temporary Or
ganLzation vas effected by tho election OF tho
Hon John F, Scanlan as President, and 1an,ea
o'Se!l al Secretary. Mr. Scanlan. on taking tho
chair, made fow remarks aa 10 tho objecla for
which Tho meeting had been callod in that ricint-
ty. The Second Regiment h0 enid. was proudly
advancing In Tho North nnd South Divisions,
and it was extremely dcsrous that tho West Dr.
vision should in no way be behind ttno. In tho
Eighth and Ninth Watl!a aiono there wan ma
tera for tho formation nf at l0Ast two full com.
panies, aid 1t WAS for this ,eason that the mcet-
Ing III tho Father Matthew Hail lad boon called.
Atr. W. j. Onallan followed In q few advisory
remarks to thoso rrcsons regarding tho c,ril ad-
miniA.ratiou Of Tho rcgiinent. Il would coat
aomo &c, COO 10 fully cquir and maintain It Tor
tic first year. About one-l,alf Of this amount
could be foasonahly expected from tho
wealthy and influential 1rahmen OF
tho city; Iho balnnce would hare to
10 raRsd from other eourcos, and chioly
IN the regiment itsclf. No young man should 60
into 1t who waa not fully prepared to dovote
considerable portion Of llia t!tuo 10 drill, md
mako aome 1sts(c outlay in money. Tho t,iccoss
unly totncrenso that success to the grenteas pos
tibl0 degree.
Tho President then called upon Col. Quirk.
ttte temporary commander Of thorogiment, 10 ro-
purt What progress had boon made. Col. fQutrk
replied tlnt aiuco the first meeting tor tho pur-
pos'c, which Was called nomo fiyo wccks ago,
ue trly oac-thtrd Of tho work OF organization
had been done. Permanent officers had boen
elected. aud companies wfre in proceea OF
formation in MI pats Of .ho city. juno i, bo
mustered in Capt CunnifFcs comrnny Of about
Is nlsn. and nssigned it as Compnny 4: Jtno 7.
he mustered tn Company Il Capt. Higgins; anil
on the following day, Company q, curuu,nndol
by Capt. Murphy. Six other companies wero
now in procofs at formation. lilo hoped TINT
hall for drill would 10 engaged at as carly 1ato
~ practicable, md to this c1,d 1t was NECESSARY
that majority Of tho full complement of COM
pauies stlonlu hold meeting for that purloso.
Ho snlsgessod shc hail at tho corner Of Caual and
jackson streets. which Was $40 BY 10 In kizo, and
could bs procured for $1,000 per anuuu,.
At th,e first rcgimentat meeting lo hopod to
sen commanding officers elected, In order that no
might retire from bis p1eeout position to form
the tenth and last company Of tho rcgimout
John j. Mullins, H. II. Miller, ind otherB fol-
lowed in complimentary remarks.
Mr. kilig, OF the Eleyouth Ward. Rtatcd that
1nass-mo. ting would be held sunday afternoon
in some hall on Milwaukee arcnas for tho pur-
poso Of organizing seycral comranlcs In that
section.
Capt. Qalirk'a men meet for drill Tuesday
streets.
Alter sum dry other announcements tho meet
Ing adjourned, and tho company of thirty. five
men who had enro!tcd thenltelycs met for tho
transaction OF business. After arranging to
meet Tuesday and Friday nights for drill III tho
sano hall, tn oy adjourned to Enoek foe the eec-
tlou Of olicot ~ Tuesday evening.