Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-07
THE EUREKA GUARD.
uumtItating Position Of Some OF
IT'S Members.

Hts MEMBERS
Enron SENTINEL:-I, as an officer OF the
F,reka National Guard, beg a little space
to make a growl. The first from the com-
many. The Eureka Nationals have now
been in existence for five years. Some OF
the bers have used almost superhuman
efforts to keep the organization alive dur
ing the whole Of that time, but there ap-
pears to be some kind of q blight on the
company. The showing Of Monday evil
dsnces the fact, for although the company
roll numbers sixty-three members, by all
the persuasion, and even commands that
Captain Bestty could use, there were but
eight men turned out in the celebration or
In the procession, viz: Lieut.. W. IL.
Reynolds, Lieut.. John I. Horn, Sergeant
w. s. DYER, Sergeant Charles Addison,
and p~rivates George Cheshire, Ihomas
Ruddick, r. T. Johnson, Frank U. ana
w. III. Gallagher. In order to make even
this meager and disgraceful TO the town
OF Eureka) showing. Captain Beatty was
oomneIled tn Mace two Of his own commits
stoned officers in the ranks, anu tahe spy
cial command himself.
Now. why is this? This o (Eureka)
boasts a large population, presumably pa
triotic, still, we see that the
when reouired, is, in the words OF old Joe
baldwin, s'non comatibus. /, for one,
say that it is the fault OF the general COM
munity, and not a man that did turn OUT
bnt felt disgraced, not for himself, but Tor
the town OF Eureka. That Ruby HUI
without one-half the population OF Eureka,
should be able TO .turn out IN PROCESSION
OF their actual members at least one nun
dred and seyenty-five men, en- miiitare'
and Eureka but nine, officers, members,
and drummer, is an outrage on the naive
citizens Of Eureka county. and more espe-
cially after,the soul thrilling thoughts enun-
ci,ted Inv the Hon. A. NJ. Hillhouse in his
Grafton OF the day.
The result is that Captain Beatty, First
Lieutenant, ". II. Tyler Second Lieuten-
ant, II. G. Reynolds and Junior Second
Lieutenant John /. Horn propose TO- ana
will. on the evening OF July o, lSs0, resign
their commissions, and forever $50 Tar as
Eureka is concernea) forego all military
nreference and ambition. This removes all
Of the commissioned officers. Among the
non-commissioned officers of the Il. N. u.
not one will claim or hold their positions
when Captain Beatty resigns.
So much Tor the comPahy.
zens now do what they will towards a re-
organization. =.
Before dismissing the subject. let
us see what the line OF march
aud position was. The Union Guard
claimed the left Of the line, and las I'M
derstand by General Jewett Adams was
assigned the center) held that position
against the will Of the company. In order
that this NAV be fully understood l VIII
saw, as an old regular soldier, that the
company whose commission is OF first dare
holds the right of line lyan), the second
the left Of line ~(rear), the third are coior
bearers and other companies. No matter
how many are placed between the only
places OF honor, In battalion or REGIMENT,
being first company, van; second com.
pany, rear; third company, %colors; and
others forming the battalion forming In
between them.
By giving the foregoing space IN your
columns you will greatly oblige
Yours truly. W. 3. DYER,
First Sergeant E. U. G..
Eureka, July 6, 1880.