The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-30
rom the Columbia RegIstsr.

TIoiil lltc COlIHD1a register
CHESTER, S. g., September 2s.-.
The Grccnback State Convention con-
vened here to-day at IL O'Clock a. M.
with Colonel l.. W. II. Blair in the
chair. After much discussion Dy0 and
co1., us to the ACCESSIBILITY Of putting
q whole or partiui ticket in tho field,
they succeeded in nomilating:th6f ftil.
lowing:
For Govcnor-L. w. II. Blair, of
Canldcn.
For Lieutenant: Goverlor-B. G..
GiSt, Of GrceNvillC.
BOZ Comptroller Gcncral-John An-
new, Of Columbia.
For Attorney General "A. J, Will
lard. OF Ricllland.
For 'Treasurer-T. II. Cook.
For AAiutant and Inspector General
ID. II. Elkins.
Fnr Congressman from Fourth Dis
trict-J. II. McLanc.
The convention then adjourned sine
dc. - '''>' "'"o
THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1915,
In 1910 the United States Army con.
sistf = OF eight regiments Of. infantry
iiVc ARTILLERY and two Of drayooIs,,
ny whicii nnnc The cavalry was dcsig-.
hatcd. These, with Il small general
statiianl an engineers corps, compos-
CT all tho United States ARMY. Win
field Scott was Major General in com
mand OF thc'army, General George =,
hlcCiciian was second lieutenant in
tho I!llr! lnflntry, SO obscure that his
name was printed "Geo. G.. McClcl-
IAN" In tho same regiment Don Car
los Buell. was also u second lieutcnnnt.
Tho Fourth Infantry contained two
second licutcnants who msu4o. thci,
names memorable in the civil wap, on
opposite sidcs-Gcncral Lonwstrcet
and Ulysses s. Grant. Lon"strcet
had been in tho service two Years.
while Grant had quilted West Point
but Il year previous, and was "attach-
eu 10 The army as u supcrnumcrury ,
licutcnamt.b William n. Shcrmn" '
present General Of tho Army, was first
lieutenant in the Third Artillery, rs
was General O.C. ORD. Robert t.,
Ice was captain Of Engineers, as was
George w. Cullom, wlilo under them
IN TIC same corps were General PIG
L. i5caurcgartl--who has since drop
ped the "l'' IN his nnmc-Gcncral M.
&. Meiys, General W. S. Rosccraus
and General III. w. IIullccll, The last
two being ranked as second licutcnants
only: lnthc Typographical corps were
hrsl hcutennnts Joseph T.. Johnston
and John ~. Maconib, who fought
aitcrward OH opposite sides. General
y. C' NugNr was n lieutenant in the
second infantry, in which Simon Is.
Buckncr and Gen. Il. S. CANDY, who
was asSassinmtcd by the MIodocs sever
al years ago, were second licutcnants.
General Abe Buford of Kentucky, the
Well-known turiman Of tC-dav, was
then Il second lieutenant Of thc First
praGoons, ofwhic' regiment VIM. j.
llanicc, of "Hartlcc's Tuclics," and
one Of the hardest fighters Of tic Con-
1edcmcy, was captain. Gen. John
Sedgwich was first LicutcmnL of the
Second Artillery. The Sixlh Infantry
roster, however, contains more oiin-
tcrcst than any other. or thut rc"i-
ment tho Colonel was Zachary Tavlvr.
who now sleeps quietly in the land OF
his birth, after having been gallant
amid all the glorics and rigors of the
war with Mexico and occnpic,t the
i.reSlucntiul chair. in that regiment
Frederick II. Dent, brothcr-il-lnw of
Grant, was a second licutcntam. The
last OF the list Of second licuicuanis
was Winfield =. Hancock, who had
Just graduated from West pui.tt with
Grant.