Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-08-08

Some Old Military ReoolIections.

Local.
Some Old Military ReoolIections.
1t was hot enough yesterday but not too
hot to enjoy reading about company of
patriotic gentlemen who paraded these
streets in July about a half century ago in
"a blue c0attee with standing collar
two buttons and stripes on each side OF
the collar with stripe On the collar seam
Ten buttons and stripes on each side Of
the breast with centre buttons. Three
buttons and stripes on each cuff. Three
buttons and stripes on each skirt and a
star at the bottom of each skirt-the stripes
to be of white placed in herring bone form;
the buttons to be plated bullet buttons.
Black stock. Pantaloons blue. Each
member to be fined twelve and half cents
for every article of dress which may be
wanting when on parade" This company
was the Staunton Light Infantry organized
March 5th, 1886, and its first parade an
old citizen of Staunton tells us was an
event which excited the town beyond
measure. 1t was the first uniformed COM
pany that had paraded in that generation,
nothing but militia officers being uni
formed previously, and it's advent which
was on Saturday was made general day
of enjoyment.
Its first muster roll was as follows Cap
tain, Kenton Harper, afterwards an officer
in the Mexican war; LIST 1t. J. J. Craig, a
lawyer and father of our townsman, Robt.
Craig; I'd 1t. Watt H. Tapp, also a law
yes; Orderly Sergeant, John Carroll, faith
or of our present City Treasurer; J. Sosey.
q printer and partner Of Harper in the
spectator" Chesley Kinney, uncle of
Chesley Kinney of Stribling Springs; J.
Ruff, the halter of that day; r. L. Cooke,
Principal of female school, who was
lately drowned in New York, and W. D.
Cooke his brother, the venerable and es-
teemed father of Chas. L. Cooke; J. q.
Maupin, merchant; J. K. Stribling, a
brother of the late DR.. Stribling; J. M.
Fackler, Jerry Fuller. T. W. Brown, j. r.
Crawford, VIM. Geiger, John H. Asst,
butcher. father of VIM. F. and J. P. Asst.
al t0l w bAuo ClCVUCu 1llOuVOAduU3 OOos 1AOA.
ding, Adam Kurtz, brother of the present
Messenger of the City Council; D. W.
Scribner; Judson Mccoy, who owned a
large carriage factory and was the father
in-law Of E. M. Gushing; M, S. Teabo;
Merrill Cushing, father of E. M. Gushing;
H.:J. Harrow, c. NJ. Paxton, Y. w. Nor
ris, John S. Brooks, brother of Miss
Henrietta Brooks. he went to Texas to
aid in her war for independence and was
slain at the Fannin Massacre by the Mex
moved out to Illinois; B. F. Points, James
F. Patterson, our present Clerk of the
City Council and whose signature to the
company roll is done in exactly the same
hand writing it is made to-day; Mathew
Blair, who afterwards moved to Richmond
and became leading merchant; John d.
Morris, d. Harrow: J. G. Brown, Nathan
b. Long; s. J. Davis, now a well known
plasterer, and M. W. Crawford.
The changes in and additions to the Of
ticers and privates as the record, which
reaches to Sept, 1849, goes on to show,
are interesting. Among the additions to
the membership were James Eagon, who
had wagon shop where D. A. Kayser
now lives, the sunday services in which
gave the name of "Gospel HILL" A. M.
CARRIER. still living; f. T. Geiger. A. W.
Poage, now citizen of Pulaski; Alex.
Moseley, a carpenter who put the first tin
roof on the court house, and who removed
to Buckingham county, where he became
. lawyer; R. w. Stevenson, now of Rich
mond; Daniel McFal, who, though re-
siding at Mt. Scion, was a member and
attended drill regularly; Robt. e. Bickle,
afterwards Mayor of Staunton; N. K.
Trout, also afterwards Mayor; A. j. Sto-
fer long the publisher of the Culpeper
"Observer;;" J. L. Kennedy, who after
wards went to New York, married the
daughter of famous cancer doctor,
adopted the profession of his father-in-
law, and is still successful physician
there; Alex. M. Cowan, a well-known
printer, and now proprietor of paper in
Farmyille; J. T. Arnall, father Of Capt.
Chas. Arnall, of the Augusta bank; J. S.
Crawford, brother of the late Ben.
Crawford; Michael g., T. A., and VIM.
II. Hartman; Thomas Eskridge, II. j.
Lushbaugh, Hugh W. Shelley, A. D.
Wren, ]. A. Bickle. Henry Bare, Jno. B.
Baldwin, Jno. Brandsburg. Chas. II.
Merritt and others.
The records which were kept by various
secretaries, including Jno. B. Baldwin.
Gen. VIM. H. Hartman and others, shows
many changes among the officers. Among
the captains were W. II. Tapps, W. H.
Hartman, Jno. B. Baldwin. There were
also many changes in the uniform. A
red and white feather was adopted. Mr..
J. 1. A. Trotter, was appointed to collect
the fines Of the members.
In these days of the fine music and fine
uniform of the Stonewall Band, almost
company of itself, it is queer to read that
forty-four years ago the books Of the
Stanton Light Infantry, sin account
with Michel (ffer), and Isaac drum
mer), musicians" had the following
entry: s.November muster, cash paid by
K. Harper, to ffer $1.75. Drummer lsaacs
failed to attend
TEACHER ELEcTED.-At meeting OF
the Board of Visitors of the Institution